Robert Rayner
ROBERT RAYNER is a former elementary school principal in St. George, New Brunswick. He is the author of a set of soccer Sports Stories about a gang of soccer-mad kids from fictional Brunswick Valley. Of these sports novels, Walker's Runners was nominated for the Ann Connor Brimer Award, Just for Kicks and Falling Star were both Hackmatack Award nominees, and Suspended and Little's Losers were Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selections.
Five teens break into a small-town high school over the decision to close their school. How far they will go to protest having no control over decisions that affect their lives? |
A boy who wants more out of a relationship than just sex - and finds it in the wrong place |
The Brunswick Valley soccer team isnt just bad -- theyre terrible. The worst. So awful, in fact, that their coach gives up and quits. No one is more surprised than they are when they make it to the playoffs, but who will coach them now? |
Sports and junk food go hand in hand when a soccer team faces a ban on its sponsor. |
The Brunswick Valley kids are on the road. In order to secure the top spot in the league, the gang is playing a series of away-games at schools around the province. |
A friendly soccer match becomes serious -- and less fun -- when adults get involved. It's up to the kids to reclaim the spirit of the sport. |
Soccer and comedy collide in this story of a New Brunswick co-ed team and their decision to get themselves kicked off the team - on purpose - to protest their principal's unrealistic new policies. |
There's only a split second to decide: Get the shot that's going to make you famous, or save the girl. |
Libby has big plans for superstardom, but her school's low provincial test results stand in her way. |
Libby Meek is too busy to just play. Will a strike give her more free time? |