Sam Kerr

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr’s awesome Kicking Goals series
 
Loved watching Australian Matildas superstar Sam Kerr in the World Cup? This bumper collection includes all five exciting stories in her awesome Kicking Goals series.
 
Sam teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams. It follows Sam’s journey from soccer newbie to playing in the finals! Inside you’ll find The Flip Out, A New Knight, Sports Day, Finals Fever plus Cup Countdown! along with a bonus poster.
 
Sam Kerr hasn’t always been a soccer legend. She was an Aussie Rules tragic through and through. But when excluded from her team for being a girl, she has to change direction. Her best friends Dylan and Indi reckon she should flip from AFL to soccer but with the pressure of learning the new rules, and the school bully Chelsea on her case, Sam has to learn fast!  

About the Authors

Sam Kerr is the captain of the Australian women's national soccer team - the Matildas - and a leading goal scorer for Chelsea in the English FA Women's Super League. She burst onto the W-League scene as a fifteen-year-old playing with Perth Glory. In 2016, she played for the Matildas at the Olympics in Brazil, and she was the top goal scorer in the 2017 Tournament of Nations. Since joining Chelsea in 2019, Sam has positioned herself as one of the best female strikers in the world. She was named 2018 Young Australian of the Year. In 2021, Sam became the Matildas all-time top goal scorer at the Tokyo Olympics, and in 2023, helped the Matildas achieve their best-ever result at a Women's World Cup.

Fiona Harris has written the children's series The Super Moopers, Trolls and Miraculous. She was head scriptwriter on ABC3 TV's Prank Patrol and wrote/co-starred in the TV comedy shows Flipside, Comedy Inc. and SkitHouse. Fiona co-wrote and starred in the international-award-winning web series The Drop Off, with husband Mike McLeish. Their adult fiction novel The Drop-off was released in 2020 and its sequel, The Pick-up, is due out in 2021. Fiona also co-authored Sharni Layton's biography, No Apologies, and Marcus Bontempelli's picture book, both released in 2021.