Glory Gardens 4 - World Cup Fever
By (Author) Bob Cattell
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Red Fox
5th April 1996
1st February 1996
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
160
Width 131mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
120g
A unique cricket fiction series with added extras - reissued with striking new covers and a new look! GLORY GARDENS C.C. can't resist a challenge and this time they're going for gold in a World Cup competition! with teams from Barbados and South Africa visiting the area at the same time, it's a brilliant opportunity for the club to make its mark worldwide. It's not long before the thrills and spills of cricket spark off sporting drama, temper tantrums and practical jokes. So as Australia do battle with the West Indies and South Africa face India, can Glory Gardens rise above the squabbling and bring glory for England...
Couldn't recommend them highly enough * Test Match Special, BBC Radio 4 *
Bob Cattell grew up in the fens of East Anglia and now lives near Southwold in Suffolk. In between he worked in London in advertising, bookselling, public relations, copywriting and teaching. His first published children's book was Glory in the Cup (in the Glory Gardens cricket series), written while he was running a bookshop on a boat in Greenwich. He likes walking in mountains, theatre, opera and most sports and supports Yorkshire CCC and Aston Villa.