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Bad Boys

Bad Boys

Summary

Sometimes - to survive - you have to FIGHT!

Each year, City FC - known as 'the Hawks' - take on a group of thirteen-year-olds for the first tier of their special soccer school: training sessions in the evenings and weekends for truly talented players who are aiming to become professional players. It's a glamorous, exciting future for the few who succeed - with huge rewards. But the failure rate is also high - BAD BOYS, the second in the series, highlights a conflict between two players who want to play in the same position: Ben, who wants to be accepted as 'one of the lads', even if it means behaving badly; and Lee, who fights to make his own decisions, only to realize he's made the wrong choices...

Reviews

  • Good locker-room-and-pitch drama about growing up and vying for status in the football team and at home
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About the author

Tony Bradman

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