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Meet Marta - Ultimate Football Hero
Marta is the best footballer in the history of the women's game. The Brazilian has jaw-dropping flair and skill. She has scored more World Cup goals than any other player, and has won FIFA World Player of the Year six times. But pure talent alone was never enough - this book tells the story of how Marta chased her dreams with determination and a never-give-up attitude, to earn the right to be called the best player ever.
Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.
Meet Fran Kirby - Ultimate Football Hero
Fran Kirby is the dynamic striker who carries the future of English football on her shoulders. Having been hailed 'mini Messi' by one former manager of England, Kirby's powerful runs and clinical finishing have made her a deadly goalscorer. Read the story of how the girl from Reading earned a big move to Chelsea and took on the world with a ball at her feet. The sky is the limit for Fran Kirby.
Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.
By the time Kelly Smith was nine years old, she was already so good
she was running rings around the boys at her local club and scoring
goals for fun. But angry parents complained she was making their
sons look silly, and Kelly had to move to a girls' team. From that
day, she knew she had to be twice as skillful and brave as any boy
to succeed in the game she loved. Smith is the story of how the
girl from Watford refused to be held back, and became an Arsenal
superstar and the England women's national team's top scorer.
Meet Alex Morgan - Ultimate Football Hero
Alex Morgan is co-captain of Team USA and the face of women's football right across the world. As the star who leads the American attacking line, her height, speed and skill make her impossible to defend, and have helped drive USA to World Cup and Olympic glory. Alex Morgan is football's real life 'Captain America'!
Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.
Dina Asher-Smith is the fastest British woman in recorded history,
an Olympic medallist and the 2019 World Champion at 200 metres. The
British sprint superstar was born in London and by the age of seven
she was already faster than any of her friends, and even her
teachers. Follow her inspirational story from her lunchtime running
club at primary school to the bright lights of the international
stage.
'The pride in who we are is not part of our past, it defines our
present and our future' - The Queen From Big Ben to James Bond,
from the Battle of Hastings to the Beatles, from William
Shakespeare to the Royal Family, our tiny island nation has a famed
and varied history. But we are special as a country not just
because of those who have gone down in history, but for those who
haven't. In Great British Spirit, we celebrate the incredible
British national character, our sense of community and the
superhuman efforts of ordinary people across the United Kingdom,
providing the perfect antidote to the turbulent times we live in.
This book will champion our nation and its incredible people, while
remembering other incredible struggles we have overcome as a nation
in the last century. Great British Spirit will remind us all why
being British is something not just to be proud of, but to
celebrate.
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