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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Coming of Age
  • Language:English
  • Pages:268
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667833545

Hockey Camp Summer

by John Blair

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Overview
Washed out of pro hockey, with a fracturing family, and a nearly insolvent summer camp, Bobby Banks is barely holding it together. When ex-teammate Jerry Dunmore, now a big-time sports agent, stops by Bobby's hockey summer camp, he discovers the exceptional talent of one of the campers and is convinced he has what it takes to go pro. Jerry might be the answer to all of Bobby's problems, or the final body check towards his collapse. Teenage campers Matt, Sherry, and Brandon are soon caught up in the camp's web of troubles, and they try their best to help Bobby out in this compelling story for hockey fans everywhere.
Description
With his hockey career behind him, Bobby Banks wants to become a better person to keep his nearly insolvent summer camp and fracturing family together. The bank has refused him any further loans, his wife is keeping secrets from him, and his do-nothing son has just flunked out of university. Matt Day, 16, wants to spend his summer at his grandparents' farm near the Reserve like every year. However, his dad isn't keen on the family's Mohawk culture, so he sends Matt to the obscure Bobby Banks Hockey Camp. There he meets Sherry Wong, who proves to be a skilled player, and his cabinmate, Brandon. The three of them are quick to begin a close but competitive relationship. When Bobby informs his wife, that former all-star Jerry Dunmore will be visiting camp, she doesn't understand why her husband would invite such an arrogant snob. Now a powerful sports agent, Jerry discovers the "Indian" hockey phenomenon, Matt, and he schemes to use him to his advantage. Matt must begin making difficult decisions about his future. Bobby deals with daily challenges and secrets from the past as it becomes clear he will have to face off against Jerry in a final battle for control of his family and his camp.
About the author
John Blair is from Toronto, Canada. He teaches high school English and loves writing in his spare time. In 2022, he won first prize in Gemini Magazine's Flash Fiction Contest for his story "The Big Top." He is also a past President of the Canadian Authors Association (Toronto Branch). John is now writing another novel with help from his cat Felix.