Sammy Striker and the Football Cup

Her great grandfather’s gift of a football when Sammy was tiny is the start of a passion which colours her day and nighttime dreams. As the rhyming text bounces along, so does Sammy, a football ever at her feet. Spotted one day by a legendary coach, soon Sammy is practising with the country’s new under eights team. But whilst she is brilliant at tackling and dribbling, when it comes to getting the ball into the net to score a goal, Sammy’s kicks always curve adrift. Her confidence is knocked.  On their first match day, Sammy is devastated to find she is sat on the bench, just watching. An injury to a teammate has her warming up, and onto the pitch she goes. Says the coach, ‘Don’t try and do things like all of the rest. I’ve got a whole team who can kick straight and true, but only one player who can bend it like you!’ Fired up with pride, Sammy adjusts her stride, and aims far wide of the goal. Result! The ball curves round the keeper, and it’s a goal!  Just in time for a summer full of football, this book will encourage readers to follow a dream, but reminds them that sometimes one’s dreams need to be adjusted. Illustrated in bold, bright colours. With quirky images of young players, showing all the range of emotions on and off the field from angst to pride, aspiring footballers will love it.