Keeper
About this book
An extraordinary novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize.Paul Faustino, South America's top sports writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato – the Cat – the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup... In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story – how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him – the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic forest...
Reader Profile
4.2/5 · 34 readers · 235 pages · ≈ 4 h 21 m · Easy
How long does it take to read Keeper?
About ≈ 4 h 21 m — 235 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Keeper?
235 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Keeper?
It sits on the Young Adult, Fiction shelves.
Is Keeper in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Keeper?
Mal Peet (1947–2015).