The Big Match

There are comparatively few football stories for the emergent reader, so this one should prove popular with soccer enthusiasts who want to read about as well as follow or play the game. Young Chris dreamed about being in his school football team like his big brother, Andrew, and wearing the goalie's green jumper with the number one stitched on it. But he can hardly believe it when the headteacher calls him into his office and tells him that he's to stand in for an absentee. The time spent training looks like being wasted when he leaves high gloves at school the day before the match but ... now read on. The line drawings are in the style of comic strip illustrations which should add to the appeal.