Marcus Rashford is famous worldwide for his skills both on-and-off the pitch – but before he was a Manchester United and England footballer, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just an average kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Now, Marcus Rashford MBE wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide-for-life.

No matter who you are and no matter where you come from, every single person in the world has the potential to be a champion. In You Are a Champion, the nation’s favourite footballer gives you the tools you need to reach your full potential, showing you how to be the very BEST version of yourself you can be. Written with journalist Carl Anka, this empowering guide is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life, brilliant advice and top-tips from performance psychologist Katie Warriner. Perfect for readers who need to hear that they already are champions – they just might not know it yet.

It shows kids how to:

• Be comfortable with who you are – you can't be a champion until you're happy being you!
• Dream big
• Practise like a champion – good things take hard work and time
• Get out of your comfort zone and learn from your mistakes
• Navigate adversity in a positive way
• Find your team
• Use your voice and stand up for others
• Never stop learning

This short and powerful book was written with young Africans in mind to cover life skills, personal development and career perspectives.

The goal is to emerge with a positive mindset for success, and to be enthusiastic about future opportunities in tertiary education, a professional career track or an entrepreneurial venture.

This book is written for parents and teenagers. It takes an adolescent through a journey of self-transformation that begins within and develops outward. Volume I helps adolescents understand themselves by exploring their beliefs, values, mindset, thoughts, emotions, and character. By building self-awareness, teens can better understand their role within their families and society and grow into confident, capable young adults. While today’s adolescents are increasingly intellectually advanced and more likely to question norms, parents and teachers may not always have the tools or time to guide them effectively. The book, therefore, equips young people with practical life and career skills that help them move from uncertainty to clarity and purposeful action, while also supporting parents, mentors, and community organisations working with pupils and young adults.

If I were an astronaut, I would zoom into outer space! I would help fix the International Space Station. Dream big, and see what fun it is to be an astronaut.