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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 17 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Different Kinds of Freedom: A Romani Story by Richard O
    Different Kinds of Freedom: A Romani Story - by Richard O'Neill

    £6.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781407199580 | ISBN 10: 1407199587

    A gripping football-filled adventure based in the Romani community of 19th-century Sheffield.  This action-packed story is told through the eyes of young Lijah, as he navigates life and discovers football and the legendary Rab Howell.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ultimate Guide to Women
    The Ultimate Guide to Women's Football - by Emily Stead

    £6.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780702302046 | ISBN 10: 070230204x

    The ultimate guide to women's football! This epic guide to the glorious game covers everything from player profiles to top tournaments and super skills - and a million things in between!   Take a tour through the world of women's football, stoppi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lily and the Rockets by Rebecca Stevens
    Lily and the Rockets - by Rebecca Stevens

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781912626120 | ISBN 10: 1912626128

    A timeless story of football, friendship and determination from acclaimed author Rebecca Stevens.  It's 1918. Lily spends her days working in a munitions factory, her nights picking metal out of her hair, and her lunchtimes kicking a ball wit ... more

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  • Cover image of book Brilliant Women: Incredible Sporting Champions by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
    Brilliant Women: Incredible Sporting Champions - by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781526304704 | ISBN 10: 1526304708

    In Incredible Sporting Champions, you will meet just a few of the incredibly talented, dedicated and brave women who have refused to let people decide for them what they are capable of achieving. Travel back to meet Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who singl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky
    Women in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win - by Rachel Ignotofsky

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781526360922 | ISBN 10: 1526360926

    This book is filled with stories of women who achieved their greatest dreams - women who pushed themselves to the limit, did the impossible and became legends.  Women in Sport celebrates the success of the tough, bold and fearless women who p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Go, Mo, Go! Monster Mountain Chase by Mo Farah, with Kes Gray - illustrated by Marta Kissi
    Go, Mo, Go! Monster Mountain Chase - by Mo Farah, with Kes Gray - illustrated by Marta Kissi

    £5.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781444934052 | ISBN 10: 1444934058

    From Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah and bestselling author of Oi Frog!, Kes Gray, comes a fun fiction series which will get kids reading, and running too!  After returning home from a long cross-country run, it’s time for Mo and his friends ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kick by Mitch Johnson
    Kick - by Mitch Johnson

    £6.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781474928151 | ISBN 10: 1474928153

    Budi's plan is simple. He's going to be a star.  Budi's going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes.   But one unlucky kick brings Budi's world crashing down. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wing Jones by Katherine Webber
    Wing Jones - by Katherine Webber

    £7.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781406369090 | ISBN 10: 1406369098

    Debut novel about a mixed-race family hit by tragedy in 90s Atlanta, from a talented young writer.   For fans of David Levithan, Jandy Nelson and Rainbow Rowell: a sweeping story about love and family from an exceptional new voice in YA.  With a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Keeper by Mal Peet
    Keeper - by Mal Peet

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781406367744 | ISBN 10: 1406367745

    The extraordinary debut novel by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet about football, magic and self-discovery.   The award-winning first novel from Carnegie Medal-winning Mal Peet introduces legendary sports journalist Paul Faustino and the ha ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ready Steady Mo! by Mo Farah and Kes Gray, illustrated by Marta Kissi
    Ready Steady Mo! - by Mo Farah and Kes Gray, illustrated by Marta Kissi

    £6.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781444934076 | ISBN 10: 1444934074

    From Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah and bestselling author of Oi Frog, Kes Gray, comes a fun and action-packed picture book debut that will get kids reading, and running too!   From Olympic gold medal winner, national treasure and father o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Emmanuel
    Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story Of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah - by Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Sean Qualls

    £13.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780449817445 | ISBN 10: 044981744x

    Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah’s inspiring true story — which was turned into a film, Emmanuel’s Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey — is nothing short of remarkable.   Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people ... more

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  • Cover image of book Goal! Football Around the World by Caio Vilela, translated by Sean Taylor
    Goal! Football Around the World - by Caio Vilela, translated by Sean Taylor

    £7.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781847805973 | ISBN 10: 1847805973

    “Where there’s a ball... there will always be someone who wants to play football.”  New in paperback. This book celebrates a hugely popular game, played all over the world – sometimes on a top quality football pitch, sometimes in the desert, so ... more

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  • Cover image of book Max the Champion by Sean Stockdale and Alexandra Strick, illustrated by Ros Asquith
    Max the Champion - by Sean Stockdale and Alexandra Strick, illustrated by Ros Asquith

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781847805195 | ISBN 10: 1847805191

    Max is mad about sport. As he gets up, has breakfast and heads off to school, he is dreaming of competing in world class sporting events. In his real day, he and his class win the school football match and, in his imagination, he and his friends are ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird
    The Fastest Boy in the World - by Elizabeth Laird

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781447267171 | ISBN 10: 1447267176

    From an award-winning author comes a story inspired by the 2012 London Olympics, perfectly timed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and h ... more

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  • Cover image of book Football Star by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by Renato Alarcao
    Football Star - by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by Renato Alarcao

    £7.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781406357219 | ISBN 10: 1406357219

    Just in time for the World Cup, an inspiring story of a Brazilian boy who dreams of being a football star – and the sister who steps in to help his team win a game.  When Paulo Marcelo Feliciano becomes a football star, crowds will cheer his fa ... more

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  • Cover image of book Pirate Gran Goes for Gold by Geraldine Durrant, illustrated by Rose Forshall
    Pirate Gran Goes for Gold - by Geraldine Durrant, illustrated by Rose Forshall

    £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781906367480 | ISBN 10: 1906367485

    Following on from the hugely-popular Pirate Gran, our adventurous seafaring pensioner has now got wind of the Olympics and, with the help of old shipmates Flint-Hearted Jack, Fingers O’Malley and Cut-Throat Malone (not to mention her long-suffering p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cliffhanger by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt
    Cliffhanger - by Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

    £5.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780440868552 | ISBN 10: 0440868556

    From climbing and abseiling to canoeing and a Crazy Bucket Race, the adventure holiday promises to be full of action. There's just one problem as far as Tim is concerned: he is hopeless at sports of any kind.  Can Tim survive the horrors of a wee ... more

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