The Missing Cup

by Nicole Hayes, Adrian Beck (Illustrator)

The Falcons have won the Lightning Premiership Grand Final!

The tournament is in its 100th year, so the premiership cup will be displayed at the Australian Sports Museum at the MCG. The Falcons are invited to the grand unveiling, but as the curtain drops, the cup is missing!

It's up to Ellie, Oz and Sanjay to figure out where it went... and to discover what other secrets the mighty MCG holds.

92 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Nicole Hayes is a writer, writing teacher and public speaker based in Melbourne. Her novels include The Whole of My World, longlisted for the 2014 Gold Inky Award and shortlisted for 2014 YABBAs and One True Thing, a CBCA Notable book for 2016 and the winner of the 2015 Children’s Peace Literature Award, and shortlisted for the WA Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. She co-edited an anthology of footy stories with Alicia Sometimes, From the Outer: Footy like you’ve never heard it (2016), and together they've a new book for girls about the AFL Women's competition, A Footy Girl's Guide to the Stars of 2017. She is a Stella Prize Schools Program Ambassador, and one-sixth of the first all-women AFL podcast, The Outer Sanctum.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a short read for 2021’s Australia Reads event. It’s definitely more for fans of AFL and the MCG.
Although the missing cup mystery had a different ending to expected, it was more of a non-event. Lots of references to footy players and footy things, which sometimes felt like a Wikipedia page.

[Mabel Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite part was when they found the cup as I was really happy for them. This book was much shorter than the other Little Legends books, so it could be a good one to start with even though it’s the last book.