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	Winner - CCBC Our Choice Award, 2007 Nominee - Chocolate Lily Award, 2007

	Yossi dreams of playing hockey - but he has no skates. Yossi Mendelsohn works hard to help his family survive after they flee Russia to find a better life in Montreal. He sells newspapers and carries bundles from the garment factory. Yossi longs to play "le hockey" with the French boys, but he has no skates. When his father falls ill and his sister and her fiance. organize a walkout at the factory, Yossi's dream of lacing on skates seems farther away than ever.

Reviewers Say:

"Boys will enjoy this engaging fast-paced novel... Schwartz does an admirable job of presenting a complex topic in a brief novel for younger or struggling readers. Highly Recommended." - CM Magazine, 2006

"Can be used when one needs an immigration story to suggest to boys." - AJL Newsletter , 2007

"Believable, engrossing and provides numerous opportunities for exploring the difficulties of immigrants." - Canadian Teacher Magazine, 2007

ISBN: 9781551434926

2006, Orca Book Publishers. 144 pages.


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