The Penalty (novel)

The Penalty
	First edition cover
Author	Mal Peet
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Paul Faustino
Genre	Young adult sports novel
Publisher	Walker Books
Publication date	2 October 2006
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	264 pp (first edition)
ISBN	1-84428-099-3
OCLC	70672530
LC Class	PZ7.P3564 Pen 2007
Preceded by	Keeper
Followed by	Exposure

The Penalty is a sports novel for young adults by Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2006. It is the second (of three to 2011) football stories featuring South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. The teen football prodigy El Brujito ("The Little Magician") disappears without a trace and Faustino is drawn to the mystery. He unfolds the story behind the disappearance.

Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2005.^[1] A German-language translation was published in 2008.^[2]

Peet and The Penalty made the 2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist^[2] (six finalists).

For the next Faustino football book, Peet won the 2009 Guardian Prize and explained to the sponsoring newspaper about his second career (then aged 62) that he had felt 'football books for children were "pretty much hey"'. Also, "I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark. Now I get to play football vicariously."^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The penalty" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Formats and Editions of The penalty". WorldCat. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ "Mal Peet wins Guardian children's fiction prize: A version of Othello which casts the Moor of Venice as a South American football star wins Mal Peet the 2009 Guardian children's fiction prize". Alison Flood. guardian.co.uk, 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

External links[]

The Penalty in libraries (WorldCat catalog) —immediately, first US edition

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[LCC-1] "The penalty" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[worldcat-2] "Formats and Editions of The penalty". WorldCat. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[flood-3] "Mal Peet wins Guardian children's fiction prize: A version of Othello which casts the Moor of Venice as a South American football star wins Mal Peet the 2009 Guardian children's fiction prize". Alison Flood. guardian.co.uk, 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

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