Marc loves playing goalie on his hockey team, but his coach is disappointed in Marc's skills and wants to limit how much he plays. Marc is discouraged until his grandfather tells him about Jacques Plante, a famous hockey player, and how he came back from an injury and changed the way goalies play the game. Hearing about Jacques Plante gives Marc the courage to stand up to his coach. Will Marc prove himself when game time comes?

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 7/30/2009

ISBN-10: 1551927039

ISBN-13: 9781551927039

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Tom Golden and his ghostly invisible friend are back with their ghost friends for another adventure. Although Tom is still the victim of bullies at school, life is starting to become bearable thanks to his ghost friends. Then disaster strikes. A ghost appears on the scene that can be seen by ordinary humans. Once a human sees and believes in this ghost, he can see all ghosts and then they can lead others to see ghosts as well. If the whole human world becomes aware of the ghost world it could mean all out war between the two realms. Can the Invisible Friends find this ghost before it is too late? Read A Good Day for Haunting to find out. This is the third adventure for Golden and Grey.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 11/19/2011

ISBN-13: 9781416908630

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Grey Arthur and Tom Golden are back for another adventure. Arthur has taken an ad in the Daily Tell-Tale calling for students to join his Invisible Friend's school. To Tom's dismay, ghosts start showing up at his door. First comes a faintly real who can't quite make herself be seen, then a particularly cheeky poltergeist, followed by an overly dramatic thesper. To top things off, the fourth ghost to show up is of all things a screamer. Tom finally gets all the ghosts settled, with the screamer in the garden shed away from his parents. Then ghostly friends start to disappear at an alarming rate. Even their own beloved Mrs. Scruffles goes missing. Can Tom and the invisible friends find out what's happening before the whole ghost world is emptied? Read this second book in the Golden and Grey series for a delightfully spooky adventure. The first book in the series is Golden & Grey (An Unremarkable Boy and a rather remarkable Ghost.)

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 12/7/2011

ISBN-13: 9780689875861

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Daniel adores his uncle and that's why when they go on Daniel's first hunting trip he wants to please him. Instead he finds it hard to take the life of the warm, living rabbit his uncle wants him to shoot. In his confusion and disappointment he makes a mistake that takes his uncle's life and changes his own life forever. Will his friends and classmates forever see him as a killer? Can his father ever forgive him? Can he ever forgive himself? This is a gut wrenching exploration of how an event that lasts only a second can have life long consequences. This is one that you will want to talk about or even read with someone you trust.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 1/29/2010

ISBN-10: 0385905998

ISBN-13: 9780385905992

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Zack loves weird stuff, so he's not shocked when an old tomcat starts talking to him at the cat shelter. Zack is set on adopting the cute tuxedo kitten, but the tomcat tells Zack that he's his great-grandpa reincarnated as a cat. What can Zack do but take him home? He's family. Great-Grandpa's in the Litter Box begins the Zack Files series, where Zack faces bizarre situations at every turn.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 9/10/2010

ISBN-10: 0448412608

ISBN-13: 9780448412603

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