When Saturday Comes
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A young boy's relationship with his struggling dad is strained when he is forced to choose between playing football and quality time in this sensitively told story from award-winning writer Tony Bradman. Daniel had a hard time when his parents split up and his dad started working abroad. He had to move and start at a new school, but things changed for the better when he started playing football for the Haybrook Rockets. This season the team are in with a chance of winning the Championship, but just as things are looking up for Daniel his dad comes back and the only time he can meet up is a Saturday morning - when Daniel plays football. He doesn't want to let his dad or his team down, so what is Daniel going to do? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
About this Author
Tony Bradman is a hugely prolific author with a particular passion for bringing history to life for young people. His middle grade novels Viking Boy and Anglo- Saxon Boy are particularly popular with schools, and his Barrington Stoke novella Bruno and Frida won in the 7-10 category of the Young Quills Awards 2023.
Reviews
"A sweet, relatable tale about a football-mad lad who's in a dilemma over his deadbeat dad ... Explores the consequences ... With clarity and sensitivity." - The Times
"Harnessing all the familiar feelings and frustrations of children caught between warring parents, Bradman brings us a story full of warmth, insight and wisdom, with the added poignancy of Rex's expressive and emotive artwork." - Lancaster Guardian
"A sensitively told story about being caught in the middle of a family separation, and how friendship and football change things for the better ... A short book that packs an emotional punch." -- The School Librarian
"A story that will be full of very real dilemmas for many children who have a parent living away from them and it's good to read a story in which the consequences are presented so sympathetically whilst at the same time illustrating that there aren't simple answers." - The Letterpress Project
"Harnessing all the familiar feelings and frustrations of children caught between warring parents, Bradman brings us a story full of warmth, insight and wisdom, with the added poignancy of Rex's expressive and emotive artwork." - Book-marked
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