Strikers
Most adults would agree that to get a ten or eleven-year-old child interested in football is a piece of cake. To persuade the same child to read a book is much harder. So it was, that three years ago children's author Bob Cattell embarked upon a series of six books under the general heading of Strikers.
Co-written with David Ross, the stories follow the early career of Thomas Headley, from his transfer to the mighty Sherwood Strikers to his breakthrough into the England team. On the way Thomas comes across match-fixers, media magnates, jealousteam mates, and inevitably, injuries and the pain of being dropped.
"I noticed there were plenty of books about kids playing football," explains Bob, "but nothing really for kids about the modern professional game. At the same time, whereascricket has inspired a huge list of books by high quality writers, football has never really made it into literature. Maybe it's because the reality is often stranger than fiction."
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| | | Glossary | | | a piece of cake | | 非常容易的事情；小菜一碟 | |
| | | | | breakthrough (n.) | | 惊人的进展；突破 | |
| | match-fixer (n.) | | 贿赂球员操纵比赛的人 | |
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v.(被)说服；使相信 (初中英语单词)
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