Hoof the unicorn knows he’s got star potential as a footballer; he just needs to find the right team. Could it be Bad United? Managed by a mermaid, with a (bigger than average) spider in goal, a dinosaur in defence and a fairy up front, one thing’s certain: with this side, anything’s possible.
In their game against the Blazing Dragons though, United are down 5–0 at half-time. Can Hoof dig deep and turn it around?
Hoof’s story is told via cartoon style strip, with short text and lots of speech bubbles making this perfect for beginner readers. The joyful silliness of the story and the unusual nature of the players will certainly catch and hold their attention too and this is a very funny and unusual football read.
All Hoof the Unicorn wants to do is be part of a football team but his club never appreciated his talents and kicked him out. Then he spots an advert for BAD UNITED and he feels a tingling in his hooves. A chance to be part of a team again! A chance to play the game he loves! And a chance to show off his skills…
Hoof is thrilled to find his new teammates are more than up for the challenge. Led by enthusiastic mermaid coach Sirena Wingmer, the team consists of: Bones, their skeleton captain who sometimes struggles to keep her head; Rex, the ROARsome dinosaur defender; cheetah striker Bolt brings the thunder; Tinkerball dazzles with her magic fairy moves and Annette guards the goal with her life (and eight spider legs). All deemed “not good enough” to play for their teams (who decides what’s “good” anyway?!), BAD UNITED combine strength, skill, speed and stench to show everyone what they’ve got…
The first book in a super and silly graphic novel series, perfect for fans of The Bad Guys and The Nothing to See Here Hotel.
Louise Forshaw is an illustrator (and sometimes author) living in a small town in the North East, UK. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Illustration and Animation from Newcastle College. Louise works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell Terriers.
