Keeper by Mal Peet

Keeper by Mal Peet

Mal Peet transports readers to a fictional South American country and a world of soccer, celebrity, and strange occurrences investigated by sports reporter Paul Faustino.

When Paul Faustino of La Nación flips on his tape recorder for an exclusive interview with El Gato -- the phenomenal goalkeeper who single-handedly won his team the World Cup -- the seasoned reporter quickly learns that this will be no ordinary story. Instead, the legendary El Gato narrates a spellbinding tale that begins in the South American rain forest, where a ghostly but very real mentor, the Keeper, emerges to teach a poor, gawky boy the most thrilling secrets of the game. A seamless blend of magic realism and exhilarating soccer action, this evocative novel will haunt readers long after the story ends.

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	9780763687465
ISBN 10	0763687464
Title	Keeper
Author	Mal Peet
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2016-05-10
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.