Pitch Invasion

Description

A tense Seth is waiting to hear if his mum's got the 'all-clear'. But instead of relaxing in Cornwall, Seth is haunted by visions. Heads on spikes - bloodied and rotten, eyes pecked out - surrounding an Iron Age hill fort to keep intruders away. When Seth meets two football-crazy brothers from Aleppo their stories offer him a new sense of courage. Can he look death in the face and restore calm to the present?

Tom Palmer is originally from Leeds and credits articles about football with getting him into reading as a child. As well as writing the top selling Football Academy and Foul Play series (Puffin), he has also written many books for Barrington Stoke including Over the Line, Ghost Stadium, Secret FC, and the Rugby Academy and Wings series, all of which continue to sell strongly. He travels all over the UK for events, performing his immensely popular rugby and football reading games, and is well-loved across the book trade. a popular author, a Reading Champion, and former bookseller.

"Will grip young readers from start to finish, and make them think about their own place in the world" -- LoveReading4Kids "A good, pacy read with illustrations to help it along and support understanding. It's perfect for an older reader who really needs a decent gripping story but might be overwhelmed by too chunky a text" -- Books for Keeps