The Penalty (novel)

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.

The Penalty
First edition cover
AuthorMal Peet
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesPaul Faustino
GenreYoung adult sports novel
PublisherWalker Books
Publication date
2 October 2006
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages264 pp (first edition)
ISBN1-84428-099-3
OCLC70672530
LC ClassPZ7.P3564 Pen 2007[1]
Preceded byKeeper 
Followed byExposure 

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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