travis Lindsay, His Best Friend, Nish, And All Their Pals On The Screech Owls Hockey Team, Are On Their Way To New York For An International Peewee Tournament. Excitement Builds In The Team Van On The Way To Lake Placid. First There Are The Entertaining Antics Of Their Trainer, Mr. Dillinger – Then There’s The Prospect Of Playing On An Olympic Rink, In A Huge Arena, Knowing There Will Be Scouts In The Stands.
but They Have Barely Arrived When Things Start To Go Wrong. Their Star Centre, Sarah, Plays Badly From Lack Of Sleep. Next Travis Gets Knocked Down In The Street. And Then Someone Starts Tampering With Equipment. It Looks As If Someone Is Trying To Sabotage The Screech Owls. But Who? And Why? And Can Travis And The Others Stop The Destruction Before The Decisive Game Of The Tournament?
mystery At Lake Placid Is The First Book In The Screech Owls Series By Roy Macgregor.
children's Literature
this Canadian Hockey Mystery Is Really Fun. Macgregor Has Captured The Feel Of The Team, The Sport, And The Competition, As Well As The Voices Of The Young Players. We See A Top-rated High School Hockey Team As They Compete. The Kids Are All Good Friends. Or Are They? Suddenly They're Not So Sure. Something, Or Someone, Seems To Be Sabotaging Their Chances Of Winning The Championship. But Who Would Steal Sticks? Hide Skates? Would Members Of Another Team Do Such Utterly Dumb Things? Especially When Being Caught Would Mean Being Disqualified? And When Coaches From The Minor-league Teams Are Watching Their Every Move--well, Everyone Has His Own Reasons For Being Nervous. Marvelous Descriptions Of Hockey Plays, Good Portraits Of The Players On Each Team, Solid Relationships Between Team Members And Their Coaches And Parent-chaperones, Make This An Altogether Enjoyable Adventure. Part Of The Screech Owls Series. 1995, Mcclelland & Stewart, Ages 9 To 12, $11.05 And $5.99. Reviewer: Judy Silvermanchildren's Literature
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Mysteries & Detectives
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Author : MacGregor, Roy
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1995-03-01
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0771056257
ISBN-13 : 9780771056253
Item weight : 0.25 lb
Dimensions : 0.6 in x 4.5 in x 6.8 in
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