Author: Hickman, John
Reading age: from c 12 years
Published on 5 April 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Education) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the High/Low' series.
Paperback | 80 pages
131 x 198 x 6 | 122g
Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font and illustrations, The Football Trials is aimed at readers aged 12+ and has a manageable length (80 pages) and reading age (9+). Produced in association with reading experts at Catch Up, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
This exciting coming of age story follows a boy from a tower block as he joins a premier league football academy. Jackson is good at football… really good at football. And when a scout from United spots him in the park, it seems like he might just have the chance to make it out of his high-rise tower block and into the premier league. But the other boys have been playing together since they were young and Jackson isn’t sure he’ll ever fit in – or be able to manage his fiery temper.
Book band: Brown