Pink Power: The First Women's Hockey World Champions

by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Overview

At the first-ever women's hockey world championships in 1990, Canada dressed its National Women's Team in pink. Offending many, the controversial decision nevertheless drew media and public attention to the series and subsequently registration in girls' hockey went up 40%. Lorna Schultz Nicholson offers an insider's look at the power behind the pink jerseys. [Fry Reading Level - 3.2

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552779095
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	02/22/2012
Series:	Lorimer Recordbooks Series
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Lexile:	640L (what's this?)
File size:	346 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

LORNA SCHULTZ NICHOLSON has written picture books, middle grade and YA fiction, and non-fiction. She has also written, produced, and hosted programs for television and radio, and is well known for her sports writing. Lorna regularly visits schools to share her passion for literacy with students. She lives in Edmonton.

Table of Contents

Contents

Prologue

1. Who Will Go?

2. Ontario Tryouts

3. Coaches' Corner

4. Welcome to Team Canada

5. Behind the Scenes

6. Pink Stinks!

7. March 1990

8. Unexpected Injury

9. Final Round-Robin Game

10. A Close Semi-Final

11. Going for Gold

12. Digging In

Epilogue

Glossary

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Photo Credits

Editorial Reviews

"...does a great job of telling the story of the world's first female Olympic hockey team.... The high interest/low vocabulary format makes the information accessible to all readers."

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"Pink Power is the best of the (RecordBooks) series, largely because of the author's skills in writing to a juvenile audience....You can't go wrong by including a few of Lorna Schultz Nicholson's books in your kid's Christmas stockings."

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