Zombie XI
Kalu, Peter2018
Book
REVISED EDITION, BOOK 4 in THE STRIKER SERIES. The ghostly players from the winning 1966 England Football World Cup team has come to the aid of Ducie High XI school football team but what pound of living flesh will the zombies demand...? Football-crazy Leonard sits on the substitutes' bench of the Ducie High School XI, but is never asked to play. Then everything changes. After a game near a nuclear power plant, a weird energy passes through Leonard, and that night he is visited by zombies . . .The ghostly players from the winning 1966 England World Cup team tell him that if he follows their instructions, not only will he get off the bench - but Ducie High Xl will start to take control. Leonard obeys, and the team's prospects surge. But what is the price of the zombies' involvement? How high will that price be - and what pound of living flesh will they demand?Zombie Xl is a story about football, friendship, family and cross-cultural teen relationships. Its humour, drama - and occasional shivers - send this book straight to the back of the net.
Main title:
Zombie XI / Pete Kalu.
Author:
Kalu, Peter, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : HopeRoad, 2018.
Collation:
216 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkAlso issued online.
ISBN:
9781908446718 (pbk)9781908446756 (ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92YA
Language:
English
Subject:
Soccer storiesYoung adult fictionChildren's and Teenage: General FictionChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: General fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Sporting storiesChildren's / Teenage general interest: Ball games & sports: Football (SoccChildren's / Teenage fiction: Horror & ghost stories, chillersChildren's / Teenage general interest: Ball games & sports: American Football"Children's / Teenage general interest: Monsters, dragons & mythological creatures"Children's / Teenage: Personal & social issues
BRN:
701830