Rocky of the Rovers: Game Changer: Volume 8
Published on 23. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-78618-495-5 (ISBN)
Description
IT'S A ROCKY ROAD! Game Changer is the eighth book in the football-tastic Roy of the Rovers illustrated fiction series, and the second Rocky of the Rovers story. Part of the third season, this exciting series is written by award-winning author Tom Palmer.
The newly formed Melchester Women's team are going from strength to strength in their first full season of professional football, led by the tenacious Rocky Race. But behind the scenes, the morale of the club is low. After a shocking incident in a men's European game, and the recent Race family tragedy, Rocky, her brother Roy, and the whole club are struggling to deal with the aftermath. What's more, she's fighting with Ffion, her friend! Can she maintain her match-winning performances? How is she supposed to deal with everything that's happened? And just where does her footballing future lie?
Enjoyed this title? Pick up The GBP100 Million Game next to continue the story!
Praise for the Roy of the Rovers series:
EPIC! - Match of the Day Magazine
I love the way that they are about so much more than football: they are about heart, values and family. Both graphic novel and fiction titles are compelling, engaging and a lot of fun. Lace up and get reading. - Jim Sells, Programme Manager for Sport & Literacy, National Literacy Trust.
Read with my 7 year old who is football mad, really enjoyed it and left us wanting to read the next one in the series! - GoodReads Review
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The newly formed Melchester Women's team are going from strength to strength in their first full season of professional football, led by the tenacious Rocky Race. But behind the scenes, the morale of the club is low. After a shocking incident in a men's European game, and the recent Race family tragedy, Rocky, her brother Roy, and the whole club are struggling to deal with the aftermath. What's more, she's fighting with Ffion, her friend! Can she maintain her match-winning performances? How is she supposed to deal with everything that's happened? And just where does her footballing future lie?
Enjoyed this title? Pick up The GBP100 Million Game next to continue the story!
Praise for the Roy of the Rovers series:
EPIC! - Match of the Day Magazine
I love the way that they are about so much more than football: they are about heart, values and family. Both graphic novel and fiction titles are compelling, engaging and a lot of fun. Lace up and get reading. - Jim Sells, Programme Manager for Sport & Literacy, National Literacy Trust.
Read with my 7 year old who is football mad, really enjoyed it and left us wanting to read the next one in the series! - GoodReads Review
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More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 8 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78618-495-5 (9781786184955)
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Persons
Tom Palmer is the author of 48 books featuring spies, history, the RAF, ghosts, detectives, war, football and rugby, and he works around the UK and the world for the National Literacy Trust, the British Council, the Reading Agency, Reading Force, the Premier League, the FA and England Rugby.
He has written series for Puffin Books and Barrington Stoke, including most recently, Armistice Runner, which was shortlisted for 5 book prizes, and won the Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for outstanding contribution to literacy as well as winning the Solihull and Leicester children's book awards. He was also shortlisted for the prestigious Blue Peter Book Award.
He has written series for Puffin Books and Barrington Stoke, including most recently, Armistice Runner, which was shortlisted for 5 book prizes, and won the Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for outstanding contribution to literacy as well as winning the Solihull and Leicester children's book awards. He was also shortlisted for the prestigious Blue Peter Book Award.