Level 1: Pele

Pelé is the number one player in the story of soccer. He won the World Cup three times with Brazil and the fans loved him. Today, Pelé is famous in every country of the world. In 1950, he was a young boy with no shoes. This is his story.

<div>Rod Smith is the author of nine other books of poems, including <i>Music or Honesty</i>, <i>Po&egrave;mes de l&rsquo;Araign&eacute;es</i>, and <i>In Memory of My Theories</i>. His poems have appeared in many print and online journals and anthologies including the <i>Baffler, The Gertrude Stein Awards, Java, New American Writing, Poetics Journal, </i>and <i>Shenandoah</i>. He edits the journal <i>Aerial</i>, publishes <i>Edge Books</i>, and manages the independent Bridge Street Books in Wa

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