OTS2015: Football Stories with Peter Kalu

Author Pete Kalu talks about his teen football books from the Striker series. The Silent Striker is about Marcus, a 14 year old mixed race footballing genius who keeps getting into deep trouble at school.  Being Me. is the story of Adele, a girl with a rotten family, an aching heart and a questionable best friend who is also happens to be a star on her school's soccer team. Both books look at those difficult teenage years -shifting friends, crazy parents as well as dealing with the issue of racism in two stories that show a real love of football as well as being touching, funny and inspirational.