The Penalty by Mal Peet

The Penalty

Paul Faustino #2

Mal Peet

fiction mystery sports young adult adventurous mysterious slow-paced

272 pages | first published 2006

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From the award-winning author of TAMAR, a time-shifting thriller about a vanishing soccer star, occult secrets, and the dark history of slavery.As the city of San Juan pulses to summer’s sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the L...
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