Exposure (Paul Faustino #3)
Author(s): Mal Peet
This is the third Paul Faustino novel by multi-award-winning Mal Peet. A massive soccer star has it all, but someone is plotting his downfall...Revered as a national hero...married to the desirable Desmerelda...cherished by the media...soccer star, Otello, has it all. But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer's life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction. South America's top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people's lives. This title has tie-in potential with curriculum, as well as strong crossover appeal.
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"Clever, funny, moving and superbly well written." (The Times) "In a vibrant modernisation of Othello, and with a strong South American setting, Exposure brilliantly explores the inequalities within society and the dangers of success." (The Guardian)"
Mal Peet's first novel, Keeper, won the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Award; Tamar won the Carnegie Medal; and Exposure was the 2009 winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. A writer and illustrator, Mal has produced many books for children, most of them in collaboration with his wife, Elspeth Graham. He lives in Exmouth, Devon with his family.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Ltd
- : Walker Books Ltd
- : June 2012
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : November 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mal Peet
- : Paperback
- : 448
