A fresh batch of stories about Franz is in the new book by the Austrian classic of children's literature Christine Nöstlinger. The hero is about to turn nine years old, in his life there are four problems, three old and one new: short stature, squeaky voice (only when Franz is worried !), the quirks of Gabi's best friend and... football. I’m having trouble with football at all: they stopped taking boys on their team, which is why I had to play for the girls’ team; then, after Franz performed great for the girls, Tommy and Peppo are still trying to bring him back to the team... but if you respond to their offer, Gabi will be offended, as always happens! Even worse, for some reason Franz told Tommy and Peppo about his brother’s soccer ball - a real treasure autographed by Martin Müllermayer from the Austrian national team! Was there any doubt that they would want to look at this “relic”, and Franz would not be able to refuse them? Was it worth hoping that they would just glance with one eye while their brother was away and the ball had not been touched? All this chaos is continuous problems and reasons for excitement... How to resolve all this and emerge victorious from this football mess?

"Stories about Franz" is an ideal read for those who are just starting to read. There are nineteen books in the series, "New Stories about Franz and Football" is the sixteenth in the collection. "Stories about Franz" became the best book of 2013 according to the site "Papmambuk".Christine Nöstlinger is an Austrian children's writer, author of more than one hundred books for children and teenagers. Her work has been recognized with dozens of awards, including the. H. C. Andersen, in memory of Astrid Lindgren. Nöstlinger's books have been translated into 40 languages.