Stick Pick (Lorimer Sports Stories) - Softcover

Sandor, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459412192 ISBN 13: 9781459412194

Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

A car accident injures her parents and paralyzes Janine from the waist down. Her best friend and teammate urges Janine to look into sledge hockey. At first dismissing the sport as being just for the disabled, Janine agrees to play if her friend does too. They both learn that sledge hockey is an accessible sport, with fiercely competitive players, requiring a strength and skill set all its own. Adapting to her new life, Janine meets frustration at every turn. Soon her experiences lead her to speak up about the seeming invisibility of disabled people and their rights, taking her cause all the way to the professional hockey arena.

Based on Steven Sandor's real-life experience and research, this story tracks the emotional and physical challenges a young teen faces when first dealing with disability.

About this title

Book Description:

A recently-paralyzed teen discovers that sledge hockey is as challenging, rewarding and thrilling as the sports she loved to play

About the Author:

STEVEN SANDOR is an award-winning magazine editor, author and sports broadcaster. He provides colour commentary for FC Edmonton
broadcasts and edits Avenue Edmonton and the Canadian soccer tablet magazine Plastic Pitch. He has written three Sports Stories novels, Trolled,
Replay and Playing for Keeps, and the teen novel Crack Coach. He lives and writes in Edmonton, Alberta.

About this edition

• Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1459412192
• ISBN 13: 9781459412194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128