SuitabookEven the score
Belle Payton
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Ava’s predicament brings together a crush, kindness and her place on a football team. Alex’s funding choice adds a school-community disagreement about supporting sport or the arts.
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Belle Payton
Ava’s predicament brings together a crush, kindness and her place on a football team. Alex’s funding choice adds a school-community disagreement about supporting sport or the arts.
Allan Ahlberg
Expect a football-centred childhood story rather than an account of Burglar Bill. Its unofficial team, friendships and setbacks provide comic energy, while the reflective voice gives the book a poignant, nostalgic dimension.
Michele Martin Bossley
A sports mystery built around a strained friendship, team pressure and an investigation into threats and sabotage. The buried-treasure connection adds historical intrigue, while danger raises the stakes beyond the football pitch.
Tom Palmer
A football mystery with international stakes, Off Side combines investigation and danger with questions about who controls clubs, opportunities and young players’ futures. Its strongest appeal is likely the meeting of sporting excitement and real-world fairness concerns.
Michaela Morgan
A visually presented life story linking football, military leadership and racial unfairness.
Tom Palmer
A football-focused school story about friends responding to a playground ban by creating a secret club.
Ben Lerwill
A warm introduction to football as something people can enjoy together, whether playing in a major stadium or an informal outdoor space. It foregrounds shared participation and belonging rather than competition, expertise or football celebrity.
Isaac Fitzsimons
This is a sports-centred coming-of-age story about a transgender teenager balancing football, privacy, romance, family relationships, and the possibility of advocating for other trans young people.
Richard O’Neill
A culturally rooted historical story about a boy finding confidence through football while negotiating family expectations and hostility at school. It offers a child’s perspective on belonging, tradition and personal freedom.
Stephanie Perry Moore
This is a faith-centred sports story about entering unfamiliar surroundings while facing racism, social pressure and difficult choices. Its strongest focus appears to be how Perry understands identity, belonging and responsibility through a Christian lens.
Tracey Morait
A determined girl challenges unfair access to school football while adjusting to bereavement, remarriage, a new home and difficult relationships. Her campaign sits alongside rebellion and a mystery involving adults around her.