{"product_id":"number-9-the-beginning-kickbooks-publishing-2024","title":"Number 9 - The Beginning","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eFROM TEXAS DREAMER TO LONDON LEGEND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack has never played for a real team-until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a surprise trial lands him at England's top soccer academy, Jack trades his small Texas town for the cutthroat world of elite football in London. But it's nothing like he imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery mistake is punished. Every pass is judged. Rival players want him gone. Alone, out of his depth, and miles behind the others, Jack starts to question everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he finds The Bandits -an underground crew of street soccer players. No whistles. No coaches. No limits. The kind of football that doesn't follow rules-it makes its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jack slips between two worlds-the rigid demands of the academy and the raw freedom of street soccer-he learns that greatness isn't about being perfect... It's about something much deeper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen homesickness threatens to break him, bullies target his every weakness, and betrayal hits from the one place he thought was safe, Jack faces his ultimate test.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his dream hanging by a thread-and the legendary Number 9 shirt within reach-he must dig deeper than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes he have what it takes to survive-and prove he truly belongs among the best?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheck out the other books in the Number 9 Series: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumber 9 II: The Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumber 9 III: The Battle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumber 9 IV: The Fight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Kickbooks Publishing","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48598318514370,"sku":"9781919504605","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/4195\/4242\/files\/ingram_dsw_9781919504605.jpg?v=1786226839","url":"https:\/\/mgsfus-av.myshopify.com\/products\/number-9-the-beginning-kickbooks-publishing-2024","provider":"Schmendrick's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}