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A great fun adventure with added history about women's football. My son really enjoyed this book and it's great to have footballing books about girls, not just boys. Will definitely recommend in school.
My daughter in nine years old and football (particularly the Lionesses) mad! She is less interested in books, and I struggled to find one that will hold her attention. However, she happily sat and read this on my Kindle, hooked by the pull of Leah, but held by the great action storyline. I read it with her afterwards, and we both agreed it was a brilliant way of bringing the story to life.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC of this book.
Read this to my two girls, aged 8 and 10. It was so inspiring, with an enjoyable story, and characters they loved who made them giggle. The women on the football team are inspirational, and as a patent I love that they are using that to inspire and encourage a whole new generation to persevere and follow dreams.
i read this with my niece who is a very keen footballer herself. We both enjoyed the story and the messages it gives along the way. we found it a quick read and would definitely read more like it.
Perfect timing to coincide with the Women's World Cup, Leah Williamson and her cousin, Jordan Glover, have written a time-travelling football adventure.
When Leah, George and Mimi stumble across a time-travelling device, they are transported back 100 years to a time when women's football was banned. Along with their new friend Dot, can they save the cup final?
This was a fun adventure story and ideal to capitalise on the success of the Lionesses. Ideal for a key stage 2 classroom.
I love women's football and all the teams do for the children watching them play - so I was anticipating this book from the moment it was announced, knowing it would be done well and have a lot of push behind it. I was so excited - and am still excited about it, as I'll be buying a copy to re-read when it comes out.
Obviously Leah's name is a great pull for reluctant young readers. But even without her name on the cover, this has a unique and interesting pull. Football and time travel? Sign me up! It's an odd mix, but one that works very well - especially because they time travel back to the 20s, when women's football has just been banned.
I finished this book the day of the World Cup 2023 final, when England lost to Spain, and so the final note about loving football (win or lose) was more poignant than it otherwise would've been.
I received an e-book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
A book to inspire girls to play football. Time travelling to an era when girls can't play football, mystery thieves and football. A real hit for my 9 year old co-reviewer and me!
As a school librarian I read a lot of fiction for Young adults I was interested to see what Leah WIlliamsons debut was like. She is following in big footsteps Marcus Rashford is one of our biggest pupil loans so I was curious to see a female footballer take this route.
The wonder team is an enjoyable light read with a time travelling twist. At its heart is the message that women have not always been allowed the freedom to play sport and this is a theme which Williamson has spoken about before so her passion is evident.
I can see that some of my reluctant readers may be drawn in by the cover which is appealing. I think as a current popular figure it’s nice to see her encouraging both sport and reading. I imagine this as part of a set as the possibilities to develop the theme are endless
England football captain Leah Williamson's children's book - written with her cousin Jordan Glover, which is quite sweet - has clearly been timed to coincide with the World Cup, which Leah is sadly missing due to injury.
It's a fun read for the 8-12 age group in the ever-popular time-travelling/football genre (ok... this may be the only one). Main character Leah (yup) and her friends Mimi and George, who are all about twelve, find themselves transported back to 1921 after unearthing a mysterious pocket watch. There, they get mixed up with the fortunes of a women's football team, faced with attempts by the powers that be to ban them from playing, not to mention possible sabotage closer to home.
I read an interview with Leah where she talked about the suppression of women's football in the 1920s, so it's clearly a subject close to her heart. It's also something I've been interested in for a while after first reading about the successful women's teams of the '20s and the FA's determination to stamp them out. (Can't have ladies doing that sort of thing!)
An enjoyable read which looks set to be the first in a series, with a footballing theme which will appeal to girls and boys in the target age range.