Soccer Squad: Glory!

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Soccer Squad: Glory!
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bali Rai
SeriesSoccer Squad
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781862306561
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Red Fox
Publication Date 5 March 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Cup action - and goals galore - for Rushton Reds as the team face their biggest rivals yet. Dal, Chris, Abs and Jason have made the squad for the local youth club under-lls football team. And after their first match (not as successful as they'd have liked), they are determined to prove that they've got what it takes to be winners. Rushton Reds for the Cup! Chris is a striker - but can he put the ball in the back of the net when Rushton Reds meet Evington Eagles, their chief rivals, in a big Cup game?He and his team-mates - Dal, Jason and Abs - all want to lift the trophy. But Evington Eagles are the Cup-holders and won't be easy to beat . . .

Author Biography

Having grown up in the heart of Leicester's Sikh community, Bali Rai went to London to study Politics. After managing a bar and thinking about becoming a journalist, he now devotes all his time to writing and visiting schools to talk about his books. He is the author of a number of titles for the Random House Children's list, several of which have won awards or been shortlisted; including Unarranged Marriage, which won four regional awards and was shortlisted for five others!The Whisper was shortlisted for the prestigious BookTrust Teenage Prize. Soccer Squad is his first younger book for the RHCB lists.

Reviews

An action-packed new football series * The Bookseller * One of a series of short, sharp and fast stories with football to the fore * The School Librarian *