Keeper

By Mal Peet

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

In a newspaper office, Paul Faustino, South America's top football 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 rainforest...

Categories: Fiction

For readers aged: 12+

Publication details:
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781406338294
Published: 05 Apr 2012
Price: £6.99

Size: 198 x 129 mm
Pages: 240

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

'Tense and atmospheric this refreshing original story in which footballing familiars are shot through with curious and satisfying magical realism.' The Guardian

'Has all the ingredients of a great children’s novel with drama, suspense and an extraordinarily moving ending…children will love it.' Daily Express

'A brilliant book, thoroughly and richly entertaining.' The School Librarian

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