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Bronze

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Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781037408199
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The Defensive Dynamo

By Clive Gifford

Series: Epic Football Comics

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Your football heroes - as you've NEVER seen them before! Discover the epic story of Lucy Bronze. Told in comic book panels packed full of exciting illustrations and bursting with stats and facts, no footie fanatic can afford to miss it! From winning her first FA... Read More

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Your football heroes - as you've NEVER seen them before!

Discover the epic story of Lucy Bronze. Told in comic book panels packed full of exciting illustrations and bursting with stats and facts, no footie fanatic can afford to miss it!

From winning her first FA Women's Super League title with Liverpool to becoming one of the most decorated defenders in the game, Bronze has repeatedly proven herself to be a world-class player. Learn how she became the first English player to be crowned The Best FIFA Women's Player for 2020, how she won five Champions League titles across her spells at Lyon and Barcelona, and her essential role in the Lionesses' historic Euro 2022 victory, as well as much more in this unmissable graphic novel!

Action-packed and easy to read, Bronze is perfect for any footie-mad fan, whatever their reading ability. Check out the rest of this epic graphic novel series—including Bellingham, Mbappé, Salah and Saka—for more books to collect!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781037408199

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 132g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of books for children and adults who has had over 170 books published, including many titles in the Epic Football Comics series, the astonishing Dead or Alive, the creepy Book of Bad Things and the brain mangling Think Again and Eye Benders. He is passionate that books should entertain, inform and amaze whenever possible. His books Cool Technology and Think Again both won the School Library Association's Information Book Award.

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