LOOK out for Strikers - an exciting and original new football series for 8-12 year-olds.

Strikers is all about the high-paced, glamour and grit of the Premiership. Instead of playground scraps, the series deals with the real issues of today's game - sponsorship, match-rigging, intense player rivalry, the media and, of course , celebrity girlfriends. Strikers has the lot.

Young Blood, Bad Boys and Big Deal by Bob Cattell and David Ross from Madcap Books are just £3.50 each (available from early April). Young Blood

Meet 18-year-old Thomas Headley , the Sherwood Strikers brightest young star. Surrounded by match-rigging controversy, the pressure is really on for Thomas in his first season with the Strikers. Big Deal

It's a hard life being a celeb, on and off the pitch. Thomas Headley is just getting used to the media attention, when a potential takeover of Sherwood Strikers looms. Pressure mounts as media mogul Redman Forster tries to enlist Thomas' help to oust the club's management. Bad Boys

The Sherwood Strikers work and play hard, on the pitch and in the nightclubs. For Thomas, international fame beckons - the ultimate glory of representing his country and wearing the England shirt. But his attention is elsewhere - his younger brother has run away - and it's all Thomas' fault.

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