Talented defender Eboni navigates balancing new friendships with her passion for football in this sensitively told tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth.
Eboni’s decision to join the Lightmoor Lionesses has led to a falling-out with her closest friends on her old team. They feel betrayed and Eboni is iced out at school. Feeling isolated, she’s delighted when she forms a new friendship with popular Olivia, quickly realising they have loads in common. But there’s one problem. Olivia isn’t interested in football and can’t understand Eboni’s dedication to the sport that she loves. Will Eboni stay true to herself or will she sacrifice her footballing dreams for friendship?
A sensitive look at managing friendship problems and feelings of loneliness, promoting positive messages about kindness and empathy
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
| ISBN: | 9780008744717 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2026 |
| Author: | Eve Ainsworth |
| Illustrator: | Luna Valentine |
| Publisher: | Barrington Stoke Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 99 pages |
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Talented defender Eboni navigates balancing new friendships with her passion for football in this sensitively told tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth.
Eboni’s decision to join the Lightmoor Lionesses has led to a falling-out with her closest friends on her old team. They feel betrayed and Eboni is iced out at school. Feeling isolated, she’s delighted when she forms a new friendship with popular Olivia, quickly realising they have loads in common. But there’s one problem. Olivia isn’t interested in football and can’t understand Eboni’s dedication to the sport that she loves. Will Eboni stay true to herself or will she sacrifice her footballing dreams for friendship?
A sensitive look at managing friendship problems and feelings of loneliness, promoting positive messages about kindness and empathy
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Keeping Possession and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Keeping Possession features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, School Stories, Sporting Stories, Football , Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Sports, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
Keeping Possession is available in Paperback
Keeping Possession was written by Eve Ainsworth and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Keeping Possession has 99 pages
£7.19
