{"product_id":"the-ice-chips-and-the-invisible-puck-roy-macgregor-kerry-macgregor","title":"The Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck; Roy MacGregor, Kerry MacGregor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Riverton Ice Chips know a thing or two about time travel. With a bit of magic and their beloved hometown rink, teammates Lucas, Edge and Swift have gone back in time to meet Gordie Howe and Sidney Crosby when the hockey greats were just kids. Along the way, the Chips have learned about perseverance, sportsmanship and a true love of the game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when a local tournament requires the Chips to split up to help form a district-wide all-girls hockey team, goalie Swift refuses to join forces with Chips rival Beatrice Blitz. The only thing left to do is to time travel once again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePretty soon the Chips find themselves smack in the middle of the Calgary Olympics, with a determined young player known as Chicken in desperate need of some new teammates. Lucas, Swift and Swift’s sister Sadie have just the spirit Chicken’s team needs, and with a lesson from their dedicated new friend—who’ll go on to become one of Canada’s best-loved Olympic hockey players, Hayley Wickenheiser—they just might change their minds about the game back home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the third title in this beloved and bestselling series by acclaimed authors Roy MacGregor and Kerry MacGregor and illustrator Kim Smith, featuring a vibrant and diverse cast of characters and inspiring hockey greats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApril 16, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eROY MACGREGOR was named a media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012, when he was given the Elmer Ferguson Award for excellence in hockey journalism. He has been involved in hockey all his life, from playing all-star hockey in Huntsville, Ontario, against the likes of Bobby Orr from nearby Parry Sound, to coaching, and he is still playing old-timers hockey in Ottawa, where he lives with his wife Ellen. They have four grown children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoy is the author of several classics in hockey literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (written with Ken Dryden) was a bestseller, as were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoad Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seven A.M. Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and his latest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery at Lake Placid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first book in the bestselling, internationally successful Screech Owls series in 1995. In 2005, Roy was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258190217538,"sku":"","price":6.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/icechips.jpg?v=1698900045","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-ice-chips-and-the-invisible-puck-roy-macgregor-kerry-macgregor","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}