Bend it Like Beckham

By: Narinder Dhami

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Paperback | 11 July 2002 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
176 Pages

Age
15 - 18

Grade
10 - 12

Dimensions(cm)
1.1 x 13.1 x 19.8

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If you're 18, love Beckham and can bend a ball like him the world's your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it.

Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off…

About The Author

Narinder Dhami is the author of Starring Alice Mackenzie, published by Harpercollins and second prizewinner in the TSB Birmingham Children's Book Award 1996. She is also a contributor to several bestselling series, The Sleepover Club (Collins), Animal Ark Pets (Hodder) and Animal Crackers (Transworld). She was a primary teacher until 1990, when she began writing full time. She lives with her husband in Cambridge.

Industry Reviews

This is a really excellent book -- I saw the film but the book is better! -- Danielle Lewis, Craigmount High * Teen Titles *
Why did I like this book? Simple! It was brilliant. Hilarious and sad. -- Kylie Hughes, Heysham High School * Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award *
A brilliant read -- Gemma Ashcroft, 17 * Boox *
Sheer joy to read * AllinfoaboutchildrensbooksUK.com *

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