Footy Shorts

Lennie’s great-grandfather played for the Cheetahs. So did his grandfather. So did his dad. They’re footy legends. But Lennie knows he’s not legend material. So when Calvin Calamari, a specky player, drop-punts in from up north into the Cheetahs’ under-15 footy team, Lennie sees a way out. Calvin’s cool, Lennie’s laid-back, the family’s happy, but there’s another big problem they all need to solve. Margaret Clark’s new Shorts gives us the assorted lives and assorted passions of six very different boys by one of Australia’s most popular writers for young adults. Gritty, funny, realistic.