East End United learn that the secret to a great team might just lie in the past, in this fact-filled sports story celebrating the importance of team work.
Football is Cairo's passion. He's proud to be captain of East End United. But Cairo's temper flares up far too fast – at the opposition, and at his own team-mates. Soon his bad-boy antics will land United in trouble.
The team must pull together before it's too late. Can football's biggest stars motivate United to play as a team again?
Packed with facts about the world's best footballers – from controversial players to inspiration leaders on the pitch.
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
This is Book 4 in the Football Fiction and Facts Series. See all Football Fiction and Facts books here.
Alan Gibbons' other titles include "Charles Darwin" and "Shadow of the Minotaur," for which he won" "the Blue Peter Book Award. He has also been short-listed twice for the Carnegie Medal.
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