By: Alexander, Kwame
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: Andersen Press Ltd
Date of Publication: 05/05/16
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781783444656
Dimensions in mm: 196 x 123 x 21
Description: Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can?_Tt nobody stop you/can?_Tt nobody cop you?_?Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents?_T break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges ?_" which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal ?_" change his life, as well as his best friend?_Ts. This energetic novel-in-verse by the poet Kwame Alexander captures all the thrills and setbacks, the action and emotion of a World Cup match.
Format: Paperback / softback
Published By: Andersen Press Ltd
Date of Publication: 05/05/16
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781783444656
Dimensions in mm: 196 x 123 x 21
Description: Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can?_Tt nobody stop you/can?_Tt nobody cop you?_?Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents?_T break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges ?_" which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal ?_" change his life, as well as his best friend?_Ts. This energetic novel-in-verse by the poet Kwame Alexander captures all the thrills and setbacks, the action and emotion of a World Cup match.