Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town

Outcasts United is no grab-and-go literary fix for the sports thriller enthusiast. This complex and engaging tale of young African refugees from multiple different nations, and widely varying cultures, being welded into functioning soccer teams (the Fugees) by a Jordanian immigrant woman, is about far more than striving for victory on a field of grass. Junkies of David vs. Goliath sports thrillers are hereby given fair... Read Full Review

If you like first rate journalism, the kind where reporting integrity, style and skill are more important to you than is the topic, this book is for you. If you already like football, so much the better. Mr. St. John is a trained and experienced reporter by way of Columbia and the New York Times. What is more, he is a beautiful stylist. He writes like a cloudy day (not a rainy one) where the complete lack of harsh glare... Read Full Review

How does a soccer coach find a practice field for her team? Google Earth. But why, in a town that's not short of parks, is she looking for a field on Google Earth? Because the mayor keeps issuing what seem like illegal orders to deny her team access to any of the lush local fields. And why would he do that? Because this is Clarkston, Georgia, a town of 7,200 a dozen miles from Atlanta. And the members of the soccer team... Read Full Review

As someone who once worked for a company where I had colleagues who were refugees of war-torn countries, this book was personally relevant. Just as in the book, I was told the most astounding and frightening tales of what people did to survive on a day-to-day basis and how they were ultimately forced to flee their homes for fear of their own lives and those of their families. It really made me think of how lucky I have always... Read Full Review

Warren St. John tells the incredible stories of an entire program of immigrant soccer players in Clarkston, GA. The incredible part is how these players ("The Fugees") arrived in this Southern town. The players are all refugees from various countries. Each player's family has an amazing survival story from war-torn and politically oppressed areas of the planet. That the team consists of Liberians, Somalis, Sudanese, Kosovars,... Read Full Review