Publisher's Synopsis
The Shoelace Monster, Sammie Soccer and team members of the Vipers and Team Revolt plan to come to Russia to attend the 2018 Men's World Cup soccer tournament. They await the results of the CONCACAF pre-World Cup qualifying rounds known as the Knockout stage and the Hexagonal . Their group is known around the world as the Shoo-Crew. They were formed when the Shoelace Monster came to America to teach kids the Brazilian style of soccer. Now the Shoelace Monster has had dreams about a Russian witch who is trying to destroy the 2018 World Cup tournament.
They find out upon arriving in Russia that a grotesque Russian folk legend, Baba Yaga, her Chicken Hut and mean Forest trees have an evil plan to derail the World Cup Tournament. One of these figures is more hideous than the other. Baba Yaga has fangs, gnarled fingers and warts on her nose. The Chicken Hut where she lives has chicken legs with claws that support her. The Forest trees have long projectile arms grab little kids and their soccer balls and hold them captive.
Now this witch plans to hold the kids captive behind the wall of soccer balls if they don't co-operate with her evil plan. Baba Yaga's main purpose now is to steal all the soccer balls in the land. Her singular purpose is to ruin and destroy the World Cup tournament for FIFA and prevent all the little Russian children and their guests from playing the game.
Baba Yaga hates sports and, particcularly soccer. There is nothing that would make her happier than to take the sport away from all the children of the world.
