Sold out
Series
More about the book
As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage football prodigy El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without trace. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, he is forced to confront a bitter history of slavery, and the power of the occult
Book purchase
The Penalty, Mal Peet
- Language
- Released
- 2006
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- The Penalty
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mal Peet
- Publisher
- Walker Books
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN10
- 1844280993
- ISBN13
- 9781844280995
- Series
- Paul Faustino
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Young Adult, Mystery Novels, Sports, Young Adult Fantasy, Football
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage football prodigy El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without trace. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, he is forced to confront a bitter history of slavery, and the power of the occult