Interest Age 10-15 Reading Age 6+ A fun football story with a reading age of 6.5. Written by a former football reporter for The Sunday Times - the author knows his subject well.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 10+
Jack and Jimmy are awful at football - but Jimmy is sure he'll play for United one day! Is Jimmy crazy or will he find a way to prove himself? And can the boys save the day when it's up to them to win the match?
Alan Combes began writing as a teacher and has since combined a 30-year teaching career with success as a writer, both as an author and as a football journalist for newspapers such as The Sunday Times. His other titles for Barrington Stoke include City Boy and The Dead Man Files. He lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
