Maxx Rumble Soccer 3: Grand Final!
Age 8+
General Fiction
Follow Maxx, Rexx and the Stone Valley Saints through a tough and hilarious season of soccer mayhem.
The crowd couldn’t take it anymore. They jumped the fence! They surrounded the ref. They grabbed his whistle and threw it onto the ground. A granny pirate stomped on it. A toddler pirate even gave it a punch!
Grand Finals are different. And the Soccer Knockout Grand Final is as different as it gets. Things go haywire! They go crazy! They go completely insane! And then they get really weird! Can Maxx, Rexx and the Stone Valley Saints overcome the rottenest team in history, or is this where their Grand Final dream gets fed to the sharkies?
Creators
Michael Wagner is the author of 50+ books for children. Prior to becoming a children’s author, Michael had worked as radio broadcaster, written and produced award-winning animation, and written and performed comedy. In his spare time, he writes songs for his band, The Grownups. You can find out more about Michael from his fun and revealing website: www.michaelwagner.com.au
Terry Denton is best known for the Gasp! books and TV series, the Wombat and Fox stories, and his 20 books in collaboration with Andy Griffiths. He has written 22 children’s books himself and collaborated on 80 more with some of the most popular children’s authors in Australia. Terry won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award in 1986 for Felix & Alexander and has since been short-listed for many awards both in Australia and internationally. His work has won more than 25 children’s choice awards throughout Australia. Terry lives by the beach in a life he shares with his wife and three kids.
Reviews
One does not need to know anything about soccer or be a soccer fan to be caught up in this very enjoyable trio of stories. They will delight any reader, no matter what might be their sporting interests. For a good laugh they are real winners.
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