Its not easy supporting the bottom team in the football league My team, Mudchester United have been drawn against Kingston FC in the FA Cup! Kingston won the Premier League last year. Their team is stuffed full of famous players from all over the world. This will be the biggest game ever in Mudchesters history. Alex Beasley is a football fanatic. He dreams that one day his favourite team will play at Wembley in the FA Cup final. Sadly, this is not likely to happen, because the team he supports is Mudchester United, the worst club in the Football League. Could this season be different? When Mudchester are drawn against a premiership side in the FA Cup, could they turn out to be this years giant killers? Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3b to Level 3a in reading.Support comprehension with the funny, age-appropriate illustrations.Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.Suitable for Key Stage 3 students with a reading age of 9 years.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Read On .

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 48 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Natalie Packer is an educational consultant who has worked as a Senior Adviser for the National Strategies, supporting the implementation of the Achievement for All project to improve outcomes for students with SEN, and as a Local Authority Adviser for Special Educational Needs and School Improvement. She has developed and delivered national training on a wide range of issues, including SEN, teaching and learning, and involving parents in education. She has primary headship experience and was a SENCO for a number of years. He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film studies, before teaming up with Steve Barlow to become a full time author. Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore met at school in Nottingham and the 2Steves were born! They tour the country putting on performances for thousands of children every year. Alan and Robbie Gibbons are father and son. Together they have written three stories for the Read On series.