"Australian Matildas and World Cup superstar Sam Kerr teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams.
The 2006 World Cup is around the corner and thirteen-year-old Sam Kerr is pumped! Even though the games are being played on the other side of the world, Sam and her best friend, Dylan, are planning to get up early to watch the games live on TV. They couldn't be more excited!
But there's more for Sam to get excited about when she's invited to trial for a rep soccer team; the coach of the team has seen Sam play and is blown away by how good she is. Sam is thrilled when she gets into the team, then she realises she has to juggle training with the Knights AND with her new rep team. And when her mum and dad organise a family holiday interstate it looks like Sam might have to miss out because of her new timetable.
Sam starts to question if she's really ready for the big time. Will watching the World Cup convince her that she wants to play in the rep team, or will the juggle of school, training and games all become too much for a girl who has just started high school?
'A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!' Total Girl on The Flip Out"
"The day Abram and his mother arrived at Auschwitz death camp they both knew it would be her last. In their final moment together, Abram's mum urged her nineteen-year-old son to 'Do everything humanly possible to survive, and tell people what happened here.' Then she was taken to a gas chamber and murdered. Abram had already endured and survived so much until that moment but with his strength of hope, sometimes reduced to a flicker, he survived.
After liberation, Abram travelled back and forth across Europe, doing secret underground work and getting into dangerous scrapes. He met the love of his life, fellow Auschwitz survivor, Cesia, and the young couple made their way to Australia. Without bitterness and always with perspective, Abram has never forgotten his mother's last words to him. Abram and Cesia have remained dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust and to living their lives to the fullest in tribute to its victims.
Full of wisdom, insight and daring, with a love story at its heart: for Cesia, for Australia and for life itself."
"Australian Matildas and World Cup superstar Sam Kerr teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams.
It's official! Eleven-year-old Sam Kerr is a fully-fledged soccer tragic! So, when the school's annual Sports Day comes around, she is disappointed when soccer isn't on the list of activities.
Sam goes on a mission to get her beloved game added to the program. With help from her best friends, Indi and Dylan, she petitions her classmates to create the first-ever soccer team in the history of her school. But will Chelsea stir up trouble and ruin everything?
On the home front, Sam and her siblings are organising a surprise party for their parents' wedding anniversary. But things aren't going to plan! And with her team's grand final just around the corner, there's a lot to deal with … even for a soccer superstar in the making!
'A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!' Total Girl on The Flip Out"
"Shortlisted for the 2024 R.E.A.L. Awards
Shortlisted for the 2024 Yabba Awards, Fiction for Younger Readers
Australian Matildas and World Cup superstar Sam Kerr teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams.
After a rough start, Sam Kerr settles into playing soccer for the Knights. But there's so much to learn - new rules and positions and strategies … Lately, it seems like soccer is the only thing she can think about.
When she finds out she'll have to wear a dress (gross) and dance in front of a hundred people at her cousin's upcoming wedding (terrifying), Sam feels like she's all but had enough. So why isn't her best friend Indi supporting her? And why is school bully Chelsea suddenly a bit … nice?
Will Sam be able to mend her friendships - and score a few goals in the meantime - before it's too late?
'A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!' Total Girl on The Flip Out"
"Australian Matildas and World Cup superstar Sam Kerr teams up with Aki Fukuoka to bring young readers this fun and inspiring illustrated series about soccer, school, sport, friendship, dealing with bullies and following your dreams.
Sam Kerr is an Aussie rules football fan through and through. But when she's excluded from her team she doesn't know what to do. Netball? No thanks. Chess? Bleugh.
Her best friends Dylan and Indi think she should flip from AFL to soccer - and it doesn't seem so bad at first. The coach is OK. The team seems nice enough …
But with Chelsea the school bully on her case and the pressure of learning new rules weighing her down, will it all be too much? Will Sam give up - or will she make the flip?
'A fun book packed with cool illustrations. It follows themes of family and perseverance that will totes leave you feeling inspired!' Total Girl"
"A hilarious new novel from the popular authors of The Drop-off. Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty.
Busy mum-of-four Lizzie, newly divorced Sam and single mum Megan are best mates. And after a couple of decent coffees, they reckon they can handle anything.
So when Baytree Primary calls out for volunteers to help at an upcoming camp, these three jump at the chance. Because nothing ever goes wrong at school camp, right?
Grab a coffee, sit down and meet Lizzie, Sam and Megan, your new best friends.' TONI JORDAN"
"Lizzie, Megan and Sam became accidental friends over good coffee, banter and wrong-world jokes at school drop off. Lizzie is a part-time midwife with four kids and a secret past. Sam is an ex-chef and stay-at-home dad with an absent, high-flying corporate wife. Megan is an ex-model single mum with a thriving online business and no time for loneliness. None of them have much interest in their school community, but when tragedy deals Baytree Primary’s reputation a potentially crippling blow, this unlikely trio have to step up. Forced out of their respective comfort zones, Lizzie, Megan and Sam learn more about each other, the school and themselves than they thought possible.
And it all begins at The Drop-Off.
‘I laughed, I cried, I cringed – I just want more!’ PIA MIRANDA
‘Hilarious and oh so relatable.’ TONI JORDAN"
