"This empathetic, authentically-told story sees a talented young female footballer find a way to handle her stress and outbursts of anger."
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8
Back of the net! A new book by Eve Ainsworth is always cause for celebration, and Seeing Red sees the author embrace a subject she tackles like a true playmaker — young female footballers battling struggles on and off the pitch.
While football was once Amelia’s way to feel happy and free, and to forget the pain of hearing her parents argue, her entire world seems to be imploding in the wake of her dad leaving the family home: “He had abandoned her and Mum. He’d left them both when they needed him most”.
Her mum won’t leave the house. There’s no food in the house, no clean clothes, and all this has a huge effect on Amelia. She’s late for football, she’s off her game, and can’t seem to stop herself from seeing red and hitting out in anger. At the same time, she’s ashamed and doesn’t want to share what she’s going through.
Authentic, moving, and written in an immediately engaging style that will compel pre-teens of all reading abilities to keep turning the pages, Seeing Red is brilliant at conjuring how difficult it can be to share one’s problems, and at showing how a problem shared really is a problem halved.
Battling problems at home, Amelia risks her spot on the football squad when she lashes out at her teammates in this sensitively told sports tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth.
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Battling problems at home, Amelia risks her spot on the football squad when she lashes out at her teammates in this sensitively told sports tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. Football used to be a way for Amelia to escape when her parents were arguing, but now that her dad has moved out and her mum is struggling to cope, it's just another source of stress.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Seeing Red and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Seeing Red features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Romance / Relationship Stories, Sporting Stories, PSHE: Divorce, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Seeing Red was written by Eve Ainsworth and published by Barrington Stoke an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Seeing Red has 89 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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