By Tom Palmer (author) , Dave Shephard (illustrator) Part of the Rugby Academy series
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Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Tom Palmer is brilliant at capturing the passion of sport and the drama it creates. Woody is an outstanding young footballer so when his dad, a pilot who is often away on active service, sends him off to a new school where rugby is worshipped, he is sure he is going to hate it.
But things turn out very different! Far from hating it, Woody’s natural sporting talent soon leads him to enjoy the new sport – and to shine at it! How Woody adapts to the new game and the new sport is deftly interwoven with a sensitive portrait of the special pressures felt by the children of those in the armed services making it a book of depth as well as excitement.
Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
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First title in a rugby trilogy. Borderlands is no ordinary school - all of the students boarding there have parents in the armed forces, and the UK is drawing perilously close to war in the Middle East. New boy Woody is desperate to escape the school and find his way to his dad's military base, but his dad has been mobilised. He's gone. Worried and unhappy, Woody turns to the only thing that could help get him through - rugby.
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Tom Palmer was a reluctant reader as a child and credits articles about football with getting him into reading. He is now the multi-award-winning author of many books including the acclaimed reboot of the Roy of the Rovers series and the Carnegie Medal longlisted After the War .
In 2019 Tom was awarded the National Literacy Trust’s Ruth Rendell Award in recognition of his significant contribution to literacy work in the UK.
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First title in a rugby trilogy. Borderlands is no ordinary school - all of the students boarding there have parents in the armed forces, and the UK is drawing perilously close to war in the Middle East.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Rugby Academy: Combat Zone and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-12 years old
Rugby Academy: Combat Zone features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Sporting Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Rugby Academy: Combat Zone was written by Tom Palmer and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Rugby Academy: Combat Zone has 101 pages
Yes it is part of Rugby Academy series
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