The Quebec City Crisis

by MacGregor, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780771056178
• ISBN10: 0771056176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Screech Owls

Summary

It is Winter Carnival time in beautiful Quebec City. The Screech Owls are in town to join in the winter fun and take part in the biggest hockey tournament on earth: the famous Quebec Peewee Invitational. This is where Guy Lafleur, Wayne Gretzky, and Mario Lemieux first showed the world their incredible talents and now it's the turn of Travis, Nish, Sarah, and their friends. But the dream trip soon turns into a nightmare. Travis is asked to keep a diary that will be published in one of the big daily newspapers and a terrible misunderstanding follows. Soon after Travis's words appear in print, the crowds are booing the Screech Owls, and someone no one knows who begins a campaign of terror against the team. The Owls know they are good enough to make it to the final. Sarah could even equal a tournament record set by the great Guy Lafleur! But if the Owls are to stand any chance at all, they must find out who is trying to destroy them. The Quebec City Crisisis the seventh book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls' website at www.screechowls.com

Author Biography

<b>Roy MacGregor</b> has been involved in hockey all his life. Growing up in Huntsville, Ontario, he competed for several years against a kid named Bobby Orr, who was playing in nearby Parry Sound. He later returned to the game when he and his family settled in Ottawa, where he worked for the <i>Ottawa Citizen</i> and became the Southam National Sports Columnist. He still plays old-timers hockey and has been a minor-hockey coach for more than a decade.<br><br>Roy MacGregor is the author of several classics in the literature of hockey. <i>Home Game</i> (written with Ken Dryden) and <i>The Home Team</i> were both number one national bestsellers. He has also written the game’s best-known novel, <i>The Last Season</i>. His other books include <i>Road Games</i>, <i>The Seven A.M. Practice</i>, and <i>A Life in the Bush</i>, a memoir of his father. He has also written books about native leaders and the Ottawa Valley.<br><br>Roy MacGregor is now a senior columnist for the <i>National Post</i>. He and his wife, Ellen, live in Kanata, Ontario. They have four children, Kerry, Christine, Jocelyn, and Gordon.<br><br>You can talk to Roy MacGregor at www.screechowls.com<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>