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<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)><em>UG</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Twelve-year old Rebecca's life is falling apart until she pursues her extraordinary gift with the help of her best friend Lorenzo.  </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rebecca has a dismal life. Ignored by her single working mom and tormented by her two older brothers who call her </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Rebecca learns to fend for herself. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She lives in fear that kids at school will find out her nickname which stands for ugly. Rebecca finds solace in practicing soccer skills on weekends with her best friend and soccer-mad classmate Lorenzo.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Rebecca's mother makes her quit the girl's soccer team because it conflicts with her brothers' baseball schedules Rebecca is furious. While juggling with a soccer ball at the bus stop Rebecca loses control and it hits a neighbor's car. Not only does her mother then ban soccer from her life but her brothers bombard her with spit balls that won't come out. Rebecca shaves her head and transforms herself into </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She had not reckoned with the consequences. Her mother spirals into depression leaving her brothers free to torment her unchecked. Playing soccer in secret is the only thing that makes her happy and Lorenzo's house becomes her safe haven thanks to the intervention of Social Services.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Lorenzo's father gives </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a chance to play on the boy's team that he coaches Rebecca's talent shines and she's accepted by the boys to join the team permanently. But even that is threatened when the Boys' League discovers that </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a girl.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a story of triumph and perseverance of recognising and developing one's talent but mainly </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(253 239 193 0.5)>UG</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a story of the power of friendship.</span></p>