Jim Howes

Brett "Pencil" O'Reilly has grown up on a dairy farm in Gippsland and dreams of one day becoming an AFL star. The book finds him in Yr12 playing for the local country team Power and winning the country grand final. He is then selected as a draft pick for Essendon and plays in the NAB cup. It looks like all his dreams are coming true when his father is badly hurt in a tractor accident and Pencil must give up everything to help run the dairy farm. Can he come up with a way to keep the farm show more running AND pursue his ultimate dream - the AFL Premiership. Easy to read novel which basically brings every boy's fantasy to life. show less

Pencil O'Reilly lives on a dairy farm in the Gippsland region of Victoria and is a likely recruit to the AFL. Just as as he tries to make his name in football disaster strikes and he is faced with a personal challenge far greater than anything he has encountered on the footy field. Suitable for readers aged 8-12.
See Trove catalogue record at: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35285763

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