The Penalty (novel)

The Penalty

First edition cover
Author Mal Peet
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Paul Faustino
Genre Young adult sports novel
Publisher Walker Books
Publication date
2 October 2006
Media type Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages 264 pp (first edition)
ISBN 1-84428-099-3
OCLC 70672530
LC Class PZ7.P3564 Pen 2007[1]
Preceded by Keeper
Followed by Exposure

The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Little Magician") disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to the mystery. He unfolds the story behind the disappearance.

Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005.[1] A German-language translation was published in 2008.[2]

Peet and The Penalty made the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist[2] (six finalists).

For the next Faustino football book, Peet won the 2009 Guardian Prize and explained to the sponsoring newspaper about his second career (then aged 62) that he had felt 'football books for children were "pretty much hey"'. Also, "I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously."[3]

References

The Penalty in libraries (WorldCat catalog) —immediately, first US edition


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