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Lorimer Sports Stories
Kayak Combat
Kayak Combat is set in the highly competitive sport of kayak racing.
When it's announced that Cody's Calgary kayaking club will host a Canada-wide competition, no one doubts that Cody will represent them. He is the team's best paddler, after all. But Cody and the others aren't counting on a new guy from Ontario arriving who can out-paddle them all. Cody's desire to be the best is put to the test one stormy day when he notices his rival's kayak missing from the clubhouse. Cody has a choice to attempt a solo rescue, or eliminate the competition...
This story about overcoming rivalry and learning to put others first is sure to make a splash with reluctant readers.
[Fry Reading Level - 3.8
When it's announced that Cody's Calgary kayaking club will host a Canada-wide competition, no one doubts that Cody will represent them. He is the team's best paddler, after all. But Cody and the others aren't counting on a new guy from Ontario arriving who can out-paddle them all. Cody's desire to be the best is put to the test one stormy day when he notices his rival's kayak missing from the clubhouse. Cody has a choice to attempt a solo rescue, or eliminate the competition...
This story about overcoming rivalry and learning to put others first is sure to make a splash with reluctant readers.
[Fry Reading Level - 3.8
128 pages, Library Binding
First published June 7, 2010
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About the author
Eric Howling
16 books3 followersERIC HOWLING is an advertising creative director living in Calgary. His novels in the Sports Stories series have been shortlisted for the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, selected as a Resource Links' Year's Best, and selected as Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens.
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