Lily And The Rockets

Stevens, Rebecca

£6.99

A timeless middle-grade story of football, friendship and determination from acclaimed author Rebecca Stevens.

Lily has a job at the munitions factory and a goalkeeper’s spot with a new women’s football team, the Rockets. When the war ends, the girls lose their jobs and their football. But Lily refuses to give up her dream …

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Publish Date: 02/05/2019

Description


 

A timeless story of football, friendship and determination from acclaimed author Rebecca Stevens – perfect for budding Lionesses! 

Girls will be galvanized to follow their dreams, break boundaries and play football!SOUTH WALES EVENING POST

… perfectly captured story of football and girls set during WW1. A historical novel not just for football fans.ANGELS AND URCHINS

It’s 1917. Lily spends her days working in a munitions factory, her nights picking metal out of her hair, and her lunchtimes kicking a ball with her workmates.

Together they form a football team, the Rockets, and a league soon follows. But when the war ends, the girls lose both their jobs and their football.

Not Lily. If her only chance of being a goalie is to play with the men, then that’s what she’ll do …

  • The perfect read for aspiring young footballers – and to celebrate England’s Euro 2022 win! 
  • Based on the true story of the original Arsenal Ladies’ team, one of several female-only teams which formed during WW1, only to be met with a ban once the war ended
  • Rebecca’s novels have been shortlisted for the Historical Association Young Quills Award and the Branford Boase Award

Additional information

Weight 220 g
Dimensions 198 × 131 × 20 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

298

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Ages 5-12 / Code: B