{"product_id":"reality-check-in-detroit-isbn-9781770494220","title":"Reality Check in Detroit","description":"The Screech Owls are invited to compete in a four-day skills competition in Detroit. Along with another team, they will be participating in a reality show called \u003ci\u003eGoals \u0026amp; Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. They're staying at a fancy hotel, being showered with hockey swag, given Hollywood nicknames, and posing for the film crew -- Hockeytown doesn't look bad at all! That's until they meet the other team and start noticing how differently they're being treated. Are the producers engineering certain tensions and situations to pump up the show? The Screech Owls don't like to be manipulated . . .\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFace-Off at the Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressively well written, this fast paced story should hold the interest of all young hockey players and fans. Historical refrences to the Alamo in San Antonio add interest and information for students.\" -- \u003ci\u003eResource Links\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...MacGregor's ... books for tween to teen readers combines the best of old school mystery series with solid writing about hockey. Youngsters with an interest in the game will appreciate the exciting play-by-play descriptions....\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Hockey Writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003ePanic in Pittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"MacGregor seamlessly slips between the mystery plotline and game-related minutiae, describing plays, goals, passes, saves, and coaching philosophies, which should appeal to hockey nerds who also love a good caper.... There is also a nod to gender equality, with four girls on the team.\" -- Featured Review from \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003eROY MACGREGOR was named a media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012, when he was given the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journalism. He has been involved in hockey all his life, from playing all-star hockey in Huntsville, Ontario, against the likes of Bobby Orr from nearby Parry Sound, to coaching, and he is still playing old-timers hockey in Ottawa, where he lives with his wife Ellen. They have four grown children. He was inspired to write \u003ci\u003eThe Highest Number in the World\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Geneviève Després, when his now grown-up daughter started playing hockey as a young girl. Roy is also the author of several classics in hockey literature. \u003ci\u003eHome Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Literature. \u003ci\u003eHome Game: Hockey and Life in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e (written with Ken Dryden) was a bestseller, as were \u003ci\u003eRoad Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven A.M. Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and his latest, \u003ci\u003eWayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote \u003ci\u003eMystery at Lake Placid\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the bestselling, internationally successful Screech Owls series in 1995. In 2005, Roy was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.Screech Owls","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303415468261,"sku":"NP9781770494220","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781770494220.jpg?v=1767735478","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/reality-check-in-detroit-isbn-9781770494220","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}