Number 9: The Club

Part of the No. 9 series

A divided soccer team must unite or risk losing everything.

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294 pages· ~730L

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Jack Scorer faces an impossible challenge: lead a new soccer team in the countryside with no reputation and a crumbling stadium. As city kids clash with village locals, Jack's double life unravels. With unexpected victories igniting football fever, a bitter rivalry threatens to expose his secrets. Can Jack unite his team before his divided loyalties destroy their dreams? The pressure mounts, and Jack must confront the truth—or risk losing it all.

From the publisher

FROM VILLAGE UNDERDOG TO LEADER OF A TEAM NO ONE BELIEVED INA high-stakes soccer story where city swagger meets countryside grit-and one team fights to build something unforgettable.A team divided. A dream worth fighting for.Jack Scorer’s dream of a pro contract at Kingsdown Academy is gone. Instead, he’s offered an impossible challenge: captain a brand-new team deep in the English countryside-with zero reputation, no budget, and a crumbling stadium on a forgotten hilltop.Littleton Wanderers is divided from day one-street-smart city kids with flair and attitude versus village locals who’ve been overlooked their entire lives. Caught in the middle, Jack tries to keep the peace by living two separate lives. But as pressure builds, his web of lies begins to unravel.When the mismatched team unexpectedly starts winning and the sleepy village erupts with football fever, Jack’s secret world begins to crack. A bitter rivalry threatens to expose his divided loyalties-and destroy everything they’ve built together.Can he unite his team before it’s too late? Or will the pressure of wearing the Number 9 finally prove too much?If Jack can’t find the courage to face the truth-and himself-he won’t just lose the team.He’ll lose everything.

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