Josh is off to an elite hockey camp for the summer, where he shares a room with Peter, a talented player from the Northwest Territories. Peter is skilled enough to give Kevin, the star junior player, some serious competition, which creates trouble on and off the ice. |
Roddy Smith and his brother Lenny are tough. They run things on the Metro Cats, a hockey team in Toronto's East End. |
Twelve-year-old Leigh is one of the top players - and the only girl on the Falcons hockey team. |
Zach Thomas has just returned from a near season-ending injury, and to make matters worse, now a bully on an opposing team has decided they have unfinished business. Can Zach learn how to stand up to his fear of getting hurt and to the bully? |
Rink Rivals deals with sibling rivalry and peer pressure in a fast-paced novel aimed at boys eight to thirteen. |
When does rivalry stop and bullying begin? |
Competition for a place on a select soccer team bound for England turns a team of multicultural grade 9 girls from Vancouver into rivals. |
This box set contains twenty titles from the Lorimer Sports Stories series. These fast-paced novels by award-winning authors who know their sport are sure to get young sports fans reading!
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9781552776957 | Published: August 2010 |
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. |
Remy and Alison play on rival soccer teams. When Remy finds out Alison has a special plan to beat Remy's team in the tournament, she becomes convinced that Alison will sabotage her team's players. |
Sports Stories Series
High interest sports fiction
Series features
- Gripping, action-packed stories
- Short, high-interest fiction
- Contemporary themes and Canadian settings
- Award-winning authors who know their sport
"A winning series... designed to attract reluctant readers as well as provide recreational reading for children who are interested in stories about sports."
- National Library of Canada
"Lorimer is obviously succeeding with this series of action-driven novels which encourage young readers to 'Get in the Game'!"
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Kids who love sports love these books, and so do teachers. When you put one of these into a young sports fan's hands, you can feel confident they will enjoy reading.