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'Trying to get enough kids to form a decent football team isn’t easy! It’s not just the playing time involved on the weekends; it’s the training sessions after school and at night too. But when the Wildcats reluctantly take on Peta ‘Gazza” Gascoigne to make up the numbers, they quickly discover that she’s the best player they’ve got. Not only that, she’s got an attractive and apparently unattached—or loosely attached—mum. And Splinters is looking for a new partner for his dad. Everything looks set on and off the field, but Gazza and her mum have been deported back to England for overstaying their visa and suddenly disappeared without a trace. Nothing for it but to fly to England, track them down and persuade them to come back. But where are the Wildcats going to get the money? Nuke gets the bright idea that they can borrow his father’s credit card and book their flights on the internet. And that’s where the real trouble begins!' (Publication summary)
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The Sporting Life : Sport in Australian and New Zealand Fiction
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 18-23)
— Review of The Last Shot 1997 single work novella ; Shooting Stars 1997 single work children's fiction ; Mike 1993 single work children's fiction ; More than a Game 1999 single work novel ; Black Belt 1994 single work novel ; Gazza's Gone 2000 single work children's fiction ; The Redback Leftovers 2000 single work novel ; Netball or Nothing 2000 single work novel ; Making the Most of It 2000 single work novel ; More Than Gold 2000 single work children's fiction ; Gunna Burn 2000 single work novel ; The Crush 2000 single work novel
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The Sporting Life : Sport in Australian and New Zealand Fiction
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 18-23)
— Review of The Last Shot 1997 single work novella ; Shooting Stars 1997 single work children's fiction ; Mike 1993 single work children's fiction ; More than a Game 1999 single work novel ; Black Belt 1994 single work novel ; Gazza's Gone 2000 single work children's fiction ; The Redback Leftovers 2000 single work novel ; Netball or Nothing 2000 single work novel ; Making the Most of It 2000 single work novel ; More Than Gold 2000 single work children's fiction ; Gunna Burn 2000 single work novel ; The Crush 2000 single work novel