Keeper

As the World Cup fever is running rampant I put out a display of, you got it, soccer books, non-fiction and fiction. My favourite is "Keeper" by Mal Peet. This is a wonderful surreal book about a young boy growing up in the rainforest of South America who one day wanders upon a mysterious soccer field and a more mysterious coach who trains him to become the greatest goalkeeper ever known. The ending does indeed tie things together to explain how and why this has magically happened. I don't know soccer but I loved this book.

What are you reading today?