Books with author T.J. Spears

Marcus Gibb is twelve and lives with his Gran in Edinburgh. He desperately wants to be a professional goalkeeper but worries that he will never grow tall enough. Maybe if his mum would tell him about his dad he'd find out if he has inherited some 'tall' genes.The trouble is it is all a big family secret. All he knows is that he gets a letter containing a postcard of a ship and one hundred dollars on every birthday. Then, on his twelfth birthday, he finds out a little more. It seems his Mum had a brief romance with his father while she was working as a dancer on a cruise ship. They agreed never to meet again, and to protect his father's marriage, Marcus was to be their little secret.Now Marcus wants to know more and will not the matter rest. Can he go and meet his father? Not if his Mum has anything to do with it! Then she makes a rash promise. If Gran wins the EuroFortune lottery they can go and find him. Of course the odds are so enormous that it will never happen.But someone has to win the lottery!