United on Vacation

Don't worry if (like me) you can't stand football! I read this book in the name of duty and had the most wonderfully entertaining time. George is a passionate fan of Sheffield United and spends a good deal of his time (and parents' phone bill) taking part in 'Praise or Grumble', the phone-in on his local radio station. With the family business in dire straits, comforts are few in the household but George's luck seems to have changed when he's the winner of United's Christmas Raffle Star Prize - a fortnight's holiday for four in Djerba. However, when his mum and dad decide to sell the holiday and, worse, his gran comes home from Tenerife and presents him with a football strip of United's deadly rivals, things look bad. Very bad. But just as in his beloved game, victory can be snatched even in extra time and George does get his holiday - though not quite in the way he expected.