The Penalty by Mal Peet
From the award-winning author of Tamar, a time-shifting thriller about a vanishing soccer star, occult secrets, and the dark history of slavery. As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without a trace -- right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his team. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports reporter, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery of the athlete's disappearance. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, Faustino is forced to confront the bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult. A deftly woven mystery flush with soccer and suspense, this gripping novel is a thrilling read not to be missed.Mal Peet (1947-2015) was the acclaimed author of the Carnegie Medal-winning novel Tamar, as well as Life: An Exploded Diagram, The Murdstone Trilogy, and two more Paul Faustino novels, Keeper and Exposure, which won the Guardian Children's Literature Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780763633998 |
| ISBN 10 | 0763633992 |
| Title | The Penalty |
| Author | Mal Peet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2007-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Commended for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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