Keeper

By Mal Peet

An extraordinary debut novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize.

Paul Faustino, South America's top sports writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato – the Cat – the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup... In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story – how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him – the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic forest...

Categories: Fiction

For readers aged: 12+

Publication details:
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781406303933
Published: 02 Oct 2006
Price: £6.99

Size: 198 x 129 mm
Pages: 240

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'Physical, spiritual – Arthurian, even – this is true enchantment.' TES Teacher

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