A compelling first-person narrator and football theme hooks boys' interest, while a feisty female character ensures that girls have a strong character to empathise with. Themes include family, government oppression, discrimination, asylum seekers, dreams vs. reality, relationships and responsibility. Ideal for mixed ability classes.
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
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Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best-known for
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