Overview: Jake Summers is just trying to make it through high school; heβs at his happiest when he is totally invisible. A frequent target to the wealthy and athletic, Jake tries to fit in as much as possible. Doing everything possible to appear like everyone else, his bullies donβt buy the act that
Hockey Player for Life
β Scribed by Shapiro, Howard
- Book ID
- 108288835
- Publisher
- iUniverse
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780595517855
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β¦ Synopsis
Hockey Player For Life is a story about a 13 year old can't miss hockey player who misses. The story deals with his rising up after falling down and the subsequent mistakes he makes. The main character, Tom, is his hockey team's best player and he gets invited to be on a all star team in Canada and he thinks this is the beginning of his march to the NHL. He's never really faced any adversity and he leaves his hometown team which ends up missing the playoffs without him.
He plays in 2 tournaments in Canada before being unceremoniously cut. He returns to his old team and must earn his teammates and his coach's respect back. He becomes good friends with the team s worst player and they share a great bond and the worst player teaches him what it means to be a hockey player for life!
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