Who Was Pelé? by James Buckley - ISBN: 9780399542619
Paperback
From poverty to global icon: the rise of soccer’s king.

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 2018

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Summary

The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century!

His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he was known as Pele. The soccer forward stunned Brazil when he began playing for the Santos soccer club at age fifteen. He then went on to captivate the world when he joined his country’s national soccer team and helped them win three World Cup ch…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780399542619
ISBN-10:0399542612
Author:James Buckley, Andrew Thomson, Who HQ
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin Workshop
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:15 June 2018
Weight:125g
Dimensions:194mm x 137mm x 6mm
Series:Who Was?
About The Author

James Buckley

James Buckley Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, including Who Was Ernest Shackleton? and Who Was Roberto Clemente?

Andrew Thomson is an illustrator and artist, currently living and working in Guildford in the south of England.

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