You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference

by Marcus Rashford

Never underestimate your actions - even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact. That's the power of kindness. From Marcus Rashford MBE and Carl Anka, the bestselling authors of You Are a Champion, comes the eagerly-awaited inspiring and positive follow-up, You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference. Marcus uses the power of his voice to shine a light on the injustices that he cares passionately about, and now he wants to help YOU find the power in yours! From surrounding yourself with the right team, to showing kindness to those around you, to celebrating and championing difference, You Can Do It shows you that your voice really does matter and that you can do anything you put your mind to. You don't have to be an International footballer to make a difference - even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact. Packed with more inspiring stories from Marcus's own life, brilliant advice, and top-tips from social justice educator Shannon Weber, this book will show you how to use your voice and make a difference in this world.

Genres: Football

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 21, 2022

Reviews

[Stephen Wood]

6/10 adults 10/10 for a young person

This book is a must read for any young person.

Marcus and his team describe lots of important issues in a basic but none condescending way.
This books goes through racism, child poverty, the class system and mental health without having to make it explicit and more importantly showing that not being exactly the same as everyone around you is completely normal.

[Jakub]

Excellent book. Could inspire someone to be more kind and try to find your voice to make your local area better. A phrase from the book was: Your collective actions add up to a big impact. A very good phrase to remember.

[James]

We loved the 2nd in the series from Marcus. Top role model.

[Charlie Sharpe]

Another fantastic and inspirational book for children by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka. Feel strongly that all children in schools should read “You are a Champion,” followed by “You can do it.”

[Snarhooked]

This book does recycle some content from You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be but even with that I liked this book better overall. It felt a little more approachable to all readers, although it will still have more appeal to young football fans, especially boys. There was the odd clunky insert of what felt like a false personal view to tie in with the message or person being championed but it was far less obvious than in the first book.

It's not quite as repetitive either, although it would still be best for dipping in and out of. The book has a very positive message and it may well encourage children who wouldn't usually be interested to pick up a book and at least leaf through it.

As with the first book, well done to Marcus Rashford for acknowledging that he had help to write the book and putting his co-author's name on the front cover. Far too few celebrity 'authors' even acknowledge the existence of ghost writers

[Dan Allbery]

Marcus Rashford is a player for Manchester United, but he doesn't just care about football. Marcus deeply cares about helping young people learn and grow into the adults we all know they can be. This is his pitch, his huddle, his attempt at making that happen.

I tend to read very little nonfiction and I see this in many of my middle school students as well. So why not pull out all stops and think, "Who has the social status or social capital that will turn the heads of preteens and teens?" This book is my attempt to hook the reluctant reader-athlete--the student who would rather be running on a field or court any day than reading a book.

In my opinion, the writing is not strong and the advice is recycled--nothing new, but maybe more reimagined. There will be no awakening for readers, but if his name, his passion, or his notoriety, leads any student to read one more book (and a nonfiction one at that), I will stock my shelves with his books. #TeacherWithNoShame Recommended for GR 6 -8. *The pages have many graphics and enlarged font that make it less intimidating for readers.

[Gabriel Pereira]

Pre-ordered this book before it was released months ago, because I really enjoyed Marcus’ first book. He’s my favourite footballer, I love his off-pitch social work efforts, and his books are always so authentic and inspiring.

I especially loved that in this book he talks about allyship and even explicitly mentions support for the LGBTQ+ community. This book just increased my love and respect for him. Obviously, I highlighted almost the whole thing. Hope he continues to stay fit and inspired, and effects change in his own ways!

[Ralph Thomas]

I read the first Marcus Rashford book earlier this year and I loved this one just as much as I did the first one. I loved it because of the motivation that’s in it.

There was also lots of motivational quotes, which I will list below:

“Be kind to yourself.”

“Be kind to others.”

“No such thing as normal.”

They are the titles of the first three chapters of the book but I just thought to put them to give people an idea of what it’s like.

I really recommend this book but I also recommend reading ‘You Are a Champion’ Rashford’s first book before you read this one.

[MrsB]

4.5*

Rashford and Anka do a great job of balancing self care, self improvement, and working towards improving social issues. I loved the acknowledgment of ‘mistakes’ and the learning process even for adults. I also really liked the (simple) action points at the end of each chapter too. I will definitely be recommending this for the school library, and reading other books in the series too.

[Isabel Mwangi]

Good book. I'm usually not a fan of non-fiction but this was more like you were talking to the author so I was learning but having fun and feeling like the author was talking to me. The series was really good and there were good points made and I think the author is in the perfect pov to be talking about all of this to us. Well done Marcus Rashford.

[Jess Parks]

Very good Marcus, engaging and informative. Similar in style to Sam Kerrs book which I rated 5 stars My Football Journal

[CEG1333]

My favourite male footballer.

[Silvia Spaltro]

So sweet!

[frankie giarratana]

was gifted this by school because i’m on free school meals LOL

[Lara]

Decent.

[Ryan O'Malley]

I bought this book for the class I teach. It is a great way for student to learn about how they can make a difference in their communities.

[Claudia]

Bought this to read to my children at school - had some really great messages in!

[Eugenia Sestini]

We listened to it with my sons, they said “if you’re trying to build confidence in yourself, this is the perfect book. There’s nothing wrong with it “

[Debra Mealyea]

Great audiobook listened to with my 10 and 11 year old sons. Great, positive message and role model.

[Connor Reilly]

I wish I had this book growing up! It's a must read for young people, I'd have learnt a lot of life lessons faster if I had this

[Camille Marsella]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading Marcus Rashford's book and whilst reading it I was thinking that year 5 and year 6 children should read this book too to give them confidence that they 'can do it' too!!