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  • Published: 1 May 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141304946
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $22.99

The Redback Leftovers



Can the Leftovers pull it together for the big match, or is Will's life about to totally fall apart?

The worst soccer team in history, a hopeless crush, and two crazy Italian coaches – surely Will's life couldn't get any worse . . .

Will Fisher used to love playing soccer. Now he hates it. But when he tries to quit, he's bundled into a team nobody would choose to be in – a team of leftovers. To top it off, he's got a difficult dad with a secret, a crush on a girl making a video about the team, and two crazy Italian coaches who have blasted their way into his life and seem determined to change it forever . . .

Can the Leftovers pull it together for the big match, or is Will's life about to totally fall apart?

  • Published: 1 May 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141304946
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Debra Oswald

Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the TV series Offspring.
Her stage plays have been performed around the world and are published by Currency Press. Gary’s House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences – Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire.
Her television credits include Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Debra has written three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers and Getting Air. Her first adult novel, Useful, was published in 2015.

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