The boy with the lightning feet
By: Sally Gardner
Series: The magical children series
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781444011654
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Magic; Juvenile fiction
Description: Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school and hasn't any friends. He longs to play football, but he's hopeless at games. He's miserable. And it doesn't help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon, a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer. Then his gran's friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy and Gramps into shape in no time, and Timmy discovers there's magic in his toes -- he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. And when Timmy performs on the football field, everyone wants to be friends with him.
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain in 2006.