The Penalty - by Mal Peet (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as "El Brujito," while in alternate chapters a slave becomes a powerful voodoo priest.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"Peet's prose is both lyrical and unflinching. . . . A bold exploration of ageless themes of power, fame, love, and trust, all seen through the deceptive lens of modern celebrity culture." -- <i>Booklist</i></b> <p/>As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without a trace--right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his team. Sports reporter Paul Faustino is reluctantly drawn into the mystery of the athlete's disappearance and, as a story of corruption and murder unfolds, must confront the bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Stunning, original and compelling.<br>--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mal Peet (1947-2015) </b>is the acclaimed author of the Carnegie Medal-winning novel <i>Tamar </i>as well as the <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book</i> Honor Book <i>Life: An Exploded Diagram</i> and three Paul Faustino novels: <i>Keeper, The Penalty, </i> and <i>Exposure, </i> a winner of the <i>Guardian </i>Children's Fiction Prize. He is also the co-author of <i>Cloud Tea Monkeys, Mysterious Traveler, </i>and <i>Night Sky Dragons, </i>all of which he wrote with his wife, Elspeth Graham.
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