Book description
The local youth club are putting an under-elevens squad together -
and Dal, Chris, Abs and Jason are determined to be picked. They know
they're the best players in their school - but what if that isn't good
enough and they don't make the team? Dal knows he'd be gutted if his
mates made it and he didn't . . .
Then once the team is picked, they have to do the business on the
pitch - go out and win! And their coach has a couple of surprise new
players to help the team . . .
Bali Rai has now written eight young adult novels for Random House
Children's Books. His first, (un)arranged marriage, created a
huge amount of interest and won many awards including the Angus Book
Award and the Leicester Book of the Year. It was also shortlisted for
the prestigious Brandford Boase first novel award. Rani and
Sukh and The Whisper were both shortlisted for the
Booktrust Teenage Prize. Bali also writes the hugly popular Soccer
Squad series for younger readers.
He was born in Leicester, where he still lives, writing full-time
and visiting schools to talk about his books. www. balirai. co. uk
