Bend It Like Beckham

Review This is a really excellent book -- I saw the film but the book is better! -- Danielle Lewis, Craigmount High ― Teen Titles Why did I like this book? Simple! It was brilliant. Hilarious and sad. -- Kylie Hughes, Heysham High School ― Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award A brilliant read -- Gemma Ashcroft, 17 ― Boox Sheer joy to read ― AllinfoaboutchildrensbooksUK.com Product Description Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the global smash hit film! If you're 18, love football and can bend a ball like Beckham, the world must be your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it. Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off ... The Bend it Like Beckham movie was a box-office hit, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Bend it Like Beckham was also transformed into a musical in London's West End. Book Description Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the global smash hit film! If you're 18, love football and can bend a ball like Beckham, the world's your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it. From the Publisher Teen novel based on script and film of the highly successful and popular Bend It Like Beckham film Perfect subject for Bite: contemporary teens in multicultural London combined with football and David Beckham! Script by Gurinder Chadha of 'Bhaji on the Beach' and 'What's Cooking' fame. About the Author Narinder Dhami is the author of popular fiction series The Beautiful Game, about a girls' football team, many books in the hugely successful Rainbow Magic series and the bestselling novelisation of the film Bend it Like Beckham. She was a primary teacher before she began writing full time. She lives with her husband in Shropshire.