Children’s Fiction by Adam W. Jones ’82

“Cecil and the Soccer Match”

In the latest Cecil the Littlest Ant story, the other boys invite him to join their club soccer team. After winning their championship game, Cecil is excited to see that the Pesky triplets, his good friends, have also won the girls’ championship game.

When the boys on his team belittle the triplets’ accomplishment and say girls can’t play soccer, Cecil offers support and encouragement to his friends — and the girls use teamwork, determination and good sportsmanship to show Moose and the other boys that girls can play soccer, too.

Published by Wisdom House Books. Illustrations by Madeleine Marie.

About Adam Jones ’82

Adam W. Jones was born in Raleigh and is one of five siblings who all were brought up to be free thinkers. After a yearlong sojourn across Europe after high school, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He finally finished with a degree in journalism and mass communications after some starts and stops in his college career. He worked for 15 years in advertising and marketing before starting his own real estate firm in 2002.

Jones has had children’s and travel stories published in a variety of local and regional magazines throughout the years. “Cecil and the Soccer Match,” published in 2023, is the second in the Cecil series. His first novel, “Fate Ball,” was published in 2024.

He lives in Chapel Hill with his family and their two dogs.