BOBBY/CHARLTON

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This is the second story to feature Bobby the Downs Syndrome football enthusiast and his big sister Charlie. This time they are off to summer camp. Also with them is Paul a boy who hides underneath a furry parka and will not speak. Bobby instantly decides that the two of them are best friends and as he is potty about football he tries to play it with him as much as possible. Charlie is being a responsible older sister and keeping a watch on Bobby which is demanding enough but she also has a challenge of her own. One of the planned camp activities is a relay race over water and she is very scared of water. But thanks to the wonderful positivity that Bobby exudes all round him Charlie beats her demons Bobby plays football whether its planned or not and Paul? Well Bobby gets him talking! He makes him Man of the Match!an entertaining story perfectly complemented by Michael Foremans illustrationsAffectionately cast portrait of friendship and sibling love.The authors main triumph is her sensitive depiction of a slowly thawing relationship between Bobby and PaulChapter 1 Camping? Bobby banged my bunk with both feet. Not today! Tents? No. Go back to sleep. Every morning for a whole week he woke me. He was all jittery like a goalie waiting for a free kick. We were waiting to go to Special Camp a holiday for children with special needs and their siblings. Thats me. Bobbys sister. His sibling. Bobby loved that word. When he ?rst heard it he ran round the room yelling Sibling sibling like a fire engine. At last the big day arrived. Bobby woke me at three oclock. And four oclock. And ?ve oclock. By six oclock he was all dressed up in his beloved goalie top and raring to go! We set off for Bobbys school. Its different from mine because hes got Downs syndrome. I used to get jealous as he goes in a taxi. Once I even asked Mum why cant I go to a special school? She said Youre special just as you are. We need a girl on our team.You see my mum and dad are so football mad that they wanted enough children for a football team. They ended up with a ?veaside: Wembley Semi Striker Bobby and me! My daft dad gave us all football names. Bobby and I are called after his World Cup hero Bobby Charlton. Some people think Charltons a funny ?rst name but I think its lucky: perhaps Ill be the first girl to play in a World Cup ?nal! Well that Saturday the whole team was there to wave us off. Wembley swung Bobby round by his ankles Semi twirled a football rattle and Striker dribbled a ball in and out of the bags did a nutmeg round the driver and scored a goal through the coach! Looking around the playground I recognised nearly everyone. Most of the helpers had been on the holiday play scheme. Laura a pretty girl from Bobbys class was clinging to her mother. Her brother Sean hissed Baby then pinched her when he thought no one was looking. I was glad he wasnt my brother. There was just one boy by himself who didnt go to Bobbys school. It was a hot day but he was wearing a coat with f

Data Publikacji: 2005-08-04
Wymiary: 198 mm 129 mm 6 mm 77 gr