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The Dream Team: Jaz Santos vs. the World (The Dream Team, 1)

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And of course, the message that girls can do anything is an absolutely great one, and I loved seeing the Bramrock Stars proving girls can play football too. Not my all times favourites, as I didn't really vibe with the MC and she was narrating everything, but nice nonetheless. This dynamic resembles the current world we live in, in which children and young adults are sometimes more mature in handling conflicts and accepting accountability than adults. The sub-plot about a mother who has walked out also shows another dimension to women that is rarely explored in literature. The rest of the team were great too, I loved their mentor figure Rhiannon who has a very interesting plot arc of her own, and Jaz’s family were really well represented as being flawed and imperfect yet still loving.

A heart-warming, funny and accessible new series: Bend It Like Beckham for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Ella On The Outside. However, the story didn’t feel especially memorable, the levels of serendipity are overwhelming even for a middle-grade, and the majority of the characters (excluding Jaz herself) were two-dimensional at best. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Since Goodreads doesn't allow half stars, I went back and forth for ages trying to decide whether to knock it down to a 3 or boost it up to a 4.She’s constantly in trouble at school and isn’t allowed to join the football team because she’s a girl and now after months of ignoring arguments between her parents, her mum has left their family home. A story of real life issues from a child’s point of view, I love the realistic events that occur in this story but most of all how strong minded and determined young Jaz is, her relationship with her family and her friends can only be described as true to life which makes the book relatable for all! I am incredibly thankful to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Children’s UK for my chance to read an ARC of this book and I am excited to continue this series in future. If you have a child in your life who really loves football/soccer, you could gift them this book, as I think it will be enjoyable for them even if I didn't love it. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.

It is an important message for all of us: to believe in our excellence and undeniable talent even when the systems in which we work to be accepted continuously attempt to deny and refuse us. This is an inclusive and empowering tale with a real-life feel that will appeal to fans of Cath Howe and Jacqueline Wilson. But Jaz knows herself well enough to know that she wants, and she's determined and clever enough to push past the NOs and a system that's intent on maintaining the out-dated and incredibly sexist norms to go out and get what she wants: a girl's 7-on-7 soccer club. I love the way this book handles each of these different aspects of jazz’s life and doesn’t leave anything unresolved. After spotting a flyer for a local girls’ football tournament, Jaz convinces a group of her classmates to form a team and enter the competition.Faced with all these problems, Jaz finds solace and comfort in putting her energy into football, the place where she can forget about her problems. A delightful story of a young girl who just wants to play soccer (football to the rest of the world) and to keep her parents together.

The Author Priscilla Mante says of the book, “Girls’ football and women’s football don’t get the attention they should do and it was really important for me, through Jas, to challenge the status quo.Her greatest goal in life is to play for England but for now she has to get through Year 6, while everything in her life is going wrong.

I requested this book not knowing it was based in Brighton, that’s where I’m from and grew up and could really imagine all these families and all these children where I grew up. It truthfully explores the sexism in society and schools, whereby boys get all the football equipment, time and investment, showing how girls are shut out of sport from the earliest age. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning ( CEFR).

This is the story of Jasmina, who prefers to be known as Jaz, A girl who loves football and plays for the Bramrock Stars, a football team she created. Whether that be lies from school mates getting her banned from playing football (her favourite thing in the world), teachers and boys who thought the boys team was more important than her girls team, or her parents splitting up at home.

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