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Frankie vs the Pirate Pillagers

by Frank Lampard
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, June 2013)

Neither Frankie nor his friends realize that the old football he won at a carnival game can take them to a magical place to play a match against a team of pirates and their parrot. —Michael Main

Captain Cropper sneered, revealing a couple of gold teeth. “So, landlubbers! Ready to face the finest team on the seven seas?”

Three cartoon children and a dog play football on the deck of a pirate ship.

Fantasy
Audience: Children
Definite Time Travel

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Early Chapter Book

Frankie’s Magic Football 2

Frankie vs the Rowdy Romans

by Frank Lampard
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, August 2013)

When Frankie's football transports them to a Roman arena will his team be a roaring success or will the football battle be more than they bargained for? —from publicity material

The ball looked like it had been chewed up and spat out again. Half the leather had peeled away, and it sagged like a used teabag. He’d won it at a funfair from a strange old man, but something very weird had happened when they had played with the ball in the park. A portal into another world had opened up, and they’d found themselves on a wooden galleon, playing football against pirates.