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Jake loves football and dreams of becoming a professional footballer. He's worried about his height though - what if he's too small for football? But on the day of his trial Jake is quick on the ball and scores - he's made it! Jake can't wait to pull on his shirt and join the team. But someone at the club wants to make his life difficult. Can Jake face up to the bullies and become man of the match again?
Stay on the ball this season with the first four stories following the boys in United's under-twelves.
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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 is the author of the Football Detective series, also for Puffin Books. Tom lives in West Yorkshire with his wife and daughter.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Football Academy series is perfect for football mad boys and girls. Short chapters, bold print and large illustrations make it an ideal read for 7 year olds and above. The boys on the team have all got a story to tell, kicking off with Jake Oldfield. Jake is likeable and many boys will relate to him. They'll like the ratings given to every player at the end of the match, too. The series is very inclusive with the squad including a British Asian boy called Yunis and a Polish boy called Tomasz. An ideal stocking filler.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the best books I've read so far. It is all about a boy called Jake who finds himself qualifying for United's Academy. But he is a City fan, United's rivals. You will probably like this book if you are 7-12 and into football.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first book about a Premier League academy in England. It is really realsitic. I love the bit when Jake gets a place on the team and when he makes friends with Yunis.
I have read three of the series. This is my favorite, but the other two are good too.
I have read three of the series. This is my favorite, but the other two are good too.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good book for 9/10 boys
It's very difficult to get a book for my 9 year old boy to read as he hates reading and loves football this is a good compromise
Published 12 months ago by H A H A
Books for reluctant readers
Brilliant book for encouaging boys to read. Engaging characters, an interesting story line and vocabluary that is stretching but not too hard has done wonders to get my 8 year old... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Funkygirl
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bought this for my football mad son who hates to sit down to read anything and was struggling with his reading skills. Read more
Published 13 months ago by RABBITBEARHUG
Excellent story for football mad boys
My six year old loved this story. We alternated reading pages together (I read one page, he the next), but he was so keen to find out how it ended that he finished the book on his... Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. Oldershaw
My 8 year old son loved this book
I have an 8 year old son who is mad about football and he absolutely loved this book!!
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. M. Milson
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