A Review of Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
Outcasts united
The story of a refugee cocker
Team that changed a town
Warrant St. John
Published in USA, Apr 2009,320 pages.
About this Book
Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach and a
Small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.
In the 1990s, that town, Clarkston, Georgia, became a resettlement center for refugees
And a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in Liberia, Congo,
Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an
American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep
Clarkston’s boys off the streets. These boys named themselves the Fugees --short for
Refugees.
Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees, their families and their charismatic coach as they struggle to build new lives in a fading town overwhelmed by change. Theirs is a story about resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference and the daunting challenge of creating community in a
Place where people seem to have so little in common.
About the Author
Warren St. John has written for the New York Observer, The New Yorker, Wired and
Slate, in addition to his work as a reporter for The New York Times. His first book,
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania (2004), was
Named one of Sports Illustrated’s best books of the year, and ranked number one on the
Chronicle of Higher Education's list of the best books ever written about collegiate
Athletics. His new book, Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, was
Published in the U.S. in April 2009, and in the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Italy,
Japan and China later that year. St. John was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended
Columbia College in New York City, where he now lives with his wife Nicole.
Genre: the book
The story of a refugee cocker
Team that changed a town
Warrant St. John
Published in USA, Apr 2009,320 pages.
About this Book
Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach and a
Small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.
In the 1990s, that town, Clarkston, Georgia, became a resettlement center for refugees
And a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in Liberia, Congo,
Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an
American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep
Clarkston’s boys off the streets. These boys named themselves the Fugees --short for
Refugees.
Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees, their families and their charismatic coach as they struggle to build new lives in a fading town overwhelmed by change. Theirs is a story about resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference and the daunting challenge of creating community in a
Place where people seem to have so little in common.
About the Author
Warren St. John has written for the New York Observer, The New Yorker, Wired and
Slate, in addition to his work as a reporter for The New York Times. His first book,
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania (2004), was
Named one of Sports Illustrated’s best books of the year, and ranked number one on the
Chronicle of Higher Education's list of the best books ever written about collegiate
Athletics. His new book, Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, was
Published in the U.S. in April 2009, and in the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Italy,
Japan and China later that year. St. John was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended
Columbia College in New York City, where he now lives with his wife Nicole.
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