Game Face

Lorimer Sports Stories

by Sylvia Gunnery

Jay Hirtle's back in Rockets territory and he's determined to help his former teammates win the basketball championship. But some of his teammates aren't very welcoming, including Colin, Jay's former best friend and last season's MVP. When Jay wins out in a close vote for team captain, Colin's behaviour becomes even more hostile. Jay has to think of a way to fix their strained relationship -- and the effect it has on the team's showing -- even if it means giving up the captaincy. [Fry reading level - 3.4

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2013

About the author

Sylvia Gunnery is the author of many novels for teens and children. Often, the themes and characters in her books have developed from her classroom experiences with junior high and high school students. A recipient of a Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence, Sylvia has written a teachers' resource, Just Write! (Pembroke, 1998) as well as guided reading books for Curriculum Plus. She has presented at conferences, libraries, and schools across Canada and works on curriculum development and assessment initiatives with the Nova Scotia Department of Education. Sylvia lives at Crescent Beach on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book and think there should be a trilogy to this book. This book always left me at a cliff hanger when i stopped reading for the day. I liked the way Jay handled things when he felt pressured and how he tried or fixed things to help his team and himself as a team captain. I hope there's a second and third book.

[Alyssa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the book was okay, It was a picture book mostly, except for a couple of pages. The stories of the people were from the late 1980s- late 1990s. There were all different typs of sports in this book, and some of the sports in there I hadn't heard about before. Overall this book was good, for people who love sports.