Children's Nonfiction Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Juice
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2006
- Category
- Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781551435886
- Publish Date
- Jun 2006
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551433516
- Publish Date
- Apr 2005
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554696536
- Publish Date
- Apr 2005
- List Price
- $0.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 12 to 18
- Grade: 8 to 12
- Reading age: 12 to 18
Description
When a Division One coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future—nothing is too good for his players. With a new training regimen, everything seems to be on a winning track. But when Moose and others are offered steroids, tempers start to fray and the teammates have to decide whose side they are on. Juice is a compelling story about the pressures and temptations that are faced by many in the competitive world of high-school athletics.
About the author
Eric Walters is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling novels for children and young adults. His novels have won numerous awards, including the Silver Birch, Blue Heron, Red Maple, Snow Willow, Ruth Schwartz, and Tiny Torgi, and have received honours from the Canadian Library Association Book Awards and UNESCO's international award for Literature in Service of Tolerance.
Eric lives in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, and three children, Christina, Nicholas, and Julia. When not writing or touring across the country speaking to school groups, Eric spends time playing or watching soccer and basketball, or playing the saxophone.
To find out more about Eric and his novels, or to arrange for him to speak at your school, visit his website at www.ericwalters.net.
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Librarian Reviews
Juice (Orca Soundings)
“Isn’t steroids sort of like cheating?” When a new football coach comes to their school, Michael and his teammates are convinced that steroids are the way to compete.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2006.