The Highest Number In The World

byRoy MacgregorIllustratorGeneviève Després

February 11, 2014|
The Highest Number In The World by Roy Macgregor
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9-year-old Gabe (Gabriella) Murray lives and breathes hockey. She's the youngest player on her new team, she has a nifty move that her teammates call "the Gabe," and she shares a lucky number with her hero, Hayley Wickenheiser: number 22. But when her coach hands out the team jerseys, Gabe is stuck with number 9. Crushed, Gabe wants to give up hockey altogether. How can she play without her lucky number? Gabe's grandmother soon sets her straight, though--from her own connection to the number 9 in her hockey-playing days to all the greats she cheered for who wore it, she soon convinces Gabe that this new number might not be so bad after all. 

A lovely intergenerational tale and a history of the storied number 9 in hockey, The Highest Number in the World is a must-have for any hockey fan.
ROY MACGREGOR is the author of many hockey literature classics such as Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey, Home Game, The 7 A.M Practice and the Screech Owls series. He was named a media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013, when he was given the Elmer Ferguson Award for excellence in hockey journalism. He has been involved in ...
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Title:The Highest Number In The World
Format:Hardcover
Product dimensions:32 pages, 10.25 X 10.37 X 0.37 in
Shipping dimensions:32 pages, 10.25 X 10.37 X 0.37 in
Published:February 11, 2014
Publisher:Tundra
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:6 - 8
ISBN - 13:9781770495753

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