If you're 18, love Beckham and can bend a ball like him the world's your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it.

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the global smash hit film! If you're 18, love football and can bend a ball like Beckham, the world must be your oyster, right? Wrong. If you're Jess - 18, Indian and a girl - forget it.

Jess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them. But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout, it all kicks off ...

The Bend it Like Beckham movie was a box-office hit, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Bend it Like Beckham was also transformed into a musical in London's West End.

"This is a really excellent book -- I saw the film but the book is better!" - Teen Titles

"Why did I like this book? Simple! It was brilliant. Hilarious and sad." - Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award

"A brilliant read" - Boox

"Sheer joy to read" - AllinfoaboutchildrensbooksUK.com