Max just doesn’t get what the big deal is about soccer. There is one ball, two goals, and eleven people trying to get the ball past the other team and into the
goal. Who cares?
What Max cares about is his stand up comedy career. He’s determined to make it big on the stage, on TV, anywhere! He is all set up to wow the crowds at a weekend market, when the crowds suddenly leave. Where are they all going?
He is not impressed to see them around the corner, watching a soccer game on a big screen. Apparently the local team The Red Backs is playing and everyone wants to support them. How about a little support for Funny Kid?
Soccer fever has taken over at school too. Max can’t fathom what the fuss is about. Abby Purcell is particularly crazy about the sport and even coaches a little kid’s team. Is she mad? But the prospect of entertaining the parents of these little players gives Max an idea.
As so often happens in Max’s world, things don’t go to plan. Max finds himself getting sucked into the soccer silliness, and up against Abby Purcell. Again!
Slowly but surely, he begins to realise why Soccer is the most popular game on earth and why it’s called The Beautiful Game.
This might be the 14th book in the series, but it’s just as funny as the first, and I chuckled all the way through. Max is just thinking about Max (as usual) but he IS funny as he continues on his quest to fame on the funny circuit.
He never lets anything get in his way of his dream, not even his town, school or nemesis Abby Purcell. There are some touching moments between Max and his grandad as he tries to understand soccer fever. Like in all the Funny Kid books, Max is always learning about life, people and family, all while he cracks jokes and entertains readers. We even learn where the word Soccer comes from!
Love Football or Soccer or laughing out loud? Funny Kid (14) Seriously Soccer is definitely for you.
Author / Illustrator – Matt Stanton
Age – 7+
Publisher – Harper Collins
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