By Ella Toone, Kay Woodward (author)
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Get ready to peek behind the scenes in this hilarious and not-so-secret diary from legendary Lioness Ella Toone. The Lionesses are heading into a big football tournament - and when I say big, I mean BIG. I'm so excited, but I'm nervous too. So my manager suggested I write all my feelings down in a diary. Now, I know a diary is meant to be top-secret, but I want to share this with YOU!
So I'm going to write down EXACTLY what happens behind the scenes - the highs, the lows and the funny bits in-between - from the training sessions, to the funny pranks us Lionesses play on each other, to the pre-match meals and the post-match celebrations. And I'll squeeze in a load of flashbacks too ... I have far too many amazing memories to keep to myself!
Ella Toone is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the England national team. Born in Tyldesley in Manchester, Ella joined Manchester United's youth academy at 8 years old and has been playing ever since. She became a European champion with the Lionesses in 2022 and scored a crucial quarter-final equaliser against Spain as well as a goal to open the scoring in the final against Germany. Ella's first children's book was Three Lionesses, which she wrote with teammates Nikita Parris and Georgia Stanway - it was a bestseller in children's non-fiction.
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Get ready to peek behind the scenes in this hilarious and not-so-secret diary from legendary Lioness Ella Toone.The Lionesses are heading into a big football tournament - and when I say big, I mean BIG. I'm so excited, but I'm nervous too.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Footballer and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Footballer features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Football , People / Places, Sports, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Recommendations, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Footballer was written by Ella Toone, Kay Woodward and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Footballer has 218 pages
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