Football Detective Foul Play - Softcover

Palmer, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141323671 ISBN 13: 9780141323671

Publisher: Puffin, 2010

Synopsis

Foul Play: the second book in this crime fighting series by Tom Palmer Danny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the day after Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded, into the bowels of the City FC stadium late at night, he's determined to get to the bottom of it. But is Danny getting into something he can't handle? As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years. He is the author of the Football Detective series, also for Puffin Books. Tom lives in West Yorkshire with his wife and daughter. Also by Tom Palmer: Football Academy: Boys United; Striking Out; Free Kick; Captain Fantastic Foul Play: Foul Play; Killer Pass; Dead Ball; Own Goal; Off Side The Squad: White Fear; Black Op

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Palmer is the author of more than thirty children's books featuring spies, ghosts, detectives, war, football and rugby.

He has written three series for Puffin Books - Football Academy (7+), Foul Play (9+) and The Squad (9+) - and several books for Barrington Stoke, including Scrum (7+), Ghost Stadium (9+), Secret F.C. (7+), Over the Line (10+) and the Rugby Academy series (9+).

Tom visits over 200 schools every year to run his Football and Rugby Reading Games, which tie in with his long-term work in reader development. He works regularly for the National Literacy Trust, the British Council, the Reading Agency, Reading Force, the Premier League and England Rugby. He is the Writer in Residence at the RAF Museums (2015 to 2018).

He is the winner of the Solihull and Leicester children's book awards and was shortlisted for the prestigious Blue Peter Book Award.

Review:

Praise for other books by Tom Palmer: 'Tom Palmer is a kind of missionary sent by the Premier League ... a clever book' -- Daily Mirror 'Gripping and witty ... Shaking Hands with Michael Rooneyis quite simply the perfect soccer yarn' -- Robert Swindells, author of Stone Cold

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141323671
• ISBN 13: 9780141323671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256