Rocket Blues
David Skuy
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Social Issues | Sports & Recreation
Themes:
Friendship, Hockey
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
4-7
Age Range:
9-12
Accessible Format Availability:
CELA Library
Description
Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket") is faced with the unthinkable: being cut from the Huskies — the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years. With no other teams interested in him, Bryan reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence.
Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life.
Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket") is faced with the unthinkable: being cut from the Huskies — the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years. With no other teams interested in him, Bryan reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence.
Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life.
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Awards
Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred SelectionCommended
Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice)Winner
OLA Silver Birch Award, FictionShort-listed
Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, SundogsShort-listed
Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)Short-listed
Manitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardShort-listed
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