Michael, Hannah, Tom and the other seven to eight-year-olds in their class are all totally soccer mad - and new-boy Jonty fits right in when he turns up on his first day, bouncing a football! As the class team prepare for a special five-a-side football tournament, Jonty also comes up with a great idea to help save their small village school from closure - sponsored goals! And he has an extra surprise up his sleeve too - his father is a famous pop star and also football crazy...

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Colour First Reader .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 1998 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Suzanne Carnell is an experienced children's book editor. She lives in south-west London. Michael Reid was trained at Liverpool School of Art and has illustrated many books for children, including A Treasury of Stories for Eight Year Olds (Kingfisher) and the Puppy Patrol series (Macmillan). He lives in the Wirral with his wife and one cat. Rob Childs is the author of five separate football series for Transworld for a wide range of junior readers. Including the successful Big Match series and Soccer Mad series.