- Young Adult Fiction, Fiction, Coming of age, Interpersonal relations
An extraordinary novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize.Paul Faustino, South America's top sports writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato – the Cat – the world's greatest goalkeeper.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and meticulous.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Mal Peet
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 235
- Publisher
- Walker Books Ltd, Walker Books, Limited, Candlewick Press
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780763632861
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