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Rhapsody Smith

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection

“Lorna is making stories that revolve around women’s hockey the norm to write, and she captures glimpses of its history with great stories like this mystery. This story featuring Rap also reminds me about my relationship with my Gram as she always supported me playing hockey.” — Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Team Canada hockey captain, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and broadcaster

Rhapsody “Rap” Queen Smith lives with her grandparents and plays for the Ice Angels hockey team, a tight group of girls who spend time together outside of hockey and school.

Her focus is on improving her power plays and crossovers until she meets Marion, an older woman who spends her days sitting on a bench outside the arena. Nobody seems to know who she is, but there are two mysterious things about her: she has an in-depth knowledge of hockey strategy and she wears a 1990 Women’s World Cup ring.

When Marion’s ring goes missing, Rap and her friends are determined to find it. Who is Marion, and why does she know so much about hockey? The Ice Angels work together to find out.

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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection

Rhapsody Smith Ice Angelis about a young woman who wants to make a difference and learns that being impulsive isnt always the way to go This book highlights the importance of teamwork and trust and that people arent always who they first appear to beCanadian Childrens Book News

Lorna is making stories that revolve around womens hockey the norm to write and she captures glimpses of its history with great stories like this mystery This story featuring Rap also reminds me about my relationship with my Gram as she always supported me playing hockeyCassie CampbellPascall Team Canada hockey captain twotime Olympic gold medalist and broadcaster

There is a lovely sense of movement and flow to this story between the camaraderie of the hockey teammates the interteam chirping fun and the multigenerational openness and connections And mostly there is mystery Rhapsodys story is one that seeks out the nourishing of all young people alongside developing an understanding of the ageing an expansive way to see our worldltstrong style fontweight bold color rgb17 24 39 fontfamily Roboto Segoe UI GeezaPro DejaVu Serif sansserif applesystem BlinkMacSystemFont fontsize 14px fontstyle normal textalign start textindent 0px texttransform none whitespace normalgt The BC Review

Inspiring and uplifting a story about hockey but also about life Lornas intricate understanding of the game will make it feel like youre in the stands or on the ice Youll be cheering for Rapsody her teammates friends and family to win both on the ice and in lifeGovernor General winning author Eric Walters

Hockey combined with Lorna Schultz Nicholsons amazing ability to deliver a compelling story is a winwin How can it get better than this
Sigmund Brouwer author ofTrapped


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Dimensions:

210 Pages
8in * 5.5in * .49in
270gr

Published:

April 08, 2025

ISBN:

9781773371306

Book Subjects:

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

Language:

eng

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