{"product_id":"the-secret-of-the-deep-woods-17-isbn-9780771056468","title":"The Secret of the Deep Woods (#17)","description":"It’s summer, and Rachel Highboy, Jesse’s hockey-playing cousin from James Bay, has come to Tamarack to join the Screech Owls on a week-long canoe trip into the wilds of Algonquin Park. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, the rookie hero of this year’s Stanley Cup final is in a light plane that goes missing somewhere in the area. It is eerily like the story of Bill Barilko, the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman who disappeared when his plane crashed deep in the Ontario bush in 1951, just four months after he scored the Stanley-Cup-winning goal!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen some of the team – including a terrified Nish – become separated from the others and find themselves lost in the deep woods, strange things begin to happen. A wolf comes each night to stand by the campfire. A mysterious stranger pays a visit. And a shocking discovery has Rachel and the Screech Owls wondering if they’ll make it out alive!“For kids who love hockey…Roy MacGregor’s series of books makes perfect reading.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy MacGregor\u003c\/b\u003e has been involved in hockey all his life. Growing up in Huntsville, Ontario, he competed for several years against a kid named Bobby Orr, who was playing in nearby Parry Sound. He later returned to the game when he and his family settled in Ottawa, where he worked for the \u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e and became the Southam National Sports Columnist. He still plays old-timers hockey and has been a minor-hockey coach for more than a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoy MacGregor is the author of several classics in the literature of hockey. \u003ci\u003eHome Game\u003c\/i\u003e (written with Ken Dryden) and \u003ci\u003eThe Home Team\u003c\/i\u003e were both number one national bestsellers. He has also written the game’s best-known novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Season\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include \u003ci\u003eRoad Games\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven A.M. Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Life in the Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of his father. He has also written books about native leaders and the Ottawa Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoy MacGregor is now a senior columnist for the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife, Ellen, live in Kanata, Ontario. They have four children, Kerry, Christine, Jocelyn, and Gordon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can talk to Roy MacGregor at www.screechowls.com","brand":"Screech Owls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301887693029,"sku":"NP9780771056468","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771056468.jpg?v=1742925399","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-secret-of-the-deep-woods-17-isbn-9780771056468","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}