Football Academy: Free Kick by Tom Palmer (author)

James has been a junior player at United for ages. Everyone expects him to follow in his dad’s footsteps and play for England one day. But James isn’t so sure. He has something he wants to do even more than football – something that would mean giving football up. But how can he do that when it means disappointing his dad? At a tournament in London, pitched against Arsenal and Chelsea players, James finally makes his mind up… More gripping football fiction to thrill confident readers.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141324715

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

September 3rd, 2009

Lexile measure

500L

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.6; Lower years; 2.0 points

Condition

New

Available in these packs

6books
Football Academy Pack x 6

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eur prices

Offer price: €46.80

Rewards/RRP: €62.32

Author/Illustrator

Tom Palmer

As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years.

He also teaches annually for the Arvon Foundation, and has travelled around the world to train librarians and teachers in techniques to encourage boys to read. Tom is the author of the Foul Play football books.