Download or read book Specky Magee written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The football adventure that started it all! Simon Magee is twelve and mad about Aussie Rules. He's even got a nickname – 'Specky' – because he takes such spectacular marks. But his family hates footy... So why is there a baby photo of him dressed in footy gear? Determined to find out the truth, Specky uncovers more than he ever bargained for. Specky Magee is a one gulp book to be read fast and easily . . . Australian Book Review It's encouraging Aussie Kids to read and enjoy Aussie culture . . . Eddie McGuire, the Herald Sun
Download or read book Specky Magee the Great Footy Contest written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2003-03-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Player Profile: Name: Simon 'SPECKY' Magee Age: 13 Code: Australian Rules Football Team: Booyong High Lions, Under 14's Position played: Star forward. Known for his SPEC-tacular marking ability and for kicking plenty of goals. What to expect this season: Specky comes face to face with a tough, talented player by the name of Derek 'Screamer' Johnson. He was responsible for having Specky sent off during a game last season. The two boys become bitter rivals and when a popular TV show runs a nationwide football contest, Specky is relieved when everyone except Screamer decides to enter. But why is Screamer such a bully on the field? And why is he sucking up to Specky's team-mates? Guaranteed highlights: Incredible footy action by Specky, a surprise trip and the introduction of some terrific new friends. Question on everyone's lips: A true champion in the making, but is Specky good enough to win the Great Footy Contest? By the bestselling authors of Specky Magee. Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee the Spirit of the Game written by Felice & Garry Lyon Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I tell you what, they're turning it on here today, folks. They're putting on a ring-a-ding-ding contest . . . And who is that lad in the number five guernsey? Specky can't wait to get to the country and have the chance to play grassroots football for the first time . . . against adults. But more is at stake than the outcome of just one game. Who is Razorback Jack, the mysterious footy hero that Specky keeps hearing about? And what are the boys back at Booyong High up to? Can the massive underdogs, the Rivergum Redfins, serve it up to the Bull Ants? We have got a game on our hands this afternoon . . . Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee the Boots of Glory written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Specky leaves his beloved Booyong High, he's torn between his old friends and his new team-mates. And his loyalty will be tested – on the field and off – because when he crosses that white line, Booyong becomes his enemy . . . And Gosmore Grammar expects nothing less than absolute loyalty from their new star student. Specky prepares to play a vital part in the school's most revered sporting event – the Boots of Glory football match. But will his need to solve a mystery at the school put his footy future in jeopardy? Could the Boots of Glory be the most important footy match he has ever played? Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee and the Best of Oz written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE CROWD ROARED AS THE BALL ROCKETED INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. SPECKY COLLAPSED ON THE GROUND FEELING USELESS AND HUMILIATED. HE HAD NEVER FELT SO OUT OF HIS DEPTH ON A SPORTING FIELD . . . Specky has been selected to represent Australia in International Rules, taking on the Irish in a two-test competition in Ireland. Can the boys learn to play with a new set of rules and perfect their skills with the round ball before the Irish team wipes the field with them? And is someone trying to sabotage the Aussie team's chances of winning? The pressure is on, and to make matters worse Specky has some serious decisions to make about his future before he returns home . . . This trip to Ireland is no holiday and Specky will have to dig deep to face the biggest challenge of his life! I wish Specky would hurry up and get drafted. The Tigers would love to have him . . . Matthew Richardson Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2006-04-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Booyong High Bugle Footy News! Only last month, former Booyong High student Simon 'Specky' Magee led the Gosmore Grammar Knights to victory against our courageous Booyong Lions. But now he's back in town! Well, we at the Bugle would like to welcome Simon home, but even his best mates don't want him on the team. And now we can't help but wonder just how 'specky-tacular' Magee really is . . . Will he ever play with Booyong again? Specky has questions of his own . . . Will Robbo and Danny ever talk to him again? What could possibly scare the Great McCarthy? And what's Screamer up to now? Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee and the Battle of the Young Guns written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Specky battles it out in the state carnival for a chance to play on the hallowed MCG turf, back at school he has a fight on his hands just to be allowed to play with his beloved Booyong Lions. And when his long-lost grandpa comes to visit, it's all-out war at home as well . . . This has been an absolute battle . . . the ultimate battle of the young guns! This September, Specky's loyalty to his friends, his team and to AFL will be tested like never before.
