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Game Time: Off the Crossbar

  • ISBN 9780545986243, Paperback
  • 240 Pages | Ages 10 to 14

Charlie Joyce knows he can play hockey — but can he prove it to his new classmates?

Things are not going well for 14-year-old Charlie Joyce. Tragic circumstances have forced his family to move to a new town, and now, as the new kid at Terrence Falls High School, he has a lot to prove. This school and town take their hockey seriously and Charlie wants to be on the team, but the best players in the school have taken a disliking to him and warn him not to bother trying out. Charlie knows he can't back down, and decides to let his game do the talking — no matter how unpopular it will make him.

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French World – Éditions Hurtubise

Selling Points

• Sports and kids are a big draw: the competition, the challenges, the friendships and the rivalries! • Fast-paced, easy-to-read story with all the action thockey fans crave. • A good next step for readers of the Slapshots and Screech Owls series.

Awards

  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2009