In June he launched the Marcus Rashford Book Club in conjunction with the Magic Breakfast radio show and Macmillan Children's Books to encourage a lifelong love of reading and give free books to underprivileged children. His high-profile projects have included campaigning for free school meals, a project chronicled in a BBC documentary last year called Feeding Britain’s Children. One of five siblings raised by a single mother on minimum wage in Manchester, Rashford has become one of Britain’s leading campaigners against child poverty. Marcus Rashford, who is 24, plays football for England and Manchester United and is the author of this year's bestselling children's nonfiction book, You Are a Champion, written with the journalist Carl Anka to inspire young people to reach their full potential.
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