Everything the young fan needs to know about Raheem Sterling. Filled with quizzes, stats and little known facts, plus illustrated and told with all the fun of a Tom Gates novel, the Soccer Superstars series is perfect for young readers five and up. Raheem Sterling played his first Premier League match in 2015 and in just four years has scored 116 goals and made 114 assists in 388 games for club and country. Discover the rags-to-riches story of a young boy who loved playing football, even in the rain, and how he followed his passion to become one of the most lethal forwards in world football. Soccer Superstars is a series aimed at building a love of reading from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments.
Well, that was interesting in its strong sense of 'we're leaving stuff out'.
Compared to the other Football Superstars books, this seemed very shallow. It tells about his career and mentions, several times, that he was 'naughty' and 'got into trouble', and has quotes from older coaches and teachers alluding to this, but does not elaborate at all.
Either he's really boring compared to the other players, or the authors left out a lot.