Out Of Bounds (Sports Stories)

Teen & Young Adult

Gunnery, Sylvia

Literature & Fiction

Demco Media

The atmosphere is tense at Haliburton Junior High. Hobo the hamster and Miss Hiss the boa constrictor have escaped from their cages. The students and the teacher are frantic to find them before tragedy strikes. But amidst the menace that slithers the halls, there's more than a little mischief. C.J. and Raymond are best friends so, when C.J. realizes they both have feeling for the lovely Julie, he makes the supreme sacrifice. Love goes slightly awry, and before it can be straightened out, menace rears it's ugly head again. The school bullies are out to make trouble for Raymond, and they do--more trouble than anticipated. In the fast-paced mayhem that ensues, students and teachers alike come to terms with a very real crisis under very funny cirumstances.

Menace and Mischief

Fitzhenry-Whiteside

Seventeen-year-old Emily's world crumbles when her boyfriend dumps her and when she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse, a series of secrets are revealed that threaten to tear her beloved family apart. Emily feels like she has no one to turn to, until an unexpected friendship blossoms with a troubled classmate named Leo. Sometimes despondent but always supportive, Leo is Emily's rock in an ocean of confusion and disbelief. Leo's life isn't easy either, and he struggles to be both mother and father to his little sister while his mom battles her alcohol addiction. The two friends lean on each other, and in the end discover the inner strength to face whatever life throws at them. With incredible insight into the teenage psyche and speckled with pitch-perfect humour, author Sylvia Gunnery has created a heart-warming coming of age story that is sure to connect with young adult readers.

Emily for Real

Pajama Press

Out of Bounds (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Jay Hirtle plays on the basketball team at Richmond Academy in a small rural Nova Scotian town. The team to beat is Centreville, where star player Mike Murphy is seen as Richmond's number one opponent. After the Hirtle house is destroyed by fire, Jay's family moves in with his grandfather and the kids must switch schools until the end of the school year. Jay has a choice: give up a basketball season, or play alongside his former enemy on the Centreville team.

Children's Books

James Lorimer

Jay Hirtle plays on the basketball team at Richmond Academy in a small rural Nova Scotian town. The team to beat is Centreville, where star player Mike Murphy is seen as Richmond's number one opponent. After the Hirtle house is destroyed by fire, Jay's family moves in with his grandfather and the kids must switch schools until the end of the school year. Jay has a choice: give up a basketball season, or play alongside his former enemy on the Centreville team. [Fry Reading Level - 3.8

Lorimer

Personal Best (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Sports & Outdoors

It should be the best week of Jay's life: he's attending a Basketball Nova Scotia Summer Camp and rooming in a real university dorm with his best friend, Mike. But then Mike's older brother, Chad, turns out to be less than the coach Jay expected and the brother Mike had always known. Luckily for Jay, a new teammate and friend has figured out how to do what Chad can't: bring out the best in people. Personal Best is the exciting and moving sequel to Sylvia Gunnery's Out of Bounds.

Just Write!: Ten Practical Workshops for Successful Student Writing

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Stenhouse Publishers

As if it isn't bad enough that Jay's family home has been destroyed by fire, Jay has to switch schools—which means he has to choose between playing for the enemy, Centreville, and not playing basketball at all. And he can't decide which is worse.

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Out Of Bounds (Sports Stories)

Menace and Mischief

Emily for Real

Out of Bounds (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Out of Bounds (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Personal Best (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Personal Best (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Just Write!: Ten Practical Workshops for Successful Student Writing

Personal Best (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Out of Bounds (Lorimer Sports Stories)