MAL PEET

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.

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...

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.

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...