Download a copy of the Free Teacher's Resource Guide for Striker. He has written five books in the Game Time series, three in the Rocket Blues series, as well as the YA novel Undergrounders, winner of the Silver Birch Award. When he finally comes clean to his teammates about his disease and injury from the year before, they encourage him to trust his leg and his skill. Without being aware of it, Cody has been holding himself back, striking with his left leg instead of his right. At an end-of-season tournament it becomes clear that he and another player, Paulo, are close to being the perfect scoring duo. Cody has no choice now but to play, even if his leg does begin to hurt. But then there's a shakeup in team management and suddenly Cody and the super subs are the only players left. Other books by David Skuy The Game Time series: Rebel Power Play Making the Cut Overtime Double Shift Undergrounders To Jim York, the ultimate hockey dad. Secretly Cody is relieved, since he hasn't told anyone on the team that he had cancer. Though it's a struggle, Cody tries out for the Lions and makes the team as a 'super sub' - one of eleven players who jokingly named themselves that because they're never allowed to play. Last year he had a tumor removed from his leg. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Thirteen-year-old Cody is aching to get back onto the pitch. Playing hockey makes him feel like a kid again, but keeping his double life a secret proves to be more difficult and dangerous than he ever could have imagined. He agrees, knowing he can never tell them about being homeless. He suits up and heads to the community rink, where he befriends regular kids who welcome him into their game and onto their team.

Stolen hockey gear, but hockey gear nonetheless. Lewis takes him under his wing and leads him to his new home among a group of kids living in an abandoned underground shopping mall who call themselves the 'Undergrounders.' Now renamed 'Mouse,' Jonathan runs errands, delivers packages and panhandles for food money.Īn escape from this life underground comes to him in the form of hockey gear.

Cest ainsi quil penetre dans le monde lugubre et secret des Rats de cave. Grace a son instinct de survie, il reussit a faire sa place dans un immeuble desaffecte occupe par de jeunes marginaux. Can playing hockey help a street kid get his life back?Īfter his mom dies, and the landlord kicks him out, 12-year-old Jonathan faces the loneliness and danger of life on the streets - until he meets Lewis. French 232 pages 20 cm « Jonathan, 12 ans, se retrouve a la rue apres le deces de sa mere.

Undergrounders by David Skuy