Lily and the Rockets

A timeless story of football, friendship and determinationfrom acclaimed author Rebecca Stevens – perfect for buddingLionesses! 'Girls will be galvanized to follow their dreams, break boundariesand play football!' SOUTH WALES EVENING POST'... perfectly captured story of football and girls set duringWW1. A historical novel not just for football fans.' ANGELSAND URCHINSIt’s 1917. Lily spends her days working in a munitions factory,her nights picking metal out of her hair, and her lunchtimeskicking a ball with her workmates.Together they form a football team, the Rockets, and a leaguesoon follows. But when the war ends, the girls lose both their jobsand their football.Not Lily. If her only chance of being a goalie is to play withthe men, then that’s what she’ll do ... The perfect read for aspiring young footballers –and to cheer on England in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup  Based on the true story of the original Arsenal Ladies'team, one of several female-only teams which formed during WW1,only to be met with a ban once the war endedRebecca’s novels have been shortlisted for theHistorical Association Young Quills Award and the Branford BoaseAward