Kick

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Two things that I really enjoyed about this book is that it is very beautifully written and that it has a good understanding of how poor people can't just be bad at all things just because they don't have enough money.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Set during World War I, this book tells the compelling true story of the professional footballers who signed up to fight.

The theme is an important one and it is a book that will enlighten your child to international issues about which they may know very little, but it is not preachy. Although some teachers seem to have suggested it's more KS3, we think that it's age-appropriate and sensitive in how it handles many difficult and troubling issues, from child labour to human trafficking.

For readers 12+ the characters and writing style may feel quite immature on one level, but they will better understand some of the themes, which may well complement their secondary school syllabuses in a very accessible form. I'll try not to give anything away but, in effect: there is something that happens towards the end of the book which COULD potentially have changed the course of a character's life and the way things turned out really annoyed me! How can his grandmother afford to chain smoke, when the family don't eat dinner on Friday night because they don't have enough money? I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Budi and his grandmother - a chain-smoking, housebound character - who provides wonderful stories to teach her grandson some important lessons in life. There is a lot of focus on the situation seeming near to impossible at first sight and the people in the audience thinking he won't manage it, yet we still see the football player just concentrating so intently despite all the difficulties and he does eventually score the penalty.When an earthquake strikes, causing some buildings to crumble, killing Rochy's family and also leading to the death of Budi's grandmother, it is particularly challenging. Budi lives with his parents and his grandmother, who tells him stories of past events in her life and his. We learn more about the activities of the Dragon and in particular a plot to traffic people to the West that Budi becomes embroiled in. Outline of the Book: Budi is going to play for the biggest team in the world, instead of making shoes every day but one unlucky kick brings his whole world crashing down. Awalnya aku mengira garapan Mitch Johnson ini akan lebih kurang dengan garapan penulis luar lainnya.

But one unlucky kick brings Budi's world crashing down, because now he owes the Dragon, the most dangerous man in all Jakarta. On the front of the book, it has the quote: "The Only Thing Standing In His Way Is Everything" and that is really symbolised through the telling of this story.At the end of the book, there is a scene which is entirely embroiled in crime and it ends in Budi surviving with his father (although his uncle sadly dies) and he ends up with millions of pounds in cash.

Budi works in a footwear factory in Indonesia, making the football boots he longs to wear but is unlikely to ever afford. He’s going to be a star, instead of sweating over each football boot he makes, each stitch he sews, each box he packages.This isn't a perfect book, by any means, but I enjoyed the process and it is an impressive shot for a debut. As much as I hope Kick will shed light on a desperate global issue, I feel it must also remain a testament to the transcendent, unifying power of sport.