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Little Gems - The Unlucky Eleven

Paperback

A fun football tale for little readers packed with laughs, friendship and a spot of superstition …

Ridiculous injuries … strange illnesses … cancelled games … Everything's going wrong for the Saints this season, and Stanley's team-mates believe they finally know why. Their football kit is cursed! But the team's attempts to break the curse take things from bad to worse. Soon, they're ready to call it quits. Stanley's still got some tricks up his sleeve … but will his curse-cracking ideas save the team in time for the last game of the season?

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Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-850-3

Interest age

5+

Publication Date

02-05-2019

Format

Paperback

Pages

104 pages

Dimensions

126x168mm

Product Description

A fun football tale for little readers packed with laughs, friendship and a spot of superstition …

Ridiculous injuries … strange illnesses … cancelled games … Everything's going wrong for the Saints this season, and Stanley's team-mates believe they finally know why. Their football kit is cursed! But the team's attempts to break the curse take things from bad to worse. Soon, they're ready to call it quits. Stanley's still got some tricks up his sleeve … but will his curse-cracking ideas save the team in time for the last game of the season?

Author

Phil Earle, Illustrated by Steve May

PHIL EARLE was born and raised in Hull and kick-started his love of books with a job as a children's bookseller. Phil now works in children’s publishing and is the award-winning author of several books for young readers including Get Me Out of Here, a recent collaboration with Andy McNab, and the young adult novels Being Billy, and Mind the Gap. Phil's When the Sky Falls was Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for June 2021.||Steve May studied illustration and animation. His exuberant, madcap, action-packed style makes his work extremely popular – it’s become a regular feature in the world of children’s books.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-850-3

Interest age

5+

Publication Date

02-05-2019

Format

Paperback

Pages

104 pages

Dimensions

126x168mm

Product Description

A fun football tale for little readers packed with laughs, friendship and a spot of superstition …

Ridiculous injuries … strange illnesses … cancelled games … Everything's going wrong for the Saints this season, and Stanley's team-mates believe they finally know why. Their football kit is cursed! But the team's attempts to break the curse take things from bad to worse. Soon, they're ready to call it quits. Stanley's still got some tricks up his sleeve … but will his curse-cracking ideas save the team in time for the last game of the season?

Author

Phil Earle, Illustrated by Steve May

PHIL EARLE was born and raised in Hull and kick-started his love of books with a job as a children's bookseller. Phil now works in children’s publishing and is the award-winning author of several books for young readers including Get Me Out of Here, a recent collaboration with Andy McNab, and the young adult novels Being Billy, and Mind the Gap. Phil's When the Sky Falls was Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for June 2021.||Steve May studied illustration and animation. His exuberant, madcap, action-packed style makes his work extremely popular – it’s become a regular feature in the world of children’s books.

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