Santiago Munez grew up in the tough streets in Mexico. The one luxury he had was his most prized possession: his football. All he did as a child was play football in the poor streets of Mexico. But when Santiago was eleven his father paid to take Santiago and his younger brother and his grandmother to Los Angeles.
Life was supposed to be better now. Santiago and his family owned a small gardening business and his father was saving money to buy a truck, But Santiago resented his father for not supporting his love for playing football. Santiago was the star player in hid local team, one day he turned up late for his game and his team were losing one nil. Santiago quickly ran onto the field and the entire game changed. By the end of the game his team had won 4-2.
Little did Santiago know there was an English scout watching his game and he promised Santiago a trial for New Castle United if he could get himself to England. Santiago got a job at a local Chinese restaurant as a cleaning boy. After a few weeks Santiago had saved enough to fly to England. But his father had other ideas, he spent Santiago’s money on a new truck for his family business. But Santiago’s grandmother gave him a flight ticket by selling some of her things and Santiago flew to England to start his Football Career…..
I thought this book was a very good read. I enjoyed this book so much because it was about sport. The author described the characters in the book very well and made it clear what they were thinking/feeling.
This book was writen by Robert Rigby
