The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

Allan Ahlberg

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English

Puffin
14 April 2008

Children's & Educational; General fiction (Children's&YA)

Allan Ahlberg's funny and moving semi-autobiographical look back at a 1950s childhood is the second in a series which began with My Brother's Ghost.

Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods - one of them is even a girl - but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition.

A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys - and girls - of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.

By: Allan Ahlberg
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9780141321424
ISBN 10: 0141321423
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 April 2008
Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , 7-9 years , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allan Ahlberg, former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and gravedigger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over a hundred children's books and is the author of the prize-winning Each Peach Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman. He has also written prize-winning fiction and poems for older readers. Allan lives in Bath.

Reviews for The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

An exceptional piece of writing ... comic, poignant and true. Anyone will be enriched by reading it Sunday Times Affectionately downbeat ... this artfully informal story has something for everyone -- Nicholas Tucker Independent This is simply great writing, for boys or anyone else -- Brandon Robshaw Independent Affectionately downbeat ... this artfully informal story has something for everyone -- Nicholas Tucker Independent