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Cal and Jenna risk everything by breaking strict Non-Contact rules in this exciting futuristic drama about acceptance, trust and teamwork from award-winning author Malorie Blackman.

In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone wears Non-Contact suits to survive and where you can never touch another person directly, Cal and Jenna have formed a football team. Not virtual – real football, with real contact. But Jenna's horrible twin Jacob is suspicious and it looks like they're headed for disaster…Can the team reach out to Jacob and convince him that making contact is also what makes us feel alive?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-460-4

Interest age

9+

Reading age

7

Publication Date

15-04-2015

Format

Paperback

Pages

64 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Cal and Jenna risk everything by breaking strict Non-Contact rules in this exciting futuristic drama about acceptance, trust and teamwork from award-winning author Malorie Blackman.

In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone wears Non-Contact suits to survive and where you can never touch another person directly, Cal and Jenna have formed a football team. Not virtual – real football, with real contact. But Jenna's horrible twin Jacob is suspicious and it looks like they're headed for disaster…Can the team reach out to Jacob and convince him that making contact is also what makes us feel alive?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Paul Fisher-Johnson

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-460-4

Reading age

7

Interest age

9+

Publication Date

15-04-2015

Format

Paperback

Pages

64 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Cal and Jenna risk everything by breaking strict Non-Contact rules in this exciting futuristic drama about acceptance, trust and teamwork from award-winning author Malorie Blackman.

In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone wears Non-Contact suits to survive and where you can never touch another person directly, Cal and Jenna have formed a football team. Not virtual – real football, with real contact. But Jenna's horrible twin Jacob is suspicious and it looks like they're headed for disaster…Can the team reach out to Jacob and convince him that making contact is also what makes us feel alive?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

Author

Malorie Blackman, Illustrated by Paul Fisher-Johnson

Malorie Blackman was the eighth Children’s Laureate and is one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. She has won, amongst a raft of other prizes, the Children’s Book Award and is the force behind YALC. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award and in 2008 she received an OBE for services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’. She lives in Kent.