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Playing for Keeps
Contributor(s): Sandor, Steven (Author)
ISBN: 1459400666     ISBN-13: 9781459400665
Publisher: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $9.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Soccer
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 680
Series: Lorimer Sports Stories
Physical Information: 128 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Hockey rules in Branko Stimac's new hometown, where its star players get the royal treatment. Any other sport--like soccer, where Branko excels--is considered second-rate. This means the sacrifices Branko's Croatian immigrant father made so he can play in Canada go unnoticed, as does Branko's stellar goalkeeping.

When Branko makes it onto the Edmonton Select team as the second-string keeper, he keeps the accomplishment to himself, sure that no one in his home town will care. But then a video of one of his spectacular saves gets posted on a sports blog and goes viral. Suddenly Branko has more attention than he dreamed of.

Contributor Bio(s): Sandor, Steven: - STEVEN SANDOR is an avid soccer player and fan, a former soccer columnist for the Sun Media chain and has published sports articles in Soccer 360, Inside Soccer, the Prague Post, and the Budapest Sun. He is the current editor of Avenue, Edmonton's lifestyle magazine, and runs the online soccer magazine The 11. Steven is a former publications coordinator for the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club and North American editor of Face-Off magazine. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.