Armitage Shanks and the Footballer's Bones cover

Armitage Shanks and the Footballer's Bones

Author: Larkin, John

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.2
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 18388
Points per Word 0.000163

Description

The book follows the Western Wildcats, a struggling soccer team, as they attempt to raise funds by selling inedible health food bars, with the top seller earning an all-expenses-paid trip to Canberra. Meanwhile, team members Splinters and Nuke travel to London to retrieve their deported best player, Gazza, who was sent back to England with her mother. The story is set in a comedic universe where the Wildcats are known as the worst soccer team in the universe.