A funny and heartwarming story about a girl and her pet cat, who becomes a World Cup celebrity!
There's a football challenge at Yusra's school and everyone wants to win. Which class can find the best way to predict England's World Cup results? Yusra has an idea – her pet cat Gus could help! As Gus keeps guessing the scores right, the word spreads and soon everyone wants a piece of the famous football cat. But is the life of a celebrity as purrfect as it seems?
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Tom Palmer is originally from Leeds and credits articles about football with getting him into reading as a child. He draws on this experience in his top-selling sports fiction for children, including the series Football Academy and Foul Play. Tom has a background in reader development and today travels all over the UK with his immensely popular
More about Tom PalmerThe Sky Pony Press editors work at the children's book imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., in New York City.
Alex Paterson is a British illustrator living in Shakespeare's town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. (Shakespeare loved a good fart joke). Alex has illustrated over seventy books including Treasure Island, Oliver Twist and The Faraw
