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There’s never a dull day with Adele Vialli: she’s the star of her school’s football team with an impossible frenemy and a troublemaker attitude. Throw in a warring family, a spot or two of shoplifting and being a girl in a ‘boy’s’ sport, Adele’s life is stressful, to say the least. Underneath all this is Adele’s constant questioning of her racial identity, and the confusion of having to ‘perform’ being black for her darker skinned best friend Mikaela. When an England scout comes looking for potential new players, Adele’s future seems full of promise again. But competing with her fellow footballer and volatile best frenemy Mikaela could spell disaster, especially when her city banker dad suddenly starts flirting with Mikaela’s mother. As pressures mount, will Adele overcome all or will she crash and burn?
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“A rich addition to what is often the monotonous, monochrome storytelling and characters of YA writing.” Claire Chambers, Huffington Post
Pete Kalu is a novelist, playwright and poet and has previously won the BBC Playwrights Award, The Voice/Jamaica Information Service Marcus Garvey Scholarship Award and Contact/BBC Dangerous Comedy Prize
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