Product Description

A very personal story about one girl's willpower to follow her dream.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1238018 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Narinder Dhami is the author of Starring Alice Mackenzie, published by Harpercollins and second prizewinner in the TSB Birmingham Children's Book Award 1996. She is also a contributor to several bestselling series, The Sleepover Club (Collins), Animal Ark Pets (Hodder) and Animal Crackers (Transworld). She was a primary teacher until 1990, when she began writing full time. She lives with her husband in Cambridge.

Customer Reviews

Clean and serene
A Review
The story is about an Indian girl whose name is Jesminder. She is nearly 16 years old and she loves playing football. She fancies her idol David Beckham because nobody can cross or bend a ball like him. She also falls in love with her coach- Joe. But because of her religion and the beliefs of her family she isn't allowed to play. Her mother tells her not to show her bare legs in short football trousers like her friend Jules does. Her parents think that football isn't good for the behaviour of a real Indian woman. But for Indian women it is necessary to learn how to cook real aloo gobi and how to make round chapattis. The older Indians think that something like that is more important than having fun with sports.
After all the story is about untypical teenager problems, another religion, football and the hard way to tell the truth.

We both think that the book is well written and easy to understand. The vocabulary is explained on the bottom of every page that is why you don't have to learn anything for understanding the book without problems. We think that the story is interesting and good to read for boys and girls. A nice theme for boys is the football and many girls are interested in the small love-story of Jesminder, Jules and their coach, Joe.
If you want to learn something about the culture and the traditions of Indians the book will please you.

Benjamin, 16 & Sandra, 15 Germany

If you liked the movie, you'll love the book!
It reads like a movie script that has you recreating characters' emotions and motivations.

Like the movie I loved it!
I like the book, really easy to read and as the movie was wonderful. It is great to know what was happening inside of Jessie's head.. For everyone who loved the movie (as me)they are going to like the book too.