Caught Out

Joel's cricket team is going to win the Knockout, or so he is determined. It doesn't look much like it at the first match until the day is saved by a mysterious number eleven who has already declared that he hates batting. I am delighted to see another Michael Hardcastle about cricket. He is an author on whom I fall back time and time again, especially when confronted with a mixed ability private reading group and that handful who do not want to know. His straightforward sporting stories often capture the mind of a child who is very scathing about imaginary stories. Not all of this ilk are football fanatics. A welcome addition.