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JT McDonald is back and dealing with a difficult hockey coach — his dad! That's the basis of the new 144 page youth novel Line Change Buy The Book - Amazon.ca - Chapters JT McDonald is finally back on the ice with his team, doing better at math thanks to tutoring from his teammate Eddie and sporting the awesome new helmet he bought with his prize money from the Vancouver Canucks contest. Everything seems to be getting back on track for JT. That is, until Coach O'Neil has a bad fall on the ice and the team is left without a coach mid-season. JT is thrilled when his dad steps in to lead the team — but his teammates have a harder time adjusting to the new coach. Suddenly practice time isn't fun anymore, they're fighting among themselves, and they're devastated when they lose a game that should have been an easy win. Can the Cutter Bay Cougars get back on track before the season ends? This book is the long awaited sequel to Mack's Hat Trick

W.C. Mack has her first hockey themed children's book out. Aimed at readers 8 through 12, Hat Trick is a story of young hockey player JT McDonald who is unhappy to be bumped by a new player as the best player on the team. JT is none to happy about that, and that only leads to trouble away from the rink, too. But soon enough JT learns his new rival could turn into his best friend - on and off the ice. It's a good story with a good message. It is no classic by any stretch, but it is great that more and more hockey themed stories are becoming available for boys aged 8 through 12. After all, that is probably the most reluctant group of readers at the youth level. If hockey can get these boys to read more books, then that is a great accomplishment. The book is as much about doing well in school as it is doing well on the ice. So if you have a young hockey fan who is perhaps a reluctant reader or struggling a bit in school, W. C. Mack's Hat Trick may be the perfect stocking...