The Football Rising Stars Series
By Harry Meredith
Inspiring biographies follow football’s brightest young stars from playground dreams to international glory.
inspiring · engaging · informative
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What is The Football Rising Stars series by Harry Meredith about?
Written and published between 2022 and 2024, Football Rising Stars is a collection of accessible biographies tracing talented footballers from childhood games and five-a-sides to international competition and packed stadiums. Early books profile male stars including Marcus Rashford, Kylian Mbappé and Bukayo Saka; later titles broaden the series with leading women’s players such as Leah Williamson, Chloe Kelly and Aitana Bonmatí. Ideal for readers aged seven and over, especially football fans and reluctant readers. Includes sporting pressure, setbacks and occasional references to difficult childhood circumstances.
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About the author
Harry Meredith is a writer who loves bringing exciting stories to life, especially for young readers. He is known for creating the action-packed 'Football Rising Stars' series, which follows the journeys of famous footballers. Harry enjoys inspiring children to read and dream big through his fun and adventurous books.
All the books in The Football Rising Stars series
Football Rising Stars: Marcus Rashford
by Harry Meredith
How did a Manchester boy become a football star—and a champion for hungry children?
Football Rising Stars: Kai Havertz
by Harry Meredith
How did a German teenager become a Champions League winner before turning 22?
Football Rising Stars: Kylian Mbappé
by Harry Meredith
How did a boy from Bondy become France’s World Cup hero before turning twenty?
Football Rising Stars: Trent Alexander-Arnold
by Harry Meredith
How did a local boy become the young star who helped Liverpool end a 30-year wait?
Football Rising Stars: Jadon Sancho
by Harry Meredith
Why did a fearless teenager leave Manchester City to chase football glory in Germany?
Football Rising Stars: Chloe Kelly
by Harry Meredith
How did a London street player become the Lioness who changed the final?
Football Rising Stars: Georgia Stanway
by Harry Meredith
How did a Cumbrian girl become a goal-scoring hero for England and Bayern Munich?
Football Rising Stars: Bukayo Saka
by Harry Meredith
How did a west London youngster become a hero beneath football’s brightest lights?
Football Rising Stars: Jude Bellingham
by Harry Meredith
How did a Birmingham teenager become one of football’s most exciting global stars?
Football Rising Stars: Erling Braut Haaland
by Harry Meredith
How did a Norwegian youngster become football’s record-breaking global goal machine?
Football Rising Stars: Jamal Musiala
by Steve George
How did a boy from England become Bayern Munich’s teenage star and Germany’s rising hero?
Football Rising Stars: Phil Foden
by Harry Meredith
How did a Stockport boy become one of England’s most exciting football stars?
Football Rising Stars: Gianluigi Donnarumma
by Steve George
From teenage Milan wonder to Manchester City star, what drives Gianluigi’s astonishing rise?
Football Rising Stars: Gavi
by Steve George
How did a fearless boy with untied laces become Barcelona’s midfield star?
Football Rising Stars: Leah Williamson
by Harry Meredith
How did a park footballer become England’s inspiring captain and European champion?
Football Rising Stars: Alessia Russo
by Harry Meredith
How did a calm girl become England’s fearless striker with football’s most talked-about goal?
Football Rising Stars: Vinicius Jr
by Steve George
How did a boy from São Gonçalo become one of football’s most dazzling stars?
Football Rising Stars: Declan Rice
by Steve George
Released by Chelsea at fourteen—could Declan Rice rise to England’s biggest stages?
Football Rising Stars: Alphonso Davies
by Steve George
How did a refugee-camp boy become football’s lightning-fast Roadrunner for Bayern Munich?
Football Rising Stars: Ella Toone
by Harry Meredith
How did a football-loving girl become a European champion and inspire England’s next generation?
Football Rising Stars: Aitana Bonmati
by Harry Meredith
How did a Catalan girl’s dream become a World Cup-winning football triumph?
Football Rising Stars: Lauren Hemp
by Luke Paton
How did a determined youngster become a Lioness who keeps chasing spectacular dreams?
Football Rising Stars: Julián Álvarez
by Harry Meredith
How did a River Plate youngster become a World Cup winner and football superstar?
Football Rising Stars: Ona Batlle
by Luke Paton
Ona Batlle conquers football’s biggest stages—but what challenge could finally test her?
Football Rising Stars: Lauren James
by Luke Paton
How did Lauren James turn early football dreams into dazzling Chelsea and Lionesses success?
Football Rising Stars: Mallory Swanson
by Harry Meredith
How did a determined girl turn setbacks and pressure into world-class football brilliance?
Football Rising Stars: Darwin Núñez
by Steve George
How did a fearless South American youngster become football’s most unpredictable rising star?
Football Rising Stars: Jordyn Huitema
by Harry Meredith
How did a determined young Canadian footballer become a star under Paris’s brightest pressure?
Football Rising Stars: Marie-Antoinette Katoto
by Harry Meredith
How does calm Parisian Marie-Antoinette Katoto become football’s unstoppable goal-scoring force?
Football Rising Stars: Ansu Fati
by Harry Meredith
From dusty pitches to Barcelona’s number 10 shirt, how did Ansu Fati rise so fast?
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