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Sam the Hockey Player (Peewee #1)

Eleven-year-old Sam Parker is a hockey player entering the first year in which body checking is allowed. His natural fear of getting hit is temporarily overshadowed by finding out his parents are getting divorced.

Determined to keep them together by being a hockey superstar, Sam instead suffers a bone-crunching check from the school bully in his first game of the season. The resulting pain and fear brings out the worst in Sam as one difficulty after another piles on. Even his best friend, Jill, doesn’t always seem to understand what he’s going through.

Sam has to learn how to get up after life knocks you down – both on and off the ice.

Fall Down. Get up.
Fall Down. Get up.
Life is hockey. Hockey is Life.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 6, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 147 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1463550057
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1463550059
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.37 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: Gretchen L. Smith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is being given as a gift to a young ...
Review: This is being given as a gift to a young man who loves hockey. The book's premise appealed to me as one that would interest a 10 year-old.

Reviewer: Kathryn svendsen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Using hockey to learn life-lessons
Review: Sam has been playing hockey for his whole life and feels as comfortable on skates as he does breathing. Now he is 11 years old and has just moved up to Pee Wee level hockey where body checking is allowed. He has also just found out that his parents are getting a divorce. Things are about to change.During one game Nate, the school/hockey bully checks Sam so hard that Sam gets a mild concussion and is out of commission for a few days. When he comes back he's afraid of getting hit again and keeps passing the puck instead of handling it on the ice as he should. The coach benches him.Sam is in a quandary because he thinks if he stops playing hockey that will make his mom happy but if he plays, that will make his dad happy. He doesn't want to choose one parent over the other. He thinks the divorce is his fault.I liked how this story shows youth that divorce is never the fault of the child. The child's actions cannot change whether or not the parents will divorce or not. But a person is responsible for whether they do something even though they are afraid to do it or not - in this case the example was to play hockey and risk a body check - and chances are pretty good you will survive.I liked how Sam was able to transfer this life lesson over to his parent's divorce. He realized he could survive the upheaval it would cause in his life. He would be okay in the endI liked that The Hardest Hit also included a girl on this all-boy hockey team. I think that all youth, boys and girls who enjoy hockey will enjoy this book. There was lots of action on the ice and off the ice and the pacing of the book of the book was very good. The story was interesting and would hold the attention of any youth in the Middle Grade (9 to 12 age) category. I gave it 5 stars out of 5.Thank you to the author for providing a copy of the book in exchange for a fair and honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.This review was published on my blog Shelf Full of Books http://kathrynsshelffullofbooks.blogspot.com/2015/01/book-review-hardest-hit-by-frank-scalise.html

Reviewer: col2910
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Enjoyable, with some life lessons
Review: A bit of a departure from my usual reading in the form of a book for early teenagers and younger readers. Author, Frank Scalise has been read before, as crime writing favourite Frank Zafiro .The story centres on Sam, his ice hockey, his best friend and his parents. It's about being hurt emotionally and physically, being scared, bewildered and more than a little bit lost and uncertain. It's about discovering that the sun doesn't always shine and that life doesn't always turn out how you want. It's about finding something within yourself, to confront your fears and get back up after been knocked down. It's about realising that not everything is your fault and that you don't have the power to fix everything. It's about acceptance and growing up.I quite enjoyed the back drop of ice hockey as well, something I only ever catch a glimpse of every four years when a Winter Olympics rolls around.4 from 5Read - (listened to) October, 2020Published - 2011Page count - 151 (3 hrs)Source - Audible purchaseFormat - Audible