Overview
A gritty and realistic football tale. Imagine having a Premier league and England striker as your dad! Lee Brooks loves it, until his dad - 'Brooksie' - loses form and goes downhill embarrassingly fast. Lee hates Brooksie for letting him down. And Lee hates having to move to a grotty new home without his dad. With his own on-pitch confidence at an all-time low, he even begins to hate football. But then he meets Dent and his mates and the chance is there for him to play again - with a team of seriously talented players. They've just one problem - no pitch!
Full Product Details
Author: Neil Arksey
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Dimensions:
Width: 12.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.157kg
ISBN: 9780440870104
ISBN 10: 0440870100
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 June 2013
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Nick Hornby for kids Radio 5 Live A real winner with reluctant boys in Years 7 and 8 ... There's action and a great deal of drama in this pacy story: the reader is never given time to be bored! Literacy and Learning The narrative moves along quite quickly with constantly changing domestic scenes, exciting match reports, and various groups and people interacting The School Librarian
Nick Hornby for kids * Radio 5 Live * A real winner with reluctant boys in Years 7 and 8 . . . There's action and a great deal of drama in this pacy story: the reader is never given time to be bored! * Literacy and Learning * The narrative moves along quite quickly with constantly changing domestic scenes, exciting match reports, and various groups and people interacting * The School Librarian *
Nick Hornby for kids Radio 5 Live A real winner with reluctant boys in Years 7 and 8...There's action and a great deal of drama in this pacy story: the reader is never given time to be bored! Literacy and Learning The narrative moves along quite quickly with constantly changing domestic scenes, exciting match reports, and various groups and people interacting...A suitable short novel for l0 year olds and upwards School Librarian
Author Information
NEIL ARKSEY is a writer, a professional actor and a swimming coach for youngsters. A TV scriptwriter whose work has included scriptwriting for CROSSROADS, he is the author of a number of successful children's titles, including FLINT, SUDDEN DEATH and BROOKSIE for the Transworld list and PLAYING THE EDGE and MACB (Puffin) and is beginning to develop a strong reputation for his original, gritty, contemporary footballing tales. He has been described, by Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 as 'Nick Hornby for kids'.
