BLACK HISTORY MONTH CATALOGUE CHILDREN & TEENS
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Lone Runner 3 P.K. Subban 4 Willie O’Ree 5 No One’s Baby 6 Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville 7 Worthy of Love 8 Tournament Fugee 9 Ride or Die 10 Team Fugee 11 Two Strikes 12 Real Justice: Jailed for Being Black 13 Hustle 14 Not Out 15 Jarome Iginla 16 Big League Dreams 17 Choice of Colours 18
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Lorimer Sports Stories Lone Runner #OwnVoices By (author) Dirk McLean Feb 02, 2021 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Michaela promises herself to make the cross-country team, finish every race and never let her teammates down
Set in a diverse neighbourhood in Scarborough, Ontario, this book follows Michaela as she goes from a solitary runner to an athlete who contributes to the success of her cross-country team. Discouraged by an incident at her mostly- 9781459415928 white summer camp, Michaela comes into her own as part of her racially diverse school track team. Focusing on themes of persistence, friendship and overcoming English rivalries, this book illuminates traits of connection, empathy and forgiveness. 5 x 7.75 in 136 pages Contributor Bio Lorimer
Subject DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Sports Stories novel Not Out, and Team Fugee and Tournament Fugee in Lorimer's Soccer United: JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Team Refugee series. He has also written radio drama and stage plays that have Recreation / Track & Field toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives and works in Toronto. Audience range Age (years) from 10 - 13, Grade (US) exact 3.5
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Lorimer Recordbooks P.K. Subban Fighting racism to become a hockey superstar and role model for athletes of colour By (author) Catherine Rondina Feb 04, 2020 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 | Reviews
A biography of Canadian defenceman P.K. Subban, which focuses on his determination, his experience with racism and his support for charities for "Hockey fans, or anyone inspirbed by children how perseverance leads to success, will be inspired by Subban's story." - Booklist 9781459415089 Born in Canada to parents who emigrated from the Caribbean, P.K. Subban is a remarkable athlete and role model. A talent on the ice, playing for some of the English best teams in the NHL, P.K. has set records and won the Norris Trophy, the 20 b+w photographs highest honour in hockey for a defenceman. Often the centre of controversy, at "An easy read even for those who are not hockey fans." 4.25 x 7 x 0.5 in | 100 gr one time named one of the most hated hockey players in the NHL for his outspoken attitude, he is the pride of many fans across Canada and a hero to 144 pages young athletes of colour. His stand against racism relies more on actions to - Kirkus Reviews Lorimer support others than on relating his own experiences. He is known to have made the largest donation to charity by a Canadian athlete in history, and works to build an understanding between at-risk youth and law enforcement across North "Readers will definitely come away Subject America. P.K.'s story has evolved into an incredible family story of three first- with a sense that they have met and generation-born-in-Canada brothers who, starting with P.K., all were drafted into know both P. K. the superstar hockey JUVENILE NONFICTION / the NHL. P.K. and his siblings were brought up to work hard to make their dreams player and P. K. the man." - CM: Biography & Autobiography / Sports come true by a father who taught in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Canadian Review of Materials & Recreation Toronto. A philanthropic thinker, a media favourite and force to be reckoned with on the ice — this is P.K. Subban. Audience range Contributor Bio Age (years) from 12 - 18, Grade (US) exact 3, Reading age from 9 - 10 CATHERINE RONDINA is a writer, educator, library assistant and sports fan. She Reading Levels writes award-winning nonfiction for children, and her previous Lorimer Recordbook on hockey star goalie Carey Price won the 2019 Silver Birch Non- Lexile measure: 800L Fiction Award. Catherine lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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Lorimer Recordbooks Willie O'Ree #OwnVoices The story of the first black player in the NHL Second Edition By (author) Nicole Mortillaro Feb 04, 2020 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
