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by Tom Palmer (Author)
Talented footballer Rachel must learn to become a team player in this action-packed football story from multi-million-copy bestselling and award-winning author Tom Palmer. The kids on the Cotmanhay estate don't have much to look forward to during the long summer break until an anonymous benefactor donates funds to set up a sports camp. Rachel, a talented footballer, is excited about the chance of playing the game she loves during the holidays, but it quickly becomes clear that, while she can score impressive goals, she struggles to work well with her team-mates. Can she learn how to channel her skills to become a valuable team player? And when the sports camp becomes the target of a senseless act of vandalism, will this important new project be able to continue?
Author Biography
Tom Palmer was a reluctant reader as a child and credits articles about football with getting him into reading. He is now the multi-award-winning author of many books for young readers, including the Young Quills Award winner After the War and FCBG Children's Book Award winners Armistice Runner and D-Day Dog. In 2019 Tom was awarded the National Literacy Trust's Ruth Rendell Award in recognition of his significant contribution to literacy work in the UK.
