Keeper
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Word Count
56,750 words, Guess
Page Count
227 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25226513M
- ISBN-100736231722
- ISBN-139780736231725
- Library of Congress Control Number2008298120
- OCLC Control Number162127738
Classifications
- LCCPZ7.P3564 Kee 2009
Description
An extraordinary novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize.Paul Faustino, South America's top sports writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato – the Cat – the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup... In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story – how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him – the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic forest...
Description
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
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