num_pages: 225
description: "This stirring adventure — a soccer story? a ghost story? — defies expectations. . . . Both lyrical and gripping." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)When Paul Faustino of LA NACION flips on his tape recorder for an exclusive interview with El Gato — the phenomenal goalkeeper who single-handedly brought his team the World Cup — the seasoned reporter quickly learns that this will be no ordinary story. Instead, the legendary El Gato narrates a spellbinding tale that begins in the South American rainforest, where a ghostly but very real mentor, the Keeper, emerges to teach a poor, gawky boy the most thrilling secrets of the game. A seamless blend of magic realism and exhilarating soccer action, this evocative novel will haunt readers long after the story ends.
language: English
title: Keeper
titlecomplete: Keeper (Paul Faustino, #1)
genres: Fiction, Football, Magical Realism, Soccer, Teen, Young Adult, Sports, Paranormal, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2080
series: Paul Faustino
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Branford Boase Award
publisher: Candlewick Press