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The beautiful game
Paperback
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- Book Synopsis
- Fact and fiction intertwine in this heartfelt tribute to football, honouring victims of Hillsborough and other disasters, and celebrating trailblazing black players.Football is Lennie's life, like his dad and grandad before him. But then Lennie gets involved with some fans who want to cause trouble at a game.Dad and Grandad understand only too well the cost of fan violence, official neglect and racism in football, and they take Lennie on a whistle-stop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game.Packed with facts about football disasters and controversies, this passionate and timely book charts the highs and lows of our national obsession.Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
- About The Author
- Alan Gibbons trained as a teacher and through working with young people discovered his literary voice. He started writing fiction for his pupils and published his first novel in 1993.Alan has also appeared on the BBC education programme Writer's Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, radio 4's Front Row, and is a regular contributor to TES, Junior Education, Carousel, Books for Keeps and other journals.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781781126912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Barrington Stoke, (06 April 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 65
- Weight
- 130 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 130 x 7 mm
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