MAL PEET

This is the third Paul Faustino novel by multi-award-winning Mal Peet. A massive soccer star has it all, but someone is plotting his downfall...Revered as a national hero...married to the desirable Desmerelda...cherished by the media...soccer star, Otello, has it all. But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer''s life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction. South America''s top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people''s lives. This title has tie-in potential with curriculum, as well as strong crossover appeal.

This is an extraordinary debut novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize. In a newspaper office, Paul Faustino, South America's top football writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato "the Cat", the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup. In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story - how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him: the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic rainforest...

Its 1945 and Martin Heath, like many men at that time, is struggling to settle, to find his place again after the horrors of war. Then an old comrade sends him a letter and tells him of a position thats just come up in the remote wilds of Dartmoor - working for an elderly fellow called Mr Godley. "Are you a good driver, Mr Heath?" Its a simple question and a simple task and the doorway to a dark mystery that may just turn out to be the escape he was hoping for - but at what cost?

Award-winning author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the beautiful and ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip - allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien - is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he makes with Pocket Wellfair turns out to have Faustian consequences.The Murdstone Trilogy is a richly black comedy from an author described by one American critic as the best writer youve probably never heard of.

Sentado ante Pablo Faustino, el gran periodista deportivo, se halla el Gato, el mejor portero de fútbol de todos los tiempos. Acaba de levantar la Copa del Mundo ante la admiración del planeta entero, que le rinde pleitesía por sus alucinantes paradas y sus pasmosos reflejos en la tanda de penaltis. Pero ¿cómo un niño débil y patoso, que era el hazmerreír de sus amigos en un pueblo perdido de la región amazónica, ha alcanzado un logro tan colosal? «Dejar el fútbol me hizo futbolista», declara enigmáticamente el Gato, y comienza a narrar su increíble historia desde el principio, cuando, en pleno corazón de la selva, un misterioso personaje no sólo le enseña los secretos para convertirse en un guardameta imbatible, sino también le inculca la grandeza del deporte, la importancia de la superación personal y la confianza en sí mismo. Y ahora, consagrado como uno de los mejores jugadores del mundo, el Gato todavía se pregunta sobre aquel hombre enigmático que cambió el rumbo de su vida en la espesura de la floresta amazónica. Además de una suerte de breve manual de trucos y técnicas futbolísticas que apasionará a los forofos del deporte rey, El portero de la selva es un extraordinario relato de valor y nobleza que deleitará a los amantes de las buenas historias.

The extraordinary debut novel by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet about football, magic and self-discovery. The award-winning first novel from Carnegie Medal-winning Mal Peet introduces legendary sports journalist Paul Faustino and the haunting tale of the world''s greatest goalkeeper: the man they call El Gato,"the Cat". As Paul interviews El Gato, the World Cup stands on the table between them. In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story how he, a poor logger''s son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him: the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic rainforest...

Este es un libro lleno de colores y de aventuras. Un niño cruza elmar, llega a una isla, escala las montañas, nada en un pantano,sube las escaleras y llega a una palmera, todo para encontrar elfamoso tesoro de Pirata Frank.Pero cuando llega se lleva una enorme sorpresa, pues la PirataSally Frank no tiene muchas ganas de dejarle poner las manos ensu cofre! Asi que toca deshacer el camino a todo correr, bajar lasescaleras, nadar el pantano, volver escalar las montañas y salir atoda velocidad de la isla del tesoro!En este cuento acumulativo de ida y vuelta, la rima y las accionesse mezclan con un ritmo trepidante y divertido. Es un cuento paracantar, para gozar de las rimas, para reir, para moverse, paracorrer y sobre todo para imaginar como seria ese tesoro tanfamoso de la pirata Sally Frank.