Football Academy: Reading the GameEnlarge cover

Suitable for 7 - 11 years

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Ben is a talented young winger, brimming with confidence on the pitch. He has a real instinct for football: Coach says he can read the game beautifully. But off the field, things aren’t quite so simple. Ben’s struggle with reading words is causing more and more problems for him. Coach can see the problem, but can he help without hurting Ben’s feelings? Another gripping drama from the Football Academy series.

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Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141324708

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

July 2nd, 2009

Lexile measure

510L Lexiles are the global standard in reading assessment. They are unique as they are able to measure a child and a book on the same scale – ensuring the right book gets to the right child at the right time.

For more details see What is a lexile?.

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.5; Lower years; 2.0 points

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  • 160 pages

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Author/Illustrator

Tom Palmer

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As well as being a huge football fan, Tom Palmer has an international reputation in reader development. He is a coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium, works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust, and has been the official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme for five years.

He also teaches annually for the Arvon Foundation, and has travelled around the world to train librarians and teachers in techniques to encourage boys to read. Tom is the author of the Foul Play football books.

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  1. Macarw
    on 6 March 2014

    I liked this book because I read it last night and I liked the surprise that Ben was in year 7 because I thought he was probably in Year 5.

    5out of 5

  2. MaxFlash
    on 3 March 2011

    Ben is playing really well at United, he’s scoring loads of goals!But having to hide and lie about a huge secret,is tough to keep.Someone needs to find out about his secret before it’s to late.Can his coach find out before it’s to late?

    5out of 5

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