July 1, 2025
Women’s football is one of the fastest-growing sports in the UK. This July, the Women’s Euro 2025 tournament is taking place in Switzerland and the Lionesses are the defending champions! To celebrate this, we’ve chosen a selection of our favourite fiction and non-fiction books that showcase the sport. Accelerated Reader quiz details can be found at the end of the blog.
If you want to relive the triumph of 2022 all over again, check out Lionesses: European Champions by Emily Stead. It follows the individual journeys of Lucy Bronze, Ellen White, Beth Mead, and Leah Williamson before recreating the campaign that ended with a magical day at Wembley Stadium.
Lucy Bronze was a key member of the Lionesses’ Euro-winning team and has been named again in the 2025 squad. In Bronze Rules, Simon Mugford introduces her to younger readers, covering key moments in her life that will inspire many children to go out and achieve their dreams.
The history of women’s football is filled with incredible women who have overcome great adversity to do something they loved and pave the way for players today. Eve Ainsworth’s book Game Changers: Women’s Football shines the spotlight on many of these icons, including Lily Parr, Fara Williams, Rachel Yankey, and Hope Powell.
Written by England captain Leah Williamson with her cousin Jordan Glover, The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers is inspired by real events. When three friends find themselves transported back in time to 1921, they learn that the FA has just banned women’s football and decide to help the women’s club fight back.
Lara is captain of the school football team and is determined for them to go 100 games unbeaten. Told in a diary format, Glow Up, Lara Bloom by Dee Benson is a funny and heartwarming story about friendship and self-acceptance as Lara and her friends start Year 10 and embark on a shared glow-up.
The fun doesn’t stop here: we’ve quizzed hundreds of football books, and you can find details for them all by heading to Bookfinder and using the advanced search page. If you can’t see your favourite or think that we’re missing something, you can request them via the Suggest Quizzes page.
Bronze Rules by Simon Mugford
LY | Quiz #270388 | BL 5.1 | Welbeck
Lionesses: European Champions by Emily Stead
MY | Quiz #243743 | BL 5.9 | Dino Books
Game Changers: Women’s Football: The History, the Stars, the Stats and the Goals! by Eve Ainsworth
MY | Quiz #270925 | BL 7.5 | Wren & Rook
The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers by Leah Williamson and Jordan Glover
MY | Quiz #244862 | BL 5.0 | Macmillan Children’s Books
Glow Up, Lara Bloom by Dee Benson
MY+ | Quiz #244917 | BL 5.0 | Hot Key Books