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9781459415164 This book traces the early life of the NHL's first black hockey player, Willie English O'Ree, from his home in Fredericton, New Bruswick, to the Hockey Hall of 20 b+w photographs Fame 4.25 x 7 x 0.5 in | 100 gr 120 pages Lorimer Willie O'Ree quietly made NHL history at the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958, when he became the first black player to take to the ice. In the dressing room before the game, his Boston Bruins teammates told him not to worry. If any Subject one of the Montreal players said anything to him, they'd have his back. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports There was a round of applause when O'Ree stepped onto the ice, and newspapers & Recreation ran the story. The colour barrier in the NHL had been broken, yet it would be sixteen years before the next black player, Mike Marson, was drafted. Four decades later, the NHL pulled O'Ree out of retirement to honour his achievement Audience range and make him an ambassador for the NHL's "Hockey is for Everyone" program to encourage kids from all backgrounds to play hockey. Age (years) from 12 - 18, Grade (US) exact 3, Reading age from 9 - 10 This book traces the early life of O'Ree in Fredericton, New Brunswick, his journey to the NHL, highlights from his hockey career, and his work encouraging Distributor diversity in the NHL. Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd. Contributor Bio
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Lorimer SideStreets No One's Baby #OwnVoices By (author) Wanda Lauren Taylor Feb 04, 2020 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Starred Selection - Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Bookds for Kids and Teens 2020, Long-listed Reviews
"Tackles difficult issues head on, To make decisions for the future, you have to find out the truth about your matter of factly and with sensitivity." past - CM: Canadian Review of Materials
9781459414969 Adopted by Caucasian parents, biracial teen Lizzie feels like she never belonged. English After the death of her father, Lizzie starts acting out — dating, staying away from 5.25 x 7.5 x 0.5 in | 180 gr home for days and giving up her plans to continue her education. When Lizzie 192 pages discovers she is pregnant, she is faced with the difficult choice of having a child or getting an abortion. This leads Lizzie to want to find her own birth mother. After Lorimer running away from home, Lizzie ends up in Kingston, where she tracks down an older woman named Ruth who sheds light on the circumstances surrounding Subject Lizzie's birth. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Pregnancy Contributor Bio
Audience range WANDA LAUREN TAYLOR is an author, filmmaker, editor and educator. With a background in social work and advocacy, Wanda lectures on social justice and Age (years) from 13 - 18, Grade (US) human rights issues, and has worked for organizations helping marginalized exact 3, Reading age from 7 - 8 populations. She is a former CBC TV producer and author of books that include Birchtown and the Black Loyalists, which has been listed as one of the top Black Distributor history books for young readers by Today's Parent Magazine and by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and the SideStreets novel Ride or Die. Wanda Formac Lorimer Book Distributing lives in Toronto, Ontario. Ltd.
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Righting Canada's Wrongs Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville #OwnVoices An African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished — and Fights Back By (author) Gloria Ann Wesley Apr 30, 2019 | Hardcover , Paper over boards | $34.95 |
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The African-Nova Scotian community of Africville was destroyed by the City of Halifax and the effects linger to this day
9781459413580 The community of Africville was founded in the late 1800s when African Nova English Scotians built homes on the Bedford Basin on the northern edge of Halifax. 300+ colour and b&w visuals Africville grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, 11 x 9 x 0.5 in | 800 gr about 400 people lived there. The community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. But the community had its problems. Racist 96 pages attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs in the city and the City Lorimer of Halifax refused residents basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, and garbage collection. Subject In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax decided to JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social demolish Africville, relocate its residents and use the land for industrial Topics / Prejudice & Racism development. Residents strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed, and many had to move into public housing projects in other parts of the city. Audience range Age (years) from 13 - 18, Reading age After years of pressure from former members of the community and their from 9 descendants, the City of Halifax finally apologized for the destruction of Africville and offered some compensation. A replica of the church was built on the site. But former residents and their descendants were refused compensation beyond what Distributor little was paid in the 1960s. Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives, this book tells the story of Africville. It documents how the city destroyed Africville and much later apologized for it — and how the spirit of the community lives on. Expected ship date: Apr 05, 2019 Contributor Bio Carton quantity: 20
