Our site will be undergoing maintenance from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 20. During this time, Bookshop, checkout, and other features will be unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Cookies must be enabled to use this website.
Book Image Not Available Book Image Not Available
Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Coming of Age
  • Language:English
  • Pages:266
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667833545

Hockey Camp Summer

by John Blair

View author's profile page

Book Image Not Available Book Image Not Available
Overview
Former pro hockey tough guy Bobby Banks struggles to keep his family and summer camp afloat despite financial problems. When ex-teammate Jerry Dunmore (now a big-time player agent) comes to visit, he discovers one of the campers is a potential pro hockey player. Jerry might be the answer to all of Bobby's problems, or the final stick of dynamite that blows everything apart. 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.
Description
Former hockey tough guy Bobby Banks wants to become a better person in order to keep his shaky camp business and family together. But the bank has refused him any further loans, his wife Sarah is keeping secrets from him, and his do-nothing son Sterling has just flunked out of university. Matt Day, 16, wants to spend time at his grandparents' farm near the Reserve like every summer. But Dad isn't keen on the family's Mohawk culture, and he sends Matt to the obscure Bobby Banks Hockey Camp. There he meets fellow camper Sherry Wong who proves to be as skilled a player as Matt himself. The two teenagers begin a close but competitive relationship. They befriend Matt's secretive cabinmate Brandon. When Bobby informs his wife Sarah that former all-star Jerry Dunmore will be paying the camp a visit, she doesn't understand why her husband would invite such an arrogant snob as Jerry. Now a powerful player agent, Jerry discovers "Indian" hockey phenom Matt, and he schemes to use him to his advantage. Matt must begin making his own difficult decisions about his future. Bobby deals with daily challenges as well as 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 hails from Toronto, Canada. He is a high school Principal and English teacher at Toronto International Collegiate in Markham, Ontario. A past-President of the Canadian Authors Association, John continues to write in his free time with his cat Felix.