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The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Read More..

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Description	The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Little Magician") disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to the mystery. He unfolds the story behind the disappearance. Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005. A German-language translation was published in 2008. "Formats and Editions of The penalty". WorldCat. Retrieved 8 August 2012.Peet and The Penalty made the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist (six finalists).For the next Faustino football book, Peet won the 2009 Guardian Prize and explained to the sponsoring newspaper about his second career (then aged 62) that he had felt 'football books for children were "pretty much hey"'. Also, "I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously."
Description	The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Little Magician") disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to the mystery. He unfolds the story behind the disappearance. Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005. A German-language translation was published in 2008. "Formats and Editions of The penalty". WorldCat. Retrieved 8 August 2012.Peet and The Penalty made the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist (six finalists).For the next Faustino football book, Peet won the 2009 Guardian Prize and explained to the sponsoring newspaper about his second career (then aged 62) that he had felt 'football books for children were "pretty much hey"'. Also, "I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously."

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Name	The Penalty
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Authors	Mal Peet
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Genre	Young-adult sports novel
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Series	Paul Faustino
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	264 pp (first edition)
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Media_type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
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Isbn	1-84428-099-3
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Oclc	70672530
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Publisher	Walker Books
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