On Thick and Thin Ice

Ken Slyziuk

• 20 september 2024
• 9781038314413

Samenvatting:

It’s hockey registration time for the upcoming Belton Junior High season, and gifted forward Gord Jason surprises his teammates and coaches when he doesn’t sign up.

What made Gord decide to quit the sport he has been playing since he was eight years old?

Some people are angry at his desertion, but others try to get him to come back to the ice. While everyone around him attempts to find out what made him walk away, the team is forced to begin conditioning and practicing without him, eventually playing games with the hopes of winning their first league championship.

As the season progresses, will Gord come to regret giving up the game he has dedicated the last few years to?

Set in the Prairies in the 1980s, On Thick and Thin Ice follows a group of twelve-to fourteen-year-old boys and their dedicated and passionate coach Ward Thomas through the ups and downs of being a team, demonstrating the importance of working together, camaraderie, and most of all, perseverance.