The beautiful full-colour illustrations in this fiction book follow the story of Will. He borrows new red pads for the game - and he is hot! He scores a goal. But is it him, or is it the lucky pads?

Themed around the world of football, this fiction story is perfect for struggling readers, to help them develop the basics of reading. With an exciting football-related story and a good range of characters, this book (part one of two parts) will engage and inspire readers who need a structured, systematic, synthetics phonics-based text.