{"product_id":"bend-it-like-beckham-narinder-dhami","title":"Bend It Like Beckham","description":"Review\n\nThis is a really excellent book -- I saw the film but the book is better! -- Danielle Lewis, Craigmount High ― Teen Titles\n\nWhy 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\n\nA brilliant read -- Gemma Ashcroft, 17 ― Boox\n\nSheer joy to read ― AllinfoaboutchildrensbooksUK.com\n\nProduct Description\n\nCelebrate 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.\n\nJess 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 ...\n\nThe Bend it Like Beckham movie was a box-office hit, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.\n\nBend it Like Beckham was also transformed into a musical in London's West End.\n\nBook Description\n\nCelebrate 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.\n\nFrom the Publisher\n\nTeen novel based on script and film of the highly successful and popular Bend It Like Beckham film\n\nPerfect subject for Bite: contemporary teens in multicultural London combined with football and David Beckham!\n\nScript by Gurinder Chadha of 'Bhaji on the Beach' and 'What's Cooking' fame.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nNarinder 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.","brand":"Hodder Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40403226853461,"sku":"9780340860946N","price":4.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/d9603654-ca15-470f-b5c7-fe69ebbf72b1.jpg?v=1667487975","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/bend-it-like-beckham-narinder-dhami","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}