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Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore. Origin: United Kingdom (Imported). Condition: Brandnew. Pages: 72. Fact and fiction intertwine in this heartfelt tribute to football, honouring victims of Hillsborough and other disasters, and celebrating trailblazing black players. At an Old Trafford game, Lennie hears Man U fans chanting about Hillsborough. Appalled, his dad and granddad take Lennie on a whistlestopGiới thiệu Sách - The Beautiful Game by Chris Chalik (UK edition, paperback) tại Pretty Cosmetics
Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore
Publisher: Independent Alliance
Origin: United Kingdom (Imported)
ISBN 13: 9781781126912
Condition: Brandnew
Binding: paperback
Pages: 72
Dimensons: 198 x 130 x 6 | 130 (gram)
----------------------------------------Fact and fiction intertwine in this heartfelt tribute to football, honouring victims of Hillsborough and other disasters, and celebrating trailblazing black players. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
At an Old Trafford game, Lennie hears Man U fans chanting about Hillsborough. Enraged, he joins in with a retaliatory chant about the Munich Disaster of '58. Appalled, his dad and granddad take Lennie on a whistlestop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game. Dad and Grandad know only too well the human cost of fan violence and official negligence, having experience racism in football fandom and survived the Hillsborough woven with lots of facts about the history of football, the great disasters of the twentieth century and the black footballers who blazed a trail in the UK, this book is ideal to engage reluctant reading football fans. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
Review Quote
"Writing well for younger or reluctant readers is a real skill and Gibbons is brilliant at it … a touching and necessary tribute" -- The Letterpress ProjectReview Quote
"Examines the worst events in football in a way that enables young fans to understand what happened and why. A fan himself, [Alan Gibbons'] book still celebrates the best of football too as a way to bring people together" -- LoveReading4KidsReview Quote
"This book is ideal to engage reluctant reading football fans. It's a really insightful read, worthy of the widest possible aunce" -- Parents in TouchReview Quote
"Perhaps only Alan Gibbons who has foot in both Manchester and Liverpool's tight-knit communities - could have written such a well-rounded and informative short story. Highly recommended for reluctant readers and football addicts alike" -- The School LibrarianReview Quote
"Written with reluctant readers in mind, the writing is clear and compelling. Also featuring interesting fact sheets that will please the most history-hungry fans, this book is a top scorer" -- CBI
Fact and fiction intertwine in this heartfelt tribute to football, honouring victims of
Hillsborough and other disasters, and celebrating trailblazing black players.
Biographical Note
A former primary school teacher, Alan Gibbons has sold over 1.3 million books and many prestigious awards including the Blue Peter Award for ‘The Book I Couldn’t Put Down’. Alan is a high-profile library campaigner and education consultant and is a very popular speaker at schools, libraries, colleges and conferences – he visits over 150 schools a year.
Football is Lennie’s life, like his dad and grandad before him. But then Lennie gets involved with some fans who want to cause trouble at a game.
Dad and Grandad understand only too well the cost of fan violence, official neglect and racism in football, and they take Lennie on a whistle-stop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game.
Packed with facts about football disasters and controversies, this passionate and
timely book charts the highs and lows of our national obsession.
Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....
Chi Tiết Sách - The Beautiful Game by Chris Chalik (UK edition, paperback)
Công ty phát hành | Penguin Books |
Nhà xuất bản | Penguin |
ISBN-13 | 9781781126912 |