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The hockey saint

by Shapiro, Howard, 1965-

Format: Print Book 2014
Availability: Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy

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Western Allegheny Community Library Teen Graphic Novel YAGN SHAPIRO
Location  Western Allegheny Community Library
 
Collection  Teen Graphic Novel
 
Call Number  YAGN SHAPIRO
 
 

Summary

Through a chance meeting, Tom and hockey legend Jake form an unlikely friendship. Tom discovers that his idol isn't as perfect up close. With Jake living too much in the moment and with his past catching up to him, can Tom help him before it's too late?

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "In a world where athletes are glamorized for everything, this follow-up to Shapiro's The Stereotypical Freaks (2012) delivers a warts-and-all look at a professional athlete trying to buck the system. Tom Leonard is a college student on a hockey scholarship, and he idolizes legendary young hockey great Jeremiah Jacobson. Jeremiah is notorious for his infallible plays on the ice and his deeply fallible behavior in front of the camera, and after a chance meeting, Jeremiah invites the idealistic Tom into his world. But Tom is surprised that his hero is not all he is cracked up to be. Shapiro fills panels with exposition and context, maximizing clarity, and his message and goals are manifest to a wide range of readership. Inoue and Mossa's artwork is clean-lined and colorful, and, combined with the sports theme, makes this a good fit for reluctant readers. Fans of the first installment in Shapiro's Friends Forever series will be pleased by this sequel, and readers new to the trilogy hockey lovers in particular can jump right in here.--Spanner, Ben Copyright 2014 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Series Forever friends trilogy ; pt. 2
Subjects Hockey players -- Comic books, strips, etc.
College students -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fame -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Young men -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Publisher Pittsburgh :Animal Media Group,2014
Contributors Inoue, Marica, 1972- illustrator.
Language English
Notes "[P]icking up two years after ... The Stereotypical Freaks ends"--P. [4] of cover.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN 9780991255016
0991255011
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