Author | Joachim Masannek |
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Original title | Die Wilden Fußballkerle |
Illustrator | Jan Birck |
Country | Germany |
Language | German, English |
Genre | Children's fiction |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
No. of books | 14 |
The Wild Soccer Bunch is a series of fourteen children's novels written by the German author Joachim Masannek, who was inspired to write the series during his years as a youth soccer coach. The books, originally written in German and published under the title Die Wilden Fußballkerle, chronicle the adventures of a fictional youth soccer team called The Wild Soccer Bunch. They are illustrated by Jan Birck.
In the English translation of the Wild Soccer Bunch stories, the events take place in a small neighborhood in Chicago.