Me and Aaron Ramsay

Me and Aaron Ramsey tells the story of Sam and his dad who both love football, which is always there for them however tough real life becomes, until Dad’s dreams of football stardom go horribly wrong. Sam’s love for the footballing legend becomes tangled with his relationship for his father as things go south in their family life. There are themes of family, friendships, turmoil, physical disability and illiteracy. But this is also a story about hope, and about the complicated and often fractious relationship between father and son when the one interest they share is taken away from them..

Manon Steffan Ros was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress before becoming a writer. She writes for adults and children and won the Yoto Carnegie Medal last year with The Blue Book of Nebo (Firefly, 2022). She also won the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as being four-times winner of the Tir na n’ Og Welsh children’s literature award. She has also won Eisteddfod and National Theatre Wales awards for her drama writing. She lives in north Wales with her sons