Book description
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!
NEIL ARKSEY is a writer, a professional actor and a swimming coach
for youngsters. A TV scriptwriter whose work has recently 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 for the Transworld list and PLAYING THE EDGE and MACB
(Puffin) and is beginning to develop a strong reputation for his
original, gritty, contemporary footballing tales. He has been
described, by Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 as 'Nick Hornby for kids'.
Author lives: South London