Download or read book Specky Magee and the Season of Champions written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season. The Lions are playing well and Specky's form is looking good – perhaps good enough to win a scholarship to a prestigious sporting school. But a knee injury sees him sidelined, and suddenly his future is filled with uncertainty. Will his team make it to the finals without him? Will he be able to play if they do? And how is he going to impress the talent scout if he can't play footy? Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl and the Great McCarthy. Join Specky Magee as he finds out why there's more to being a champion than just being a legend on the field. Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee and the Spirit of the Game written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I tell you what, they're turning it on here today, folks. They're putting on a ring-a-ding-ding contest . . . And who is that lad in the number five guernsey? Specky can't wait to get to the country and have the chance to play grassroots football for the first time . . . against adults. But more is at stake than the outcome of just one game. Who is Razorback Jack, the mysterious footy hero that Specky keeps hearing about? And what are the boys back at Booyong High up to? Can the massive underdogs, the Rivergum Redfins, serve it up to the Bull Ants? We have got a game on our hands this afternoon . . . Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Grace on the Court written by Maddy Proud and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Parker needs to figure out how to handle the 3Bs: boys, boy bands and ball sports. Things were simple for netball nerd Grace Parker at primary school. She was captain of her school team – and with best friends Stella and Mia won the grand final. Back then, her biggest problem was persuading her parents to buy her tickets to see Friday at Five, the world’s hottest boy band. But high school’s a whole new story. Grace’s greatest rival on the court, Amber Burns, just made the same netball team as her. Her twin brother, Gus, is devastated he didn’t make the A-grade AFL side. Her older brother, Tyler, is ignoring her. And as if that wasn’t enough for a 13-year-old girl to handle, dreamy aspiring rockstar Sebastian King is suddenly paying her a lot of attention ... Maddy Proud is a professional netballer currently playing for the NSW Swifts. Previously she played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds, who signed her at 16, making her the youngest player ever contracted in the Trans-Tasman ANZ Championships.
Download or read book Specky Magee the Battle of the Young Guns written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Specky battles it out in the state carnival for a chance to play on the hallowed MCG turf, back at school he has a fight on his hands just to be allowed to play with his beloved Booyong Lions. And when his long-lost grandpa comes to visit, it's all-out war at home as well . . . This has been an absolute battle . . . the ultimate battle of the young guns! This September, Specky's loyalty to his friends, his team and to AFL will be tested like never before. Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book Specky Magee the Season of Champions written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season. The Lions are playing well and Specky's form is looking good – perhaps good enough to win a scholarship to a prestigious sporting school. But a knee injury sees him sidelined, and suddenly his future is filled with uncertainty. Will his team make it to the finals without him? Will he be able to play if they do? And how is he going to impress the talent scout if he can't play footy? Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl and the Great McCarthy. Join Specky Magee as he finds out why there's more to being a champion than just being a legend on the field. Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more
Download or read book The Boy and the Spy written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leap into the adventure of a lifetime... Things have never been easy for Antonio, but now it seems like the war will never end. So when Antonio is caught up in the dangerous world of freedom fighters and spies, will it change his life or destroy him?
Download or read book The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war seems a long way away to Maggie Flanagan. Her brother is somewhere across the sea, flying to protect England from the Germans and the Italians. But Maggie is more interested in kicking the footy and finding out who's going to play for St Kilda this season. But when the war comes to Australia and Maggie sees what she's sure is a Japanese spy plan in the skies of Melbourne, it all gets very real. The Japanese attack Australia up north, raining bombs on Darwin and Broome, and American soldiers start appearing on the streets. Worst of all, it looks like the football season will be cancelled! When Maggie decides to stage an all-girl football game to raise money for the troops, she's breaking all the rules. Everyone knows that girls can't play footy! But the rules aren't going to stop the unstoppable Flying Flanagan . . .
Download or read book Farticus Maximus and Other Stories that Stink written by and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Captain Underpants hold your noses -- here comes Farticus Maximus! Have you ever let one rip and blamed your brother or sister? Your best friend? The dog? Your dad or mom? Have you ever laughed, snorted, blushed, or just smiled at the sound of someone letting one rip? Have you ever broken wind in the bath, in your classroom, on the school bus, or in bed? If you have answered yes to any of the above questions then Farticus Maximus is definitely for you. Farticus Maximus has a gut-busting secret weapon -- the potent strength of his flatulence! His gaseous gift has made him the greatest gladiator of all time. Have a whiff of this hilariously funny Roman tale, plus read other equally stinky stories, including one about a teacher with a deadly gas problem, a mischievous grandpa who won't stop letting rip, and lots more!
Download or read book Fearless Frederic written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the river rises and the city of Paris begins to disappear under water, Frederic decides to help those who can’t help themselves. But as his heroic acts escalate, so does the danger. Frederic will have to battle an escaped zoo animal and fight off pickpockets and looters but, as the waters subside, can he find justice for his father and find out what courage really means?
Download or read book Whippersnapper written by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I CLOSE MY EYES. RIGHT. WHEN I OPEN THEM AGAIN, THE PERSON STARING BACK AT ME FROM THIS MIRROR WILL BE ME. PLEASE, PLEASE , MAKE IT BE ME! After a terrible accident, Gus can't believe he's survived. But has he? He's woken up in the body of an old man and his real body is unconscious in intensive care. Now he's got a seventy-year-old wife, really bad taste in clothes, and everyone thinks he's crazy. Gus lives and breathes basketball, but could he actually be playing for his life this time? Will he ever be fourteen again? A FUNNY, FAST-PACED FANTASY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING SPECKY MAGEE SERIES.
