Julie and Me... and Michael Owen Makes Three

Written in diary form, this book tells of six months in the life of football-mad Terry Payne as he painfully enters adolescence. Like the author, Terry is a Manchester United supporter living in Liverpool and he is not happy - he looks like Chris Evans and his mum and dad are splitting up. He falls in love with the gorgeous new girl at school, Julie Carter, but she is a Liverpool fan. This is a book which young adolescent soccer followers will enjoy and with which they will empathise. The book is set in actual Merseyside locations. The events of the Euro 2000 championships are referred to in some detail, as are the Premiership fixtures and key players of the 2000/2001 season. Unfortunately, this will inevitably reduce the shelf life of this title. As a matter of interest, Terry doesn't get the girl of his dreams by the end of the book. However, there is a chapter-long preview of the next book in the series, Julie and Me... Treble Trouble to whet the reader's appetite.