Keeper
Alan Gibbons author Chris Chalik illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:6th May '21
£6.99
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A thought-provoking football story accompanied by fascinating facts about famous goalies and the history of goalkeeping from reluctant-reader favourite Alan Gibbons.
New boy Shane Logan has a temper, but he’s also a talented goalie. When Peter and his friends invite Shane to join their football team, he delivers a star performance in the first match. But Shane’s not the only one who makes an impression. Hanging over him like a shadow is his dad, Mick, who yells orders and insults from the sidelines. What is Mick’s problem? And why does Shane seem afraid of him? The more Peter gets to know Shane, the more he worries that something is wrong – and that Shane’s not as tough as he seems.
A thought-provoking football story accompanied by fascinating facts about famous goalies and the history of goalkeeping from reluctant-reader favourite Alan Gibbons.
"Barrington Stoke have scored a winner … Perfect for topping up even the most knowledgable football fan's trivia" – Primary Teacher Bookshelf
"As with all of Alan Gibbon's stories, this feels completely authentic … real-life stories add to the sense of football as an alternative family" – Andrea Reece, LoveReading4Kids
"This story had such an authentic voice. It really celebrates the boys’ love of football and how being part of a team or a group of supporters can be like having an alternate family" – Library Girl and Book Boy
"Gibbons handles the issue of domestic violence and abuse with sensitivity and without dodging the issues and shows just how important something like football can be to a child caught up in these adult situations" – The Letterpress Project
ISBN: 9781781129630
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 8mm
Weight: 140g
80 pages