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Breakaway

by Maureen Ulrich

Hockey, leadership, and a final year of hard choices

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Hockey, leadership, and a final year of hard choices

Jessie McIntyre enters her last year of high school and minor hockey with several roles pulling at her attention: she is captain of a AAA team without a head coach, while some teammates question her position. At home, she worries about her younger sister’s decisions and her parents’ lack of awareness; in her own relationships, she recognizes that she has made mistakes too. The setup connects the pressures of team leadership and family responsibility with the uncertainty of planning for the future. As the third book in the #jessiemachockeyseries, Breakaway places Jessie’s personal dilemmas alongside the demands of competitive youth hockey.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in hockey-centered fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about team leadership, school, and family responsibilities.
  • Those interested in a series featuring a teenage protagonist navigating relationships and future plans.

Themes

Hockey and team leadershipFamily responsibilityTeen relationshipsUncertainty about the future

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Book overview

Damn you, Liam MacArthur.

 

My vision has adjusted to the darkness, and I can see his face more clearly now. He's frozen in place, dark eyes intent.

 

"If you won't go out with me," he says, "don't go out with anybody else. Okay?" He grabs my hand and squeezes it. His palm is calloused.

 

"Look, it's not you that's the problem." I try to take my hand back, but he threads his fingers through mine. "It's me."

 

He steps closer. "How about I kiss you? That should convince me it's not going to work."

 

"You're only interested in me because I'm not interested in you," I tell him. "If you kiss me, you won't find me nearly as fascinating."

 

He brings his face close to mine. "Close enough to a yes."

Jessie McIntyre, 17, starts her last year of minor hockey-and high school-with loads on her mind. Her AAA team is short a head coach, her future plans are unclear, and some of her teammates aren't impressed with her new role as team captain. On top of it all, her little sister is making some lousy decisions while Jessie's parents seem unaware. But, hey, should Jessie be critical? She's made some pretty bad ones herself-especially when it comes to guys.

 

Breakaway is Book Three in the award-winning #jessiemachockeyseries. Power Plays (Book 1) won a Moonbeam gold medal and was a finalist for the Saskatchewan Book Awards, Snow Willow Awards, and BC Young Readers Choice (Stellar) Awards. Face Off (Book 2) was a recipient of a Moonbeam silver medal.

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