GLORIA ANN WESLEY is an award-winning African-Nova Scotian writer and a former teacher. She is the author of two novels, two books of poetry, and several picture books. If This is Freedom was chosen for One Book Nova Scotia in 2017. Her latest work is Abigail's Wish. Gloria resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Worthy of Love #OwnVoices By (author) Andre Fenton Sep 04, 2018 | Paperback , Trade | $14.95 |
Trying to feel confident in his own skin, Adrian discovers the value of caring Reviews about others
"This story of a mixed-raced teen who struggles with his weight is the kind of Adrian Carter is a young mixed-race teen struggling with poor self-image, but he's refreshing storytelling we don't see through with being bullied for his weight. Adrian decides to shed the pounds, no enough of." matter what it takes. When he meets and falls for Mel Woods, a confident and sensible girl with a passion for fitness, his motivation to change leads him to take - CBC.ca 9781459505483 dangerous measures. When Mel confronts Adrian about his methods of weight loss he is left trying to find a balance between the number on the scale and English wondering if he'll ever be worthy of love. 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 in | 160 gr "It is refreshing to see body image 200 pages Contributor Bio presented from a male point of view ... Formac Fenton's voice is one needed in Canadian YA literature." Subject ANDRE FENTON is an award winning spoken word artist and filmmaker who has performed all across Canada while representing Halifax at national poetry slams - Resource Links YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Victoria and Vancouver. He is Themes / Eating Disorders & Body currently on the board of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and a member of Image Spoken Word Canada. He has written a book of poetry, Ode to Teen Angst. This is Andre's first novel. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "This book explores the complexities of relationships, self-image and self-harm Audience range in a way that feels very open and honest." Age (years) from 13 - 18, Grade (US) exact 4, Reading age from 9 - 10 - Atlantic Books Today
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Lexile measure: HL590L "Accessible and engaging, full of honest
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Tournament Fugee #OwnVoices By (author) Dirk McLean Aug 15, 2017 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2018, Commended Reviews
A Syrian refugee teen, a player on a soccer team of recently arrived refugee "McLean's novel handles heavy topics kids, finds a new approach to life like immigration and refugee status, responsibility, guilt and illness beautifully. His writing doesn't shy away from the reality of these topics, but it is not overwhelming for readers, 9781459412255 A talented thirteen-year-old goalkeeper, Victor Bayazid, is asked to join and and the novel's characters handle their captain a soccer team, the GTA Gazelles, to compete in the "Thank You, Canada" English struggles believably ... Tournament tournament. The tournament brings together teams of Syrian refugees from Fugee is an important one because of 5 x 7.75 x 0.5 in | 120 gr across the country to play in Vancouver. But Victor is haunted by memories of the subjects it deals with." Highly 128 pages losing his grandfather during their escape from war-torn Syria. And he has to Recommended leave his younger brother Gabriel at home, sick with pneumonia. Filled with Lorimer worry about his family which is affecting his concentration on the field, Victor - CM: Canadian Review of Materials faces conflict when a teammate challenges his captaincy of the team. Subject Though the story of Tournament Fugee stands on its own, readers of earlier JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes books in this set of four will find characters introduced in Golden Goal, Golden "Soccer United stands apart for / Emigration & Immigration Game and Team Fugee taking part in the soccer action. The quartet of books discussing the modern refugee crisis offers readers insight into the experiences of refugee youth as they come to grips and the difficulties of resettlement for with life in Canada. Audience range middle school readers." - Age (years) from 10 - 13, Grade (US) Contributor Bio School Library Journal exact 3, Reading age from 7 - 8
Reading Levels DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, and sports novels Not Out and Team Fugee. He has also written radio drama and stage plays which have Lexile measure: 660L toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives in Toronto. Distributor Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd.
