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Go! Go! Chichico!
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Ideal for children aged 7 and above, especially those with a reading age of 7+, who enjoy inspiring stories about friendship, dreams, and sport.
Without a pair of football boots, how will Chichico's football dreams ever come true? A brand new 4u2read edition of this uplifting tale from Carnegie Medal-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.
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Without a pair of football boots, how will Chichico’s dreams ever come true? An uplifting sports tale with a big heart from Carnegie Medal-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.
Chichico is thrilled when a talent scout spots him during a kick-about with his friends Davi and Ana, and he is asked to try out for Santos Brazil. But without a pair of football boots, how will Chichico ever been taken seriously? Loyal Davi steps in and sets out on a mission to solve Chichico's problem. But Davi's actions soon risk ruining Chichico's dreams forever…
Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
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"A brilliant footballing story" – LoveReading4Kids
"An encouraging and upbuilding story that encourages children to have high aspirations" – Parents in Touch
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ISBN: 9781781128633
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 February 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tom Percival
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 110g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Geraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award four times, the prestigious U.S. Printz Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. She was chosen to write the official sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Peter Pan in Scarlet, which was published to wide critical acclaim. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband John and the lingering shades of all those characters she has invented in her books. Author location: Berkshire Tom Percival studied Graphic Design in South Wales. His illustration career has seen him design Halloween merchandise for a major supermarket, create the character ‘Hector’ for an Aardman-animated road safety campaign and produce cover art for a number of successful children’s fiction series, including ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’. He lives in Bristol with his girlfriend, their baby son and next door’s cat.
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