Shy boy Amadeo reigns supreme at table football in his local café.
Taking on all comers he is one of “the unbeatables” with his loyal
team of tiny foosballers. But there’s another “unbeatable” in
town. Aggrieved by his only ever defeat at the hands of Amadeo in a
foosball match when they were kids, Flash the town bully returns to
seek revenge. Not only does he destroy the foosball table, but he
challenges Amadeo to a game of actual football. Amadeo has never
played real football - and Flash, with his insatiable quest for glory,
has subsequently risen to become the world’s most famous soccer
star. With the future of the village at stake and his foosballers
scattered, the situation looks hopeless for Amadeo. Unless he can
recruit the help of his eccentric fellow villagers and the girl he
loves, Lara, to take on the world’s best football team captained by
his nemesis Flash. And unless the foossballers can be reunited.
“It’ll be like Barcelona against a non-league team with an injury
crisis,” predicts Lara. What nobody predicts, however, is how
Amadeo’s foosballers will affect the game… The Unbeatables novel
is the ultimate fantasy football story. Expanding upon the original
movie, the novel includes additional adventures and characters.
Written for young adults (and not so young adults), the book is a
scintillating, action-packed 90 minutes of end-to-end incident,
comedic flair, goalmouth scrambles and dubious off the ball challenges
on the ethos of the modern game. Praise for The Unbeatables: “The
witty dialogue and banter makes for some very funny moments, while the
digs at the excesses of modern footballers will ring true to followers
of the Beautiful Game.” - Radio Times “The Unbeatables is great
fun for young and old.” - Daily Express “Nice jokes at the expense
of FIFA, overpaid prima donna footballers and slimy agents.” - Daily
Mail “Lively and consistently funny.” - Irish Times “An utterly
charming gem. Deft one-liners. Back of the net!” - Irish Independent
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781909930261
Publisert
2019
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Signal Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter