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Description
When Rocket gets cut from his AAA bantam hockey team, he needs to re-evaluate his priorities.
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.
Author Bio
David Skuy is the author of award-winning books for young readers. His books focus on the issues young people face, and he uses sports as the vehicle to tell their stories. His work has included the Rocket Blues and Undergrounders series of hockey-themed novels, and the Striker series, which focuses on soccer. Skuy lives in Toronto.
Prizes
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred SelectionCommended 2015
- Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice)Winner 2016
- OLA Silver Birch Award, FictionShort-listed 2016
- Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, SundogsShort-listed 2016
- Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)Short-listed 2015
- Manitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardShort-listed 2016
