Brooksie

Brooksie

by NeilArksey (Author)

Synopsis

Imagine having a Premier league and England striker as your dad! Lee Brooks loves it, until his dad - 'Brooksie' - loses form and goes downhill embarrassingly fast. Lee hates Brooksie for letting him down. And Lee hates having to move to a grotty new home without his dad. With his own on-pitch confidence at an all-time low, he even begins to hate football. But then he meets Dent and his mates and the chance is there for him to play again - with a team of seriously talented players. They've just one problem - no pitch!

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Quantity

2 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 06 Aug 2001

ISBN 10: 044086481X
ISBN 13: 9780440864813
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Gritty realistic football tale.

Media Reviews
The narrative moves along quite quickly with constantly changing domestic scenes, exciting match reports and various groups and people interacting ... A suitable short novel for 10 year olds and upwards The School Librarian A real winner with reluctant boys in Years 7 and 8 ... There's action and a great deal of drama in this pacy story: the reader is never given time to be bored! Literacy and Learning
Author Bio
NEIL ARKSEY is a writer, a professional actor and a swimming coach for youngsters. A TV scriptwriter whose work has recently included scriptwriting for the new series of CROSSROADS, he is the author of a number of successful children's titles, including FLINT, SUDDEN DEATH and BROOKSIE for the Transworld list and PLAYING THE EDGE and MACB (Puffin) and is beginning to develop a strong reputation for his original, gritty, contemporary footballing tales. He has been described, by Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 as 'Nick Hornby for kids'. Author lives: South London