The World Cup begins in Frankfurt, Germany
next June, but if you’re 7 or 8 years old, then the World Cup is every
Saturday morning (and every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon).
Harvey, Darren, and the rest of the players on The Team compete in their
local league, with the help of Professor Gertie, Harvey’s neighborhood
absent-minded inventor, and Mark 1 the Soccer Machine – he has a metal
body covered with Squidgy Skin, a top speed of 45 miles per hour – and
he's programmed to win!
With short chapters, appropriate
language and a robot (!!) it’s easy to see that author David Bedford is
writing about what he knows well. In fact, David wasn’t always a writer,
but the two soccer teams he played for, Appleton Football Club and Sankey
Rangers, never won any games, so he thought a career change might be in
order. Children who are reading independently will be glad he made the
switch and will eagerly join The Team.
The Soccer Camp
Superteam
Top of the League
