Tom Palmer
1) Boys united
Author
Series
Football Academy volume 1
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Jake loves football and dreams of becoming a professional footballer. He's worried about his height though - what if he's too small for football? But on the day of his trial Jake is quick on the ball and scores - he's made it! Jake can't wait to pull on his shirt and join the team. But someone at the club wants to make his life difficult. Can Jake face up to the bullies and become man of the match again? Stay on the ball this season with the first...
3) Spitfire
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A boy is sent back to World War II by his plastic model of a spitfire plane and must escape from a prisoner camp.
4) Typhoon
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Football rival sisters have to test their loyalty to each other when they discover they are flying a real fighter plane in WWII after entering a flight simulator ride.
5) Scrum!
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When Steven's mother remarries and moves down south, Steven is torn between loyalty to his dad and a relationship with his mum's new husband. Maybe even worse, he might have to leave his beloved Rugby League behind for a new Rugby Union team.
7) Rocky
Author
Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Roy Race's sister Rocky is a gifted footballer but she has decisions to make about her future on and off the pitch and try to understand why she's started having panic attacks.
8) Off side
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2010
Description
A bogus football talent scout brings a young Ghanian boy to the UK but there is no place for him at City FC and Danny helps out.
9) Playoffs
Author
Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Roy must ensure that he helps Melchester get promoted to League One to stop the manager from selling the club at the end of the season.
10) Reading the game
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Keeping his home-life a secret puts a strain on 11-year-old Ben Blake's football playing.
11) Killer pass
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When Danny investigates a spate of burglaries at houses of City FC players, he becomes a suspect when people start reporting seeing a boy hanging around the area .
12) Flyboy
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A Sikh school boy experiences a time slip where he has taken the place of a Sikh fighter pilot during World War I.
13) Teamwork
Author
Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Roy must juggle his college work and home life with his new commitment in playing for a professional football team.
14) On tour
Author
Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Roy doesn't understand why his team-mates are acting strangely towards him when Rovers go on a pre-season tour.
15) D-Day dog
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2019
Description
A boy learns about the fate of a young soldier and his dog who took part in the D-Day landings during World War II.
16) From the ashes
Author
Publisher
Rebellion
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Roy Race watched Mel Park, the home ground of his beloved Melchester Rovers, burn to the ground.
17) Arctic star
Author
Publisher
Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2021
Description
In World War II, three teenage Navy recruits endure the rigours and dangers of the notorious Arctic convoys.
18) Dead ball
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Danny travels to Russia to investigate ruthless match fixing by a Russian billionaire who wants Russia to beat England.