Fighting for Gold: The Story of Canada's Sledge Hockey Paralympic Gold

by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

Overview

Canada is internationally recognized as a leader in men's and women's hockey - but in 2006 Canada had yet to conquer the world of sledge hockey, the Paralympic version of ice hockey played by athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body. The Canadian Men's Sledge Hockey team came into the 2006 games as underdogs. Yet, through determination, guts and guile, they overcame all obstacles to win gold.

[Fry Reading Level - 4.7

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552778937
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	06/27/2012
Series:	Lorimer Recordbooks Series
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	925,388
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
File size:	458 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. A Quick, Hard-hitting Game

2. Making the Cut

3. Getting to Turin

4. Coming Together as a Team

5. Opening Honours

6. First Game

7. Hometown Crowd

8. Canada vs. Norway

9. Pressure is On

10. The Final Game

11. O Canada!

Epilogue

Glossary

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Photo Credits

Index