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If you have any stereotype in your mind about football novels, perhaps this is the volume to make you rethink them. There is not too much in the way of sporting drama, and last-minute sprints to goal, and so on. Instead you get the nuance given by the historical comparison, and Lily and James bickering together, only to find companionship when it matters, and other aspects that prove this to be much more carefully thought through than the routine knocked-up story. It's actually a thinly-disguised Issue Book – not that the reader would notice. Oddly, however, one kid just hovers in the background and never really comes to the field with anything, when he could have played a part.
His unusual lack of meaningfulness brings me to the flaws with this book, which, it coming from one of the better publishers around, are surprising. While their paper stock and dutiful care and attention always make their volumes perfect for those with reading problems, here the stock is easily see-through, and not their typical special thickness. * And there's a typo. I know, shock horror. Still, with the pictorial footie – sorry, footer – and large font the pages speed by, and the usual satisfaction of reading a proper story, featuring and written for proper kids, is going to be great. I did wish the more laughable sections of the plot were a bit more convincing, though, to allow a wider age range to come away from this with satisfaction. * Editor's note: ''Secret FC'' is from Barrington Stokes Conkers series which are not specifically aimed at children with dyslexia but rather at those who are ready to take the next step, hence the reason why the paper is of the usual thickness which you find in most books rather than the more solid pages of the dyslexia-friendly books.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy.
