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It's a soccer story, yes, but it's also the story of refugees in America.Īs Amy Bass writes in the introduction, 'On the surface, the Blue Devils are a simple feel-good tale: refugee kids playing soccer. It's this tale of a high school soccer team, the Lewiston Blue Devils, but also a tale of a town that is completely changed by the influx of Somali refugees. WHAT A FREAKING READ!! I stayed up all night to finish Amy Bass' amazing tale of Lewiston, Maine and the 2015 Maine high school soccer championships.

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