{"product_id":"damaged-football-detective-by-tom-palmer-5-books-collection-set-ages-9-14-paperback-i-18","title":"Damaged - Football Detective by Tom Palmer 5 Books Collection Set - Ages 9-14 - Paperback - I 18","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eBrand New Books, Minor Damaged While Processing and Handling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle In This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Foul Play\u003cbr\u003e2. Foul Play: Own Goal\u003cbr\u003e3. Foul Play: Dead Ball\u003cbr\u003e4. Foul Play: Killer Pass\u003cbr\u003e5. Foul Play: Off Side\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eDanny is obsessed with two things: football - especially City Football Club - and investigating crimes. So when England and City footballing hero Sam Roberts is reported missing the day after Danny saw him being taken, blindfolded, into the bowels of the City FC stadium late at night, he's determined to get to the bottom of it. But is Danny getting into something he can't handle?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play: Own Goal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMeet Danny Harte.\u003cbr\u003eFootball fan and crime detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDanny loves supporting his local team, City FC. So when everyone starts supporting the Italian team Forza FC, Danny is angry. His club is in jeopardy and needs their support. Danny decides to investigate the sudden popularity of the new team - starting with Forza's billionaire owner - and that's when the danger really kicks off. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Danny uncover the sinister reasons behind Forza's success - and save City at the same time?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play: Dead Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRussian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex goes against their wishes. His punishment: an 'accidental' car crash and he's out of the return game in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomething is going on with England's replacement goalie, and Danny soon finds himself caught up with the criminals of the footballing underworld. Will he unravel the match-fixing mystery?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play: Killer Pass\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn recent months there has been a spate of burglaries at the houses of players from Danny's favourite football club, City FC. Danny wants to know who's behind it all and is on the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut after scouting out the crime scenes, there are newspaper reports of a young boy having been seen hanging around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDanny needs to find out who's behind these crimes - and fast. If he doesn't, he might have turned from crime detective into the biggest suspect of them all...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play: Off Side\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhen Danny Harte finds out there's been an anonymous foreign buy-out of his favourite club, City, he's furious - the fans were about to buy it themselves. The club is being secretive and Danny is determined to find out what's going on - until he's caught staking out the club by the police and cautioned. His parents are furious, and his friends too. No one is talking to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Danny discovers Adam, a kid from Ghana, dumped by his agent who'd promised him a place as a junior at City, and lost in a foreign country he knows nothing about, Danny realizes there are worse ways of being alone. He decides to take Adam's story to the press - with terrifying consequences for them both . . .\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,1,1,0\"\u003eTom Palmer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,2,1,0\"\u003ePuffin Books (Penguin Random House)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBooks Included\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,3,1,0\"\u003eFoul Play, Foul Play: Own Goal, Foul Play: Dead Ball, Foul Play: Killer Pass, Foul Play: Off Side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,4,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTotal Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,4,1,0\"\u003e5 Paperbacks (Complete Series Box Set)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,5,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTarget Age Range\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,5,1,0\"\u003eAges 9 to 14 Years (Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,6,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGenre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,6,1,0\"\u003eChildren's Mystery \/ Sports Fiction \/ Crime Sleuthing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan data-path-to-node=\"10,7,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCore 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