Keeper

author: Peet, Mal, Sloan, Holly Goldberg
A top sports journalist in South America sits opposite a man they call El Gato (the cat). Recognized as the World Cup-winning goalkeeper, El Gato begins to tell the story of his skills, learned from a mysterious Keeper who haunted the heart of a mysterious claustrophobic forest.
year: 2005, 2007, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: soccer, fiction, interpersonal relations, coming of age, brazil, fiction, soccer for women, juvenile fiction, women soccer players, bashfulness, girls, soccer stories, mystery, fiction, juvenile fiction, bildungsromans

Editions


Keeper
Peet, Mal
Candlewick Press (2005)
South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup Soccer star El Gato and learns a fantastic story of a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily.
Schools: 23



Keeper
Peet, Mal
Candlewick Press (2007)
Paul Faustino learns about world-famous goalkeeper, El Gato's encounter with a mystical mentor named the Keeper, in the South American rain forest and the magical lessons he learned under his tutelage that helped him become the best in the world.
Schools: 11



Keeper
Sloan, Holly Goldberg
Scobre Press (2002)
A timid eighth-grade girl's life changes when her best friend convinces her to try out for the soccer team.
Schools: 0



Keeper
Peet, Mal
Walker (2003)
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
Schools: 0



Keeper
Peet, Mal
Gardners Books (2012)
A top sports journalist in South America sits opposite a man they call El Gato (the cat). Recognized as the World Cup-winning goalkeeper, El Gato begins to tell the story of his skills, learned from a mysterious Keeper who haunted the heart of a mysterious claustrophobic forest.
Schools: 0



Keeper
Peet, Mal
Candlewick Press (2016)
South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup Soccer star El Gato and learns a fantastic story of a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily.
Schools: 3


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