Striking Out: the second book in the Football Academy series by Tom Palmer

Yunis can't believe that he's United leading scorer. It should be the happiest time of his life, but his father wants him to give up football and work hard at school. Can Yunis convince his dad that he can do both, or will he have to hang up his boots forever?

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As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years. He is the author of the Football Detective series, also for Puffin Books. Tom lives in West Yorkshire with his wife and daughter.

Also by Tom Palmer:

Football Academy:

Boys United; Striking Out; Free Kick; Captain Fantastic

Foul Play:

Foul Play; Killer Pass; Dead Ball; Own Goal; Off Side

The Squad:

White Fear; Black Op

This book is part of a book series called Football Academy .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Tom Palmer is the author of 48 books featuring spies, history, the RAF, ghosts, detectives, war, formula 1, football and rugby. He is the winner of the Solihull and Leicester children's book awards and was shortlisted for the prestigious Blue Peter Book Award. Tom lives in Yorkshire with his wife, daughter, dog and cat.