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Girls FC: the best team for football and friendship. Ten-year-old Jenny-Jane Bayliss is fed up of everyone getting at her. If it's not her horrible family, it's her teacher or her football coach. All she wants to do is play football - why can't they all just leave her alone? Women's football is the fastest growing sport in the world. In the UK one million girls play and more than 9,000 girls' teams are registered with the FA. "Helena Pielichaty has a light touch and an effortless way of telling a story." (Anne Cassidy) "This book makes football a fun activity that isn't just for boys and I hope reading the series will encourage more girls to get involved in sport from an early age." (Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson)" Helena Pielichaty (pronounced Pierre-li-hatty) is the bestselling author of numerous children's books, including the highly successful Simone's Letters, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her series, The After School Club, has eight titles and the bind-up, Clubbing Together, sold more than 25,000 copies in its first six months. A local girls' under elevens team helps with the inspiration and tactical know-how for Firls FC, but Helena has been an avid fan of women's football for many years. She lives in Nottinghamshire with her husband and has two grown-up children.