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Michael Part

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Writing professionally since age 18, wrote for the LA Free Press, National Lampoon, Disney, Fox, Warners, ABC TV, etc. Wrote the comic book "Out For Blood" and author of 20 books including the bestselling soccer bio for kids, "The Flea The Amazing Story of Leo Messi". The first 3 books in his Gen Z Action-Adventure series of novels, "HOPE: Heroes of Planet Earth Black Hole, Book 2 Ghost Beach and Book 3 Tiger's Tattoo" are all out NOW! Member of WGA and SFWA. ...more

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	The Flea: The Amazing Story of Leo Messi 4.30 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cristiano Ronaldo: The Rise of a Winner (Soccer Stars Series) 4.37 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neymar The Wizard 4.55 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greta Thunberg Story: Being Different is a Superpower 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pope Francis: The Pope Who Loves Soccer by Michael Part (Goodreads Author), Y. Ginsberg (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luis Suarez - A Striker's Story (Soccer Stars Series) 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balotelli - The Untold Story (Soccer Stars Series) 4.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Kane The Hurricane (Soccer Stars Series) 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soccer Stars Series vol. 1: Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, 3 books in one: The Flea - The Amazing Story of Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo - The Rise of a Winner, Neymar the Wizard. 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antoine Griezmann the Kid Who Never Gave Up (Soccer Stars Series) by Michael Part (Goodreads Author), Steve Berg 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hi, I'm Michael Part, bestselling author of The Flea: The Amazing Story of Leo Messi and The Greta Thunberg Story: Being Different is a Superpower! In my new series, HOPE: Heroes of Planet Earth, books one, two, and three, a group of unlikely heroes team up to stop a manmade disaster. Check it out on Amazon and your local bookstore.

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