The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
Author | : Allan Ahlberg |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2008-03-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141913537 |
ISBN-13 | : 0141913533 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods – one of them is even a girl – but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition. A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys – and girls – of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.