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Lorimer SideStreets Ride or Die #OwnVoices By (author) Wanda Lauren Taylor Aug 15, 2017 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Reviews A young Black Nova Scotian teenager survives and escapes after becoming a victim of human trafficking "In addition to the diverse protagonists, many secondary characters also bring diversity to the This novel is based on real-life experiences and events in small town Nova Scotia series." and Toronto. The story recounts how a 15-year-old Black girl finds herself beaten, emotionally abused, sold to a pimp, and working in the sex trade. - Kirkus Reviews 9781459412491 English 15-year-old Kanika lives a sheltered life with her aunt in Guysborough, a small 5.25 x 7.5 x 0.5 in | 180 gr town in Nova Scotia. But that all changes when her best friend disappears after hanging out with some older boys. While trying to find out what happened, "An important cautionary tale for 184 pages Kanika gets the attention of Danny, an older teen she has always found attractive. young-adult readers and a solid option Lorimer After establishing that Kanika is his "ride or die chick" and will do anything for for reluctant readers looking for a him, Danny sells her into the sex trade. realistic page-turner." Subject Kanika is raped and taken to Toronto, where she finds her friend has been a - Atlantic Books Today YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social victim of the same sex trafficking plot. The two girls experience the hard and Themes / Sexual Abuse dangerous life of sex workers. Kanika never gives up her plans to escape. With help and strength given by an older girl who is a sex worker by choice, Kanika gets away from the people abusing her and makes her way home. "The writing is clear and maintains its Audience range page-turning pace, prompting the Contributor Bio reader to continue...The sensitive Age (years) from 13 - 18, Grade (US) subject is dealt with thoroughly, but at exact 5, Reading age from 9 - 10 the same time, it is not overly graphic." WANDA LAUREN TAYLOR is an author, filmmaker and educator. With a - CM Magazine Reading Levels background in social work and advocacy, Wanda lectures on social justice and human rights issues. She is a former CBC TV producer and the author of two Lexile measure: HL610L books, including Birchtown and the Black Loyalist, listed as one of the top Black history books for young readers by Today's Parent Magazine and by the Distributor Canadian Children's Book Centre. Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd.
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Team Fugee #OwnVoices By (author) Dirk McLean Apr 28, 2017 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2017, Commended Reviews
What does it mean when name of your soccer team includes United? "In addition to soccer and family, this slim volume touches on many topics, including physical disabilities, literacy challenges, adoption, orphans, civil war, racial profiling, and Black Canadian When Ozzie's parents disappeared from their home in Nigeria, he and his sister history ... good fo a novel study for a 9781459412057 Rebecca were taken to an orphanage. Two years later, they have been adopted by group of reluctant readers." Canadian parents and live in ethnically diverse Scarborough. With no soccer English program in their school, Ozzie and the other Nigerian kids compete with a team of - CM: Canadian Review of Materials 5 x 7.75 x 0.5 in | 140 gr Syrian refugees — led by Victor — for time on the field. Ozzie has come to hate 136 pages change, but an exhibition match between Ozzie United and Victor United has Ozzie taking charge of his team, while worrying that a job offer his mom receives Lorimer might mean his whole family has to leave Scarborough for good. "Soccer United stands apart for discussing the modern refugee crisis Subject The soccer match is such a success that Ozzie and Victor are asked to unite their and the difficulties of resettlement for teams into a single force to challenge the division champions. A school soccer middle school readers." JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & program for all the students is on the line. Can Ozzie tackle change head-on by Recreation / Soccer teaming up with Victor to make two groups of resilient refugees into one team? - School Library Journal And how can it be worth it if he has to leave his school anyway? Audience range This book is the second of a new set of novels about soccer teams of young Age (years) from 10 - 13, Grade (US) refugees who have escaped war-torn areas of the world and moved to Canada. exact 4, Reading age from 8 - 9 Contributor Bio Reading Levels
Lexile measure: 690L DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Lorimer Sports Stories novel Not Out, and Team Fugee. He has also written radio drama and Distributor stage plays which have toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives in Toronto. Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd.
