YOU CAN DO IT: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference

Never underestimate your actions – even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact. That’s the power of kindness.

From Marcus Rashford MBE and Carl Anka, the bestselling authors of You Are a Champion, comes the eagerly-awaited inspiring and positive follow-up, You Can Do It: How to Find Your Voice and Make a Difference which shows kids how to:

Be kind to themselves

Change the world first looking after themselves first!

Be kind to other people

That there’s no such thing as normal – and it’s GOOD to be different

Celebrate and champion difference

Use their voice to make a change

Bounce back

Appreciate the squad

Always be a team player

"Marcus has spoken for, and inspired, millions of children. That is so so powerful". ~ Siya Kolisi, South African rugby captain and world cup winner on You Are a Champion

A motivational self-help book for kids . . . Conversational enough for the reluctant reader, but packed full of top-flight sports psychology and no little depth". ~ Guardian on You Are a Champion

"It’s down to earth, practical, and written with his trademark warmth and empathy . . . Every young person should read this book. ~ Daily Express on You Are a Champion

"[Marcus] shares life lessons and practical advice . . . encouraging reading, hard work, team-building, confidence and humility . . . inspiring for any age." ~ The Times, Best Children's Books for Summer 202,1 on You Are a Champion

"An empowering read touching on the themes of building confidence, setting goals and finding your passion . . . a thoroughly enjoyable read for both children and adults alike. ~ Independent on You Are a Champion

"An invaluable read for older readers as well as young football fans, this is a wry, moving, and memorable book for finding your way in the world." ~ BookTrust on You Are a Champion

"There’s serious stuff here, but delivered in such an accessible manner that all children will relate to it." ~ Daily Mail on You Are a Champion

Marcus Rashford MBE is Manchester United's iconic number 10 and an England International footballer. During the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcus teamed up with the food distribution charity FareShare to cover the free school meal deficit for vulnerable children across the UK, raising in excess of 20 million pounds. Marcus successfully lobbied the British Government to u-turn policy around the free food voucher program – a campaign that has been deemed the quickest turnaround of Government policy in the history of British politics – so that 1.3 million vulnerable children continued to have access to food supplies whilst schools were closed during the pandemic. In response to Marcus's End Child Food Poverty campaign, the British Government committed £400 million to support vulnerable children across the UK, supporting 1.7 million children for the next 12 months.

Carl Anka is a London-born journalist and broadcaster who has written for BBC, Guardian, VICE, NME, GQ and BuzzFeed among other publications online and in print and specialises in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. Currently a reporter for sports media group The Athletic, covering Manchester United, he is the host of the Talk of the Devils podcast and is scared of talking on the phone.