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Overtime, Making the Cut, Rebel Powerplay and Off the Crossbar are summarized below. Have a read -

Overtime

Grade 10 promises to be a lot easier for Charlie Joyce than last year. A whole year had gone by since he came to Terrence Falls without a friend, without a team, and most of all, since his father had died in a car accident. Now he has lots of friends, a practically guaranteed spot on the school hockey team for the Champions Cup, the annual high school tournament, and he’s going to be captain of his rep hockey team, the Rebels. So what could go wrong? Plenty! Charlie and his friends show up for a school assembly thinking it will be the usual boring announcements, only to be told Terrence Falls High was closing for roof repairs and all the students will have to go to different schools. There is a chance to save the school year, however – a slim one. If the students raise enough money, temporary repairs will get them through the school year. Charlie thinks that shouldn’t be too hard. Wrong! With indifferent students, a crazy student counsel, and a fast approaching deadline, Charlie has never faced a greater challenge. And when he finds out there is a co–ed hockey tournament offering big prize money, he figures that would be a great way to add to the fundraising kitty. Things get intense as the boys and girls find out playing together is more complicated than they thought. Overtime is full of surprises, and full of the kind of hockey action Game Time readers have come to expect. It’s the wildest ride yet. So hurry and get Overtime – the fourth book in David Skuy’s bestselling Charlie Joyce hockey series.

Making The Cut

Charlie Joyce can’t believe it, an invitation to the Youth Elite Hockey School; and he thought his summer was going to be boring! So off he goes ready to compete against the best players around. And this camp is intense. Everyone competes to be picked in the top 20 and play in the Challenge Game at the end of the two weeks. As if that’s not enough pressure, his arch-nemises, Jake Wilkenson, was invited too, and he&rsquos doing his usual best to mess things up for Charlie. Charlie battles to make the Challenge Game in the face of bullies, demanding coaches, and a terrible accusation that threatens to ruin everything. This is the most action-packed Charlie Joyce book yet. If you love hockey, you have to read; Making the Cut.

Rebel Power Play

All Charlie Joyce wants to do is play hockey. But he missed tryouts back in April because his family had to move, and now he faces an entire winter without a team. Tough when all his friends have AAA spots lined up. Just when he resigns himself to missing the season a new Terrence Falls team enters the league. Charlie figures everything will be perfect; and boy is he wrong! He forgets his arch-enemies — Jake Wilkenson and his crew — play in the same league; and his new team turns out to be a nightmare. So what does a grade 9 kid do? How about start his own team? Rebel Powerplay is the supercharged sequel to Off The Crossbar, and establishes Charlie Joyce as a classic sports figure. Charlie loves to play hockey, but will belligerent coaches, jealous teammates, and cheap shots keep him off the ice? Find out in Rebel Powerplay.

Off The Crossbar

Things are not going well for Charlie Joyce. His father was killed in a tragic car accident, and his mother decides to move the family to another town, Terrence Falls. So it’s goodbye to all his friends, his school, and his hockey team, and hello to a new high school where he doesn’t know a single person. The first day of school starts out okay — for about five minutes — when the three toughest kids in grade 9 begin to bully him. Things only go from bad to worse when the teacher announces tryouts for the school hockey team. Charlie is a good player, and thinks this would be a great way to make some friends and get playing again. Unfortunately, his three new "friends" think otherwise. "The team’s basically picked, so why don’t you try out for something else," he’s told. "We need a towel boy," one kid taunts. "I could use a skate tightener," adds another. Charlie knows he can’t back down — not in front of the entire class. So he takes them on. "I usually let my game do the talking," he fires back. Now he’s in for it. He has to try out; and he’d better make good or his classmates will never let him live it down. Off The Crossbar introduces readers to the most famous hockey kid around — Charlie Joyce. It’s non-stop action, as Charlie faces up to his new life in Terrence Falls and battles his way against a mountain of trouble — on and off the ice.

 

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