{"product_id":"lily-and-the-rockets","title":"Lily and the Rockets","description":"Review\n\n'Girls will be galvanized to follow their dreams, break boundaries and play football!' SOUTH WALES EVENING POST\n' ... perfectly captured story of football and girls set during WW1. A historical novel not just for football fans.' ANGELS AND URCHINS\n'The atmosphere of the Great War is beautifully created' BOOKS FOR KEEPS ---\n\n\nProduct Description\n\n\n\nA timeless story of football, friendship and determination from acclaimed author Rebecca Stevens – perfect for budding Lionesses!\n\n'Girls will be galvanized to follow their dreams, break boundaries and play football!' SOUTH WALES EVENING POST\n'... perfectly captured story of football and girls set during WW1. A historical novel not just for football fans.' ANGELS AND URCHINS\nIt’s 1917. Lily spends her days working in a munitions factory, her nights picking metal out of her hair, and her lunchtimes kicking a ball with her workmates.\nTogether they form a football team, the Rockets, and a league soon follows. But when the war ends, the girls lose both their jobs and their football.\nNot Lily. If her only chance of being a goalie is to play with the men, then that’s what she’ll do ... The perfect read for aspiring young footballers – and to celebrate England's Euro 2022 win! Based on the true story of the original Arsenal Ladies' team, one of several female-only teams which formed during WW1, only to be met with a ban once the war ended Rebecca’s novels have been shortlisted for the Historical Association Young Quills Award and the Branford Boase Award","brand":"Chicken House Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40443518779477,"sku":"9781912626120N","price":699.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/df69a39d-f7ab-4d7d-a1e8-d2b5e7045989.jpg?v=1670348767","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/lily-and-the-rockets","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}