Author: Mal Peet
Exposure
This is the third "Paul Faustino" novel by multi-award-winning Mal Peet. A massive soccer star has it all, but someone is plotting his downfall...Revered as a national hero...married to the desirable Desmerelda...cherished by the media...soccer star, Otello, has it all. But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer's life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction. South America's top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people's lives.
Country of origin: UK
Year of publication: 2009
Published by: Candlewick
Book Review by The Sunday Times
An interview on Mal Peet's Exposure by Book Trust Childrens' Book
2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Keeper (2003)
Tamar (2005)
The Penalty (2006)
Exposure (2008)