The Football Shirt by Catherine Macphail
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Ross has been saving for a football top of his favourite team for ages, but doesn’t think he’ll ever afford it. When he sees one pinned to a tree, commemorating the death of a young boy, he can’t resist taking it – but Ross gets more than he bargains for, and finds having the shirt comes at a dreadful price… Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books. Text type: A mystery story. Curriculum links: Citizenship: Choices. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.Catherine MacPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award for her first novel, Run Zan Run, and the Scottish Arts Council Award for her second novel, Fighting Back. Her other books for Bloomsbury include Dark Waters, Another Me, and Missing. Catherine MacPhail's work is enormously popular with teenagers, her trademarks being a mix of humor and pacy, topical storylines.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007428298 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007428294 |
| Title | The Football Shirt |
| Author | Catherine Macphail |
| Series | Collins Big Cat |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2012-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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