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  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446480748
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

Brooksie




A gritty and realistic football tale.

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!

  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446480748
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

About the author

Neil Arksey

NEIL ARKSEY is a writer, a professional actor and a swimming coach for youngsters. A TV scriptwriter whose work has 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. He has been described, by Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 as 'Nick Hornby for kids'.

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Praise for Brooksie

Nick Hornby for kids

Radio 5 Live

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

The narrative moves along quite quickly with constantly changing domestic scenes, exciting match reports, and various groups and people interacting

The School Librarian