Just for Kicks is a lot of fun and is completely action paced with a well-meaning lesson included. Reading this to my four year old who loves soccer, he was easily able to follow along but also learned a lot of terms and was captivated by the events.The car wash fundraising event was delightful a...
I’d decided we should have a team meeting before we played St. Croix. We were two points behind them and this was the final game for both teams. On my way out, I peeked into the living room. Grandad was in the armchair, his eyes closed. I turned to tiptoe out. ...
Grease drove out of Centreville, heading north. Suddenly Julie burst out, “We were pathetic.” “We were just unlucky,” Shay protested. “Like heck, we were unlucky,” said Steve. He looked across Linh-Mai at Edison. “You should ...
Isora kneels beside him. A toddler stands behind her, playing with her hair. Drumgold and Harper wait just inside the door, among the parents who are arriving to collect their children. It’s the Monday after Back River Daze. Isora says, “You missed all the fun.” “I wanted to be there, but I had t...
This is the third time in the last hour. I’m so nervous I can’t stop going, and we’re not even at the game yet. In fact, we haven’t even left Brunswick Valley School yet. We’re standing beside our team bus — or, in my case, running between the bus and the washroom — waitin...