author rec

 Here's the deal. If you're not reading Mal Peet's books (especially about soccer), then you're really missing out. I picked up Keeper on a whim. A coworker recommended it to me, saying that she was pretty sure it was perfect for me. The thing is, it was. The book is a beautifully written novel about a famous goalkeeper from an imaginary South American country (widely assumed to be Brazil, but