Backup Goalie

Description: Jamie thought everything was perfect on his hockey team. But when the goalie is injured, Jamie has to step in to play the unfamiliar position. With the state championship at stake, can Jamie help his team skate to victory--or are they all on thin ice?

Brief description: Sean Tiffany has worked as an illustrator for more than twenty-five years. He has illustrated more than sixty children's books for Capstone and has been an instructor at the famed Joe Kubert School in northern New Jersey. He mixes his love of comics, art, and rock and roll in the multimedia project OilCan Drive. Raised on a small island off the coast of Maine, Sean now resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Monika, their son, James, and a house full of entirely too many guitars.

Review Quotes: All good realistic fiction set in sports. Sportsmanship, persistence, fast paced. Good high interest books; boys are the main characters. Good addition to both elementary and middle school library. Sports setting helps generate interest. Buying Recommendation: Good.-- "Albuquerque Public Schools"