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Lorimer Sports Stories Two Strikes #OwnVoices By (author) Johnny Boateng Aug 22, 2016 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 |
Reviews When you're the new kid in town, you have a lot to prove
"Upon first inspection Two Strikes seems like a straightforward novel KaLeah has just moved from Halifax to the small town of Trail, B.C. KaLeah's a about a young girl who just wants to natural at baseball, and it's what she loves to do most. But she is excluded and play baseball in a small town. However, bullied by Nikki and her clique, the popular Valley Girls, because she is black and this little book deals with far greater because she is better at softball than Nikki. She decides she wants to play issues such as identity, racism, and 9781459411470 baseball with the Trail Boys, the best players her age. Except it's an all-boys gender politics... I would recommend baseball team. But first KaLeah has to prove herself to the boys and the parents English this novel to any young person who is who don't want her to upstage their kids. searching for his or her own 5 x 7.75 x 1 in | 140 gr acceptance." 136 pages Contributor Bio Lorimer - CM Magazine
Subject As a boy of African heritage growing up in Trail, B.C., JOHNNY BOATENG learned all about sports and ambition. He played division basketball in Indiana and at Simon Fraser University. He lives in Vancouver, B.C., where he founded "The book is totally up to date ... The JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & dialogue is realistic for the age group, Recreation / Baseball & Softball The Dream Hoops Basketball Academy and serves as a mentor for disadvantaged youth. He is the author of the award-winning sports novel Hustle. This is his lively and effective as it moves the second book. action along...The fluid, transitory way Audience range in which this age group enters into and drifts out of relationships is very well Age (years) from 9 - 13, Grade (US) done in this book. from 4 - 8, Reading age from 7 - 10 Although baseball is central to the Reading Levels story and the baseball scenes are full of action and drama, all teens will be Lexile measure: 540L drawn to the personal drama of how the characters win friends and influence people." Distributor Formac Lorimer Book Distributing Ltd.
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Lorimer Real Justice Real Justice: Jailed for Life for Being Black The Story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter By (author) Bill Swan Oct 06, 2014 | Paperback , Trade | $12.95 | Rubin Carter was in and out of reformatories and prisons from the age of twelve. At twenty-four, he became a winning professional boxer and was turning his life around. But Carter was also very vocal about racism in the local New Jersey police force. In 1966, local policemen arrested Carter and a friend for a triple murder. The two were convicted and sent to jail for life. Carter spent nearly twenty years in jail, proclaiming his innocence.
A teen from Brooklyn, Lesra Martin, heard Carter's story and believed he was 9781459406650 innocent. He and a small group of Canadians contacted Carter and began working with Carter's lawyers in New York to get the boxer exonerated. In 1985, a judge English released Carter, ruling that Carter's conviction had been based not on evidence, b&w photographs but on racism. 5.5 x 8.5 x 1 in | 180 gr Carter moved to Canada in 1985, where until his death in 2014 he worked 144 pages helping others prove that they had been wrongfully convicted. Lorimer Contributor Bio Subject JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social BILL SWAN is the author of five novels and two other Real Justice titles: the Activists award-winning Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death on Steven Truscott, and Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq, the book about Donald Marshall, Jr. Bill lives in Courtice, Ontario. Audience range Age (years) from 13 - 18, Reading age from 13 - 18
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Lorimer Sports Stories Hustle #OwnVoices By (author) Johnny Boateng Mar 19, 2014 | Paperback , Trade | $9.95 |
