By Bali Rai (author) , Daniel Duncan (illustrator) Part of the Bobby Bains series
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A young Sikh footballer reaches out across the generational divide to help a lonely old man in an uplifting story from acclaimed author Bali Rai.
Bobby Bains loves football. He also loves helping other people. As a Sikh, it's part of his religion. While helping his mum at the community food bank, Bobby meets an old man called Trevor, who seems lonely.
Bobby thinks Trevor would get on well with his nana-ji, his grandad. Both love football and reggae music. But Nana-ji and Trevor have dodgy old knees and can't run like they used to. So, Bobby hatches a plan to get them playing. They could use the exercise and perhaps Trevor won't feel so lonely any more.
Will Bobby's plan work? It's a big ask, but, after all, if you don't shoot, you don't score!
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Bali Rai has written over forty novels about teenagers and children. Born in Leicester, his writing is inspired by his working-class, multicultural background.
He was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer.
A leading voice in UK teen fiction, Bali is a passionate advocate of libraries, reading for pleasure and promoting literacy. He has nearly twenty years of experience in working with young people across the UK and further afield and is extremely popular with schools. He has been nominated for and won numerous awards since 2001.
Bali has worked closely with The Reading Agency, Booktrust, The National Literacy Trust, Empathy Lab UK and many other organisations, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in 2014. He also featured on BBC1’s Rebel Writers show and is an ambassador/patron for several high-profile literacy and arts projects.
Bali Rai on Football, Community, the Importance of Libraries and the Super Power of Reading
Bobby Bains Ain't Playing
The Last House in the Row
A young Sikh footballer reaches out across the generational divide to help a lonely old man in an uplifting story from acclaimed author Bali Rai. Bobby Bains loves football.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Sporting Stories, Football , PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports teams and clubs, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Sports, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Romance / Relationship Stories
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Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder was written by Bali Rai and published by Barrington Stoke an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder has 88 pages
Yes it is part of Bobby Bains series
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