by Mal Peet · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781406370577
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«Penalty» is the mystery and soccer novel by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in paperback, in English.
Sports journalist Paul Faustino investigates the disappearance of a young soccer prodigy known as «El Brujito», who has missed a decisive penalty. In alternating chapters, the story of a slave in colonial San Juan who becomes a powerful voodoo priest intertwines with a plot of corruption, murder and secrets from the past.
Second installment of the Paul Faustino series; 2016 edition. It was originally published in 2006 as The Penalty and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
For young and adult readers who enjoy mysteries with historical background and a soccer atmosphere.
Malcolm Charles Peet was an English writer and illustrator best known for young adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Brandford Boase, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize, British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books. Three of his novels feature football and the fictional South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The Murdstone Trilogy (2014) and "Mr Godley's Phantom" were his first works aimed at adult readers.
