Imagine being a talented footballer - yet never being allowed to play? No football - ever. That's the law as laid down by Flint's bad-tempered, bullying father: a man with a dodgy back and an even dodgier means of earning a living - as a petty thief. But nothing can keep Flint from playing football for long. And when he is offered a place in a local team, suddenly Dad no longer seems to mind! Flint's over the moon - until he realizes what Dad's real motives are... A tough, hard-hitting and action-packed football tale. From the author of BROOKSIE.

 

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Neil Arksey is an actor who has performed, and is now teaching at the new Globe Theatre in London. He has written stage and film scripts and this is his second Puffin title. Neil lives in Peckham, London.