When Saturday Comes
A young boy’s relationship with his struggling dad is strained when he is forced to choose between playing football and quality time in this sensitively told story from award-winning writer Tony Bradman.
Daniel had a hard time when his parents split up and his dad started working abroad. He had to move and start at a new school, but things changed for the better when he started playing football for the Haybrook Rockets. This season the team are in with a chance of winning the Championship, but just as things are looking up for Daniel his dad comes back and the only time he can meet up is a Saturday morning – when Daniel plays football. He doesn’t want to let his dad or his team down, so what is Daniel going to do?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Tony Bradman is a hugely prolific author with a particular passion for bringing history to life for young people. His middle grade novels Viking Boy and Anglo- Saxon Boy are particularly popular with schools, and his Barrington Stoke novella Bruno and Frida won in the 7-10 category of the Young Quills Awards 2023.