The Beast Beyond the Fence

A super-fun story about friendship, community and having exciting adventures. – The Week Junior’s Children’s Book of the WeekA great story of developing young friendships, delving into some of the issues children of this age group may be facing, and helping them find the tools they need to grow with confidence. – The Liverpool Echo Children’s Book of the WeekThe third title in the Marcus Rashford Book Club marks the fiction debut of the international footballer and food poverty campaigner himself, as a group of self-styled Breakfast Club Investigators take the twelve-year-old Marcus under their wing. * Waterstones Best Children’s Books 2022 *if there’s ever a book likely to encourage football fans to pick up a book, this is it! * Good Housekeeping - Top 50 Books Every Child Should Read *

Marcus Rashford MBE is Manchester United’s iconic number 10 and an England International footballer. During the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcus teamed up with the food distribution charity FareShare to cover the free school meal deficit for vulnerable children across the UK, raising in excess of 20 million pounds. In October 2020, he was appointed MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Alex Falase-Koya is a London native. He was a winner of Spread the Word’s 2019 London Writers Awards for YA/children’s.

Marta Kissi studied BA Illustration & Animation at Kingston University and MA Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. Her favourite part of being an illustrator is bringing stories to life by designing charming characters and the wonderful worlds they live in.

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