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Charlie Joyce is back in David Skuy's newest entry in the Game Time youth novel series, Overtime . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters Teenage hockey player Charlie Joyce is facing a new school year, and a whole new set of problems — both on and off the ice. The year has barely begun when Charlie finds out his school is in jeopardy because of some damage to the building. Under threat of being separated and bussed to different high schools, Charlie and friends leap into action to raise some money and keep their high school (and hockey team!) intact. Using all of their skills, they cook up as many fundraising events as they can — until one day a gift comes to them in the form of a hockey tournament with a $5000 prize. Charlie is ecstatic to get his team on the ice — until he realizes that their line-up must be co-ed to compete. It's a whole new lesson in good sportsmanship at Terrence Falls High School. Can they pull it off and save their school?

David Skuy is back with another hockey themed young adult novel, Undergrounders . Buy the book: Amazon.ca -  Chapters  - Amazon.com Here's more from the publisher, Scholastic : Can playing hockey help a street kid get his life back? After his mom dies, and the landlord kicks him out, 12-year-old Jonathan faces the loneliness and danger of life on the streets -- until he meets Lewis. Lewis takes him under his wing and leads him to his new home among a group of kids living in an abandoned underground shopping mall who call themselves the "Undergrounders." Now renamed "Mouse," Jonathan runs errands, delivers packages and panhandles for food money. An escape from this life underground comes to him in the form of hockey gear. Stolen hockey gear, but hockey gear nonetheless. He suits up and heads to the community rink, where he befriends regular kids who welcome him into their game and onto their team. He agrees, knowing he can never tell them about being homel...

Author David Skuy and lead character Charlie Joyce are back, chasing hockey dreams but learning so much more about growing up and life in general. The new book is called Making the Cut . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com   This is the third book in the Game Time series. The previous stories are Off the Crossbar and Rebel Power Play . The whole series is aimed at boys aged 10 and up who are amongst the most reluctant readers out there. No doubt they would rather be playing a sport or a video game, so anything that could lure these youths to the wonderful world of books is definitely welcome. For those familiar with the series, the book continues on nicely from previous stories. But by no means do you have to have read the first two books to pick up this title. It works as well as a stand-alone read as it does as part of the series. Here's the specs: Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Scholastic Canada (Oct 1 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1443104833...

Scholastic and author David Skuy have a new hockey themed entry in the Young Adult fiction book market: Rebel Power Play . Buy The Book - | Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com | Rebel Power Play is the second book in what will quickly become the popular Charlie Joyce series. Skuy found good success with original book Off the Crossbar from 2006, and continues the story of our protagonist Charlie Joyce with Rebel Power Play. This time around Charlie finds himself battling with egos on his hockey team - only this time it's the coach who needs to check himself. Charlie is unhappy that he has missed tryouts for the local league. Just when he thinks he won't be able to play AAA hockey he meets Tom Dunn, a sponsor, who encourages Charlie to try out for his new team, The Hawks. Things are looking up until practices start and the team realizes that Dunn is not coach material. As they lose game after game and lose half the team to fighting, it is left up to Charlie and some others to t...