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1) Beartown
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten...
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Series
Beartown volume 2
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Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Have you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too. A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious...
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Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after...
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Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it s Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the full moon. They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it their perfect ice, waiting. And the game is on.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Franklin invites neophyte player Skunk to join his side in a neighborhood hockey game, but he soon regrets it. Skunk can't skate fast, or pass the puck, or shoot on net. Because of Skunk, Franklin's team loses the game--an unacceptable result for Franklin, who is used to winning.
7) Ice magic
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
The twins' toy hockey game seems to be magic as it plays games identical to the real ones before they even happen.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A remote, hockey-obsessed town populated by 633 of the most eccentric characters you'd ever want to meet, Mystery is the kind of place where nothing ever changes. But then life as they know it gets turned completely upside down when a publicity stunt brings the world-famous New York Rangers to Mystery for a game with the local team of weekend warriors and the whole town rises to meet the challenge of a lifetime.
9) Hockey
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers introduces the basics of hockey and encourages kids to try it. Includes labeled diagram of hockey rink and photo glossary"--
10) Mia
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Mia has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With the help of a new coach, Mia finds out whether she has what it takes to grow and compete as a figure skater.
11) Field trip
Author
Series
Road trip volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
Ben and his twin classmates, Charlotte and Jacob, are missing a school field trip so Ben's father takes them, his new apprentice Brig, and the dogs on an adventure. Ben manages to try out for a hockey academy against his parents' wishes and the twins turn the road trip into a learning experience.
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Lucy tries sports volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Lucy attends an introductory hockey clinic and learns some basic hockey skills, including how to handle the hockey stick and how to shoot the puck.
14) Karate
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells about karate as a sport and a means of self-defense. Includes basic movements and fighting techniques.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
This guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey takes you inside a coach's mind as he builds a roster or constructs a game plan, to the chaos of the goalie's crease, and deep into the perpetual chess match between offense and defense. Discussing topics such as what to look for when a team goes on the power play and why playing center might be the most grueling job in sports, Take Your Eye Off the Puck shows fans how to...
17) Hockey Meltdown
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dylan has been looking forward to the Midwinter Meltdown Tournament for months. He knows this will be the year his team dominates. But when a wrist injury takes him out of the game, everything changes. Even though Dylan's wrist is starting to heal, he knows he shouldn't play. Can Dylan be part of the team if he is stuck on the bench?
18) Iceman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.
20) Dino-hockey
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The meat-eating dinosaurs challenge the plant-eating dinosaurs to a hockey match.