CHAPTER 1 THE WALL ______________________ 4 CHAPTER 2 COLLISION _____________________ 11 CHAPTER 3 DAZED BUT DETERMINED _________ 17 CHAPTER 4 SEEING THINGS ________________25 CHAPTER 5 NEW GLASSES __________________32 CHAPTER 6 A STOP AT SAL’S _______________ 40 CHAPTER 7 MELTDOWN ___________________ 45 CHAPTER 8 GIFT FROM A FRIEND ____________52 CHAPTER 9 CONQUER YOUR FEARS _________ 62 CHAPTER 10 OVERTIME ___________________ 69 ABOUT THE AUTHOR _______________________________ 76 ABOUT THE HOCKEY STAR ___________________________ 77 THINK ABOUT IT ___________________________________ 78 WRITE ABOUT IT ___________________________________ 79 GET YOUR GAME ON _______________________________80
CHAPTER 1 Annie Roger slapped her hockey stick against the ice and loudly shouted Come on Grizzlies She watched from her position in front of the goal as the other players took their places for the first face-off of the season Ruby Vogel East Grover Lake’s tall center skated to center ice and came to a quick stop She surveyed her teammates like a general admiring her troops before battle She looked back at Annie The two locked eyes and Ruby nodded 4
Annie slapped her stick on the ice again in return She was ready The crowd cheered with the loudest cheers coming from just above the Grizzlies bench on the other side of the thick Plexiglas barrier Annie saw her friends Ben Mason Logan Parrish and Gabe Santiago waving their arms and rooting for the Grizzlies Logan was even wearing a ridiculous red foam finger that said WE’RE 1 and a hat shaped like a bear head Only Logan Annie thought shaking her head He always liked to goof around Sitting next to Logan Annie saw Carter Cressman Carter was new to Grover Lake Middle School He had started spending more and more time with Annie and her friends something Annie didn’t mind Not one single bit Carter wore a heavy winter coat His 5
