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EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Jamie Vardy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Jamie Vardy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roy Apps
SeriesEDGE: Sporting Heroes
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:48
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128
ISBN/Barcode 9781445153254
ClassificationsDewey:796.334092
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Edition Illustrated edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Imprint Franklin Watts Ltd
Publication Date 22 March 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This inspirational biography for children, written by award-winning author Roy Apps, follows the dream-come-true story of Jamie Vardy and his amazing rise to become a star striker in Leicester City's Premier League-winning side and top England goalscorer. Illustrated with colour artwork by Alessandro Valdrighi, including graphic novel-style panels, this book is perfect for sport-mad girls and boys with a reading age of 7, but will work perfectly well for older readers too. Printed on off-white paper using a reading font approved by the British Dyslexia Association, the Sporting Heroes series brings to life the skill, grit and determination needed to be a world-class sportsperson today. This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.

Author Biography

Roy Apps is the author of more than fifty children's books, including The Twitches, Fang Gang and How To Handle. He is the author of the highly successful Dream to Win series for Franklin Watts. His novel The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons won The Writers' Guild Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Awards. It is now a successful musical. Roy writes extensively for radio, theatre and TV. In 2001 he was awarded a BAFTA for his children's TV work, which includes Byker Grove, The Ghost Hunter and Barmy Aunt Boomerang. Roy visits schools, libraries and bookshops to read from his books and to share the secrets of The Shed in Your Head . He runs Writing Projects for all ages and over the last few years has helped young and new writers make books, stage plays, films, performance poetry and most recently, an opera.