Chair of the Judges, Julia Eccleshare said: “Kick is an adventure story that connects UK readers with a boy living a completely different and tough life halfway across the world; it is a book full of humour and heart. I have only read one Frank Cottrell Boyce and that was Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth which I read for the Carnegie reviewing (and it was one of the very few Carnegie books which I actually enjoyed! On the front of the book, it has the quote: "The Only Thing Standing In His Way Is Everything" and that is really symbolised through the telling of this story.

In June 2013, however, he revealed that it was not confirmed and would be dependent on how successful the second film was. The poorly paid labourers, the uncomfortable working conditions, the tyrannical foreman with his rotan, the punishments, the blood, the sweat, the tears.When Kick and JFK first land in wartime Britain, “they intuitively understood the understated British humour”.

Later that month, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloë Grace Moretz entered negotiations to reprise their roles as Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, respectively. Whilst 'training' with his friends, his football crashes through a window of The Dragon's house, in trouble and with nowhere to go he follows one of the Dragon's brothers into the house where he is tasked with theft or finding his family out on the street and struggling to survive. The iOS version of the game was released on April 17, 2010, but had since been pulled from the Apple App Market. On May 8, 2012, it was reported that a sequel would be distributed by Universal Studios, and that Matthew Vaughn, at the time occupied with directing Kingsman: The Secret Service, had chosen Jeff Wadlow, who also wrote the script, to direct the sequel, titled Kick-Ass 2.However, unbeknown to him, Rochy steals the boots on his behalf, but another girl in the factory gets the blame and is brutally ejected.

I particularly enjoyed the scenes with Budi and his grandmother - a chain-smoking, housebound character - who provides wonderful stories to teach her grandson some important lessons in life.Before his uncle's death, he said to his nephew that he could use it for his life as he knew that Budi wanted to be a professional footballer and this was the lifeline that his uncle had provided for HIM for Budi to fulfil his ambition with his poor chances. He knows that one day he will get the opportunity to go the watch his heroes play, and possibly play alongside them. Mark Millar Shares Report from the KICK-ASS 2 Set; Teases Three More Film Adaptations of His Comics". I would possibly choose this book for guided reading, but it would definitely need a lot of thought as it may be stressful for some children with particular backgrounds and situations. Whilst I wasn't blown away with what he could do with the writing, what he could do with the story was far more important to me and he nailed that on the head.

Honestly, at first I was reluctant to read this as I am not a football fan, but this book is so much more than a 'football' book. If you are taking part online, don’t forget to log all the books you read on your Summer Reading Challenge profile and leave a review! I rooted for Budi through the entire story, hoping that he would get his big break into the footballing world but the reality is that only a tiny percentage of dreamers get that opportunity. Even with his family in poverty, surrounded by crime lords and unsettling people, he plays in the streets of Malaysia until dark. Vaughn said that, "We wrote the script and the comic at the same time so it was a very sort of collaborative, organic process.His family can not afford food some days in the week and when they do eat it is just rice and vegetables.