num_pages: 272
description: 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 Little Magician, vanishes without a trace — right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his team. Paul Faustino, South America’s top sports reporter, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery of the athlete’s disappearance. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, Faustino is forced to confront the bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult. A deftly woven mystery flush with soccer and suspense, this gripping novel is a thrilling read not to be missed.
language: English
title: The Penalty
titlecomplete: The Penalty (Paul Faustino, #2)
genres: Fiction, Football, Mystery, Soccer, Teen, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Sports, Fantasy
ratings_count: 288
series: Paul Faustino
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: North East Teenage Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Candlewick Press