Rocket Blues
About this book
When Rocket gets cut from his AAA bantam hockey team, he needs to re-evaluate his priorities.Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket") is faced with the unthinkable: being cut from the Huskies — the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years. With no other teams interested in him, Bryan reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence.
Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life.
Awards
Award Winner, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice) 2016
Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award 2016
Shortlisted, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction 2016
Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Sundogs 2016
Shortlisted, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice) 2015
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection 2015
