Soccer Squad: Missing!

Sep 22, 2024 4:22 PM

Author:Bali Rai

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.

The Rushton Reds have lost their first two matches. Missed chances, missed goals - even missed penalties! Their coaches say they need to play more as a team - and they have an idea for a great team-building day. But will it help the Reds hit the back of the net?

Reviews

Rai has produced a very readable and accessible storyline for younger readers, who will no doubt appreciate the football action and fast-paced descriptions of the games they play

—— Birmingham Post

A great football action book for 7-9 year olds

—— Aldershot Mail

Sure to strike a chord . . . [Chris Priestley's] wry observation that it's not just children who can be bashful hits home too

—— Junior Education

Entertaining and amusing

—— Carousel

An interesting, pacey story

—— Primary Times

As always, Chambers writes with the fierce intelligence and honesty which distinguishes his work. If more novels of adolescence had this quality and seriousness, we wouldn't risk losing those readers who feel patronised by teenage fiction

—— Linda Newbery , TES Teacher

A complex book . . . resulting in a believable and inviting world

—— School Library Journal

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