Recommendations from our site
“I would have loved this when I was a kid – a whole series about one team! Basically, it’s about a Ukrainian girl, Nika, who’s moved to the UK and is playing for an under 11s team. Joining the team is part of the way that she adjusts to living in a new country, but she still feels different, and she’s very aware of that. When her team are invited to go and play in a celebration of the World Cup, this sense of difference is brought home hugely. Her team are allotted Ukraine and many of them are really disappointed. They wanted to be England. Nika is very upset by their reaction……It’s very subtly done and beautifully written.” Read more...
Best Football Books for Kids and Young Adults
Dave Cousins, Children's Author
Our most recommended books
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Inventors: Incredible Stories of the World's Most Ingenious Inventions
by Robert Winston & Jessamy Hawke (illustrator) -
How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Awesome Structures
Roma Agrawal, Katie Hickey (illustrator) -
Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl -
Harry Potter: the Complete Series
by J.K. Rowling -
Reckless: The Petrified Flesh
Cornelia Funke, translated by Oliver Latsch -
Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals
by Ben Rothery