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2014, Commended Reviews "A great hi-lo interest book, Hustle is Fourteen-year-old Johnny Huttle -- nicknamed "Hustle" by his best friend, Rex -- part of Lorimer's "Sports Stories" series comes from an inner-city neighbourhood, where the streets are tough and the written to entice students to read. street ball games are rougher. More than anything, Johnny wants to shine as the Author Johnny Boateng does a great school's star basketball player. But the one thing standing in his way is his best job of making the book exciting on friend, Rex, who outshines Johnny effortlessly at everything, on and off the court. many levels, and the book is full of This makes Johnny angry enough that his game and their friendship suffer. When adventures . . . The basketball theme is 9781459406049 Rex starts getting into trouble in the neighbourhood and is suspended from the strong and carries the plot well. team, Johnny has to put his jealously aside to help his friend -- and his basketball Boateng obviously knows the game English team at the championship. and effectively conveys the action and 5 x 7.75 x 1 in | 120 gr tension on the court . . . The characters Contributor Bio are believable and easy to relate to." 128 pages - Mary Harelkin Bishop, CM Lorimer JOHNNY BOATENG played division basketball in Indiana and at Simon Fraser Magazine University. He starred as a ballplayer in video games, movies, and commercials before an injury sidelined his basketball career. He lives in Vancouver, B.C., where Subject he founded The Dream Hoops Basketball Academy and serves as a mentor for "realistic dialogue and court action to disadvantaged youth. satisfy the most sports-minded JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & readers" Recreation / Basketball - Quill & Quire
Audience range "Part of the publisher's Sports Series, this slim novel's short chapters and Age (years) from 9 - 13, Grade (US) more mature content make it perfect from 4 - 8, Reading age from 7 - 10 for older reluctant readers. Its no-frills story is fast-moving and touches on many teen issues, while promoting a Distributor positive message of independent thinking and being a team player." Formac Lorimer Book Distributing - Julia Smith, Booklist Ltd.
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Lorimer Sports Stories Not Out #OwnVoices By (author) Dirk McLean Sep 12, 2012 | Paperback , Digest | $9.95 |
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Kids & Teens 2013, Commended Reviews "McLean incorporates humour and a Since Dexter's parents' death, he's been living with his aunt in her Scarborough romantic interest for Dexter... Most apartment. Even though it's been two years, Dexter is still struggling to control his heartwarming is Dexter's gradual anger and so far the best way for him to do this is through sports. Then one day he acceptance of the loss of his parents" snaps and attacks the pitcher during a baseball game, and Dex suddenly finds Rated G - good, even great at times, himself off the team. His aunt gives him two options: find another sports team, or generally useful! - Patricia Jermey, go back to trombone lessons. But no other coach seems willing to give Dexter and Resource Links 9781459401754 his now-legendary temper a chance . . . English "The story is very good... I appreciated McLean's skill in creating a character 5 x 7.75 x 1 in | 140 gr Dexter's best friend, Atul, suggests that he try out for the school's cricket squad, but Dexter's not so sure. Despite his Carribean heritage, he knows almost nothing who based his self-esteem in sport and 144 pages about cricket, and thinks it's a wimpy sport anyway. But Dex's batting skills make who is struggling to find meaning Lorimer him a shoo-in, and to his surprise, he even starts to enjoy himself -- until the squad elsewhere since the death of his captain, jealous of Dex's natural skill, makes his life even more difficult than parents. McLean shows a real strength before. in showing readers Dexter's world- Subject view." Recommended - John Dryden, CM: Canadian Review of Materials JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men Contributor Bio DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Lorimer Sports Audience range Stories novel Not Out, and Team Fugee. He has also written radio drama and stage plays which have toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was Age (years) from 9 - 13, Grade (US) born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives in Toronto. from 4 - 8, Reading age from 7 - 10
