Today our friend, Stacy Juba is returning once more with yet another great title.
Brad’s twin
brother T.J. has gotten himself out of the fancy prep school his father picked
for him and into the public high school Brad attends. Now T.J., the bright
light in his father’s eyes, is a shining new star on the hockey team where Brad
once held the spotlight. And he’s testing his popularity with Brad’s friends,
eyeing Brad’s girl and competing to be captain of the team. The whole school is
rooting for a big double-strength win…not knowing that their twin hockey stars
are heating up the ice for a winner takes all face-off. Originally published
when the author was 18 years old.
Excerpt:
As Mrs. McKendrick and Chris followed Jory into the living room, Brad and T.J.
stared at each other. Finally, T.J. said, "Look, you've been ticked at me
since practice. You're mad that I got made cocaptain aren't you? Come on,"
T.J. said when Brad didn't respond. "I've got just as much right to it as
you do."
Brad scoffed. "Hardly. I've been slaving
on that team since I was a freshman."
"So? It's not like I've never played the
game before."
"It doesn't matter. I've been playing
for Bayview for three years and you haven't even played one game for
them!"
"Look, it's not my fault that I got
yanked out of Hayden! I didn't ask to go to Bayview. You think I wanted to
leave all my friends and go to a new school? It's hard enough going there
without you acting like such a jerk."
"You're the one who's acting like a
jerk, T.J."
"You're just afraid that I'm going to do
better than you, and you can't take it!"
"Are you kidding? You may be Dad's
precious genius, but you're never going to be better than me at hockey. And if
you think I'm playing on a line with you, you're crazy. So let's just see who
Reynolds sends down a line, T.J.," Brad challenged his brother.
"Yeah, well have fun playing with
McCann," T.J. snapped.
Brad shoved his brother into the
refrigerator, and T.J. promptly pushed him back. They were grappling with each
other when their father strode into the room and ripped them apart.
"What on earth is going on in
here?" Mr. McKendrick demanded, his face red.
"Nothing," Brad said.
"Nothing?" Mr. McKendrick asked.
"Nothing other than the fact that T.J.
is an obnoxious jerk."
"Hey, you're the one who's threatening
to quit the line," T.J. said.
"I'm not threatening to quit the line.
I'm threatening to get you kicked off it."
T.J.'s green eyes flashed. "Go to
hell!"
"Look, I don't know what this is
about," their father began, "but you two have an obligation to your
teammates. You can't just go back on that because of personal
differences."
"He started it," T.J. said.
"I don't care who started it. I just
want it stopped."
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1 comment:
Thanks so much for featuring Face-Off, Pamela! I'm always excited to get the word out to parents who want to encourage their tweens and teens to read!
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