Bad Boy

A.J. Brandiosa becomes the bad boy of the Cyclone hockey team, and learns that his best friend is gay, as he tries to cope with his own sexuality during his senior year in high school.

About the author

Diana Wieler is the winner of the Governor General's Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Canadian Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award. She lives in Winnipeg.

Summary

Hockey is the only game worth playing in the rough-and-tumble prairie town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When sixteen-year-old A.J. Brandiosa makes the Triple A team of his dreams, he can hardly believe that his life is finally coming together.
And then it falls apart. A.J. makes an unexpected discovery about his best friend and teammate, Tulsa Brown, and he can't keep his rage and fear from spilling onto the ice. An aggressive defenseman is becoming a violent one…
An explosive novel by award-winning author Diana Wieler that looks honestly at teenage sexuality and the world of amateur hockey.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Wieler, Wieler Diana
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780888990839
• ISBN: 978-0-88899-083-9
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 177 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 155 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Hockey, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Interest age: from c 13 years, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Winter sports, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General