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Lorimer Recordbooks JaromeLorimer Iginla Sports Stories#OwnVoices HowLone the NHL's Runner first black captain gives back By (author)By (author) Nicole Dirk Mortillaro McLean Sep 07,Feb 2010 02, 2021| Electronic| Paperback book ,text Trade , PDF | ,$12.95 Trade | $9.95 He's the face of the Calgary Flames, but there's much more to Jarome Iginla's story Reviews than just being the first black captain of an NHL team. He's also renowned for his socialMichaela commitment promises and generosity herself to offmake the theice. cross-countryJarome (nicknamed team, Iggy) finis grewh every up inrace "Through his skilled and confident a single-parentand never lethousehold her teammates in St. Albert, down Alberta. It was thanks to support of his leadership on the ice and his generous grandparents that he started to play hockey. His hard work paid off and, in 1996, devotion to philanthropic projects in at the age of 18, Iggy was drafted into the NHL. He went on to become a multiple- his spare time, Jarome Iginla is award-winning hockey player and two-time Olympic champion. But he never presented as a truly great person who forgot his struggles in his rise to hockey stardom. Today, Iginla plays an important Set in a diverse neighbourhood in Scarborough, Ontario, this book follows will inspire readers as they chase their role for many young hockey-loving Canadians by working to ensure that the sport own athletic dreams...a sound addition is openMichaela to committed as she goes players from of a all solitary backgrounds. runner to [Fry an Readingathlete who Level contributes - 5.0] to the 9781552775417 success of her cross-country team. Discouraged by an incident at her mostly- to the RecordBooks series about 9781459415928 Contributorwhite summer Bio camp, Michaela comes into her own as part of her racially diverse Canadian athletes. Recommended." - English school track team. Focusing on themes of persistence, friendship and overcomingClancy Pryde 4.25 xEnglish 7 x 0.5 in ICOLErivalries, MORTILLARO this book isilluminates a sports editor traits andof connection, writer from empathy Toronto. and He rforgiveness. first book 112 pages5 x 7.75 in in the Recordbooks series was Something to Prove, a biography of hockey player This book is very high interest, low Bobby Clarke who had to defy stereotypes to earn a spot in the NHL. Lorimer136 pages Contributor Bio vocab, so even struggling readers will Lorimer find themselves comfortable with this work. - Alison Edwards Subject Subject DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Sports Stories novel JUVENILE NONFICTION / Not Out, and Team Fugee and Tournament Fugee in Lorimer's Soccer United: BiographyJUVENILE & Autobiography FICTION / Sports / Sports & Team Refugee series. He has also written radio drama and stage plays that have & RecreationRecreation / Track & Field toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives and works in Toronto. AudienceAudience range range GradeAge (US) (years) from from 7 - 12 10 - 13, Grade (US) exact 3.5 Other formats Reading Levels 9781552775431 Electronic book text,Lexile EPUB, measure: $8.95 CAD 620L
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Lorimer Recordbooks Big League Dreams Baseball Hall of Fame's first African-Canadian, Fergie Jenkins By (author) Richard Brignall Mar 25, 2010 | Paperback , A-format | $9.95 |
VOYA 2011 Nonfiction Honor List 2011, Winner Reviews Golden Oak Award 2014, Short-listed Praise for Richard Brignall: "Brignall's This is a history of black major league baseball players and the crumbling of the text is tightly written, keeping it easy colour barrier in sport, and the story of how Fergie Jenkins rose to the top to to read, but also giving it a pace that become Canada's first inductee into the American Baseball Hall of Fame. propels the reader through the fascinating story ..." 9781552774861 Fergie Jenkins grew up in the era when Jackie Robinson became the first black - Resource Links man to play major league baseball, and Willie O'Ree became the first black NHL English player. Inspired by these professional athletes, and with doors now opening for Historic photos young men like himself, Fergie went on to have a remarkable career in major 4.25 x 7 x 0.5 in | 80 gr league baseball. 152 pages Lorimer Former sports journalist Richard Brignall traces the ups and downs in Fergie's career, from his humble roots in Chatham, Ontario, to his time with the Phillies, the Cubs, the Red Sox, and the Rangers. Along the way, Brignall examines what it Subject meant for a man to be black in the United States versus Canada in the 1960s and 70s. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism Contributor Bio
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