Half a Team from Manchester back to their home town without his parent's knowledge, enter the tournament and finally get the opportunity to take on their former teammates and prove their worth. Half a Team Half a Team is a 1980 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle. The book is the sixth in Hardcastle's series about a Junior football League and features recurring characters Nick Abel- Smith (United! 1973, Away from Home (1974) and Lester Rowan (Away from Home). The book follows the story of Abel-Smith and fellow young footballer Steve Sewell as they attempt to overcome the humiliation of being
A Class Divided Class Divided" also demonstrates that "The Eye of the Storm" and the lessons it demonstrates have been widely used in other schools, government, the business world, and correctional systems across the country. The latter is evidenced by scenes in New York's Green Haven Correctional Facility, where "Eye" is shown to a class taught by a sociology professor, and in Iowa, where Ms. Elliott is shown presenting her "blue eyes/brown eyes" lesson to employees of the state's corrections department. "Frontline's" presentation of "A Class Divided" earned PBS an Emmy Award in 1986 for Outstanding Informational, Cultural or Historical Programming" (program length).