Part of Series
Cody Powell has graduated from playing pick-up hockey on the streets of Winnipeg to skating with his community club team, the Transcona Sharks. Coach Brackett is impressed with Cody's speed and stickhandling ability, and promotes him to the team's first line. Unfortunately, Cody takes Stu, Coach Brackett's son's, spot. Cody is worried that coach is too hard on Stu, and that Stu has as much right to play on the first line as he does. As the pressure to win games mounts, Cody is torn between loyalty to his coach and loyalty to his friend. Hockey Night in Transcona is a story about the conflicting pressures young hockey players face in their quest to succeed. Fry Reading Level - 4.0
Author
John Danakas was born in 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he currently resides. John received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba. Aside from writing, he has been involved in the restaurant business, and has worked as a journalist and in public affairs. Although his greatest success has been writing "sports" novels for young readers, John also writes and has been published in a wide variety of other forms of fiction and non-fiction.
