Language: PG (9 swears, 0 F); Mature Content: PG (alcohol, mom's multiple partners); Violence: PG (hockey violence)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
11yo Evan just wants to win a hockey game. His friend, Bobby, spends most of his time in the penalty box because he would rather fight than win. Their underdog team, the Strikers, doesn't have much going for it. They are made up of a rag-tag bunch of kids with hand-me-down coats and not much in the way of equipment or even a coach. The kids just want to take the ice and get a win. The setting is 1986 in Flint, Michigan, where it may have been easier to get on the ice than it is today.
This is sort of a gritty love story for anyone who loves a sport so much that they can't leave it alone even when the odds are stacked against them. There aren't many graphic novels about hockey, so that is a draw. Hockey fans will totally relate. The characters are largely white with a variety of ethnicities on the different teams.
Michelle in the Middle
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