Frank Scalise
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Everything should be great for young hockey player Sam Parker. He has just turned twelve. He plays center on The Rockets, the team he's been on since Mites. His best friend, Jill, is the goaltender. And he just had his birthday. So why isn't he happy? It's simple-because his parents are still getting a divorce. The bombshell news that landed last fall has a daily impact on Sam. His life is changing-in more ways than just this-and he struggles to keep...
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All That Counts is a novel about life and a man's discovery about what is truly important in it.
Graham Wilson is a thirty-something recreational hockey player who decides to follow a long-held desire to become a goaltender. His transition is both comedic and inspiring as he seeks to challenge himself in the midst of a mundane life. Also on display is the curious paradox of the recreational game in American culture (i.e., it means everything, but...
3) Bad Calls
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Eleven-year-old Sam Parker is a hockey player who has always had fun playing the game. But that was before a bully at school starts hounding him. To make matters worse, even the refs seem to have it in for him, making a series of bad calls that costs his team a game. Flustered by the constant hassle from the bully and his gang and frustrated with the way things are going on the ice, Sam decides to take things into his own hands to solve both problems....
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Roman Britain, 60 CE. Appius and Titus, Roman soldiers, march toward Camulodunum to put down Boudicca's revolt. But the night before, Titus has some a pressing philosophical question for his brother-in-arms. It is one that Appius initially answers easily, but the more they discuss the question, the more he struggles for a true answer. "Why do we fight?" Before he can fully examine this compelling question, Appius and his cohort are thrust into battle...
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Cal Baker is a lifelong rocker who had a number one hit in 1979. Since then, he's managed to barely cling to a career by chasing every musical trend that looked promising. Along the way, he was married and divorced a dozen times. Now, he's sixty-two and his thirteenth wife informs him that she wants a divorce, threatening to make it a baker's dozen of divorces. On top of that, the timing couldn't be worse, as he has a new record coming out soon.
This...
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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 bring out the worst in Sam as one difficulty after...
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It is 2028. President Trump has just finished his third term and is about to be elected to a fourth. America has become increasingly isolationist and xenophobic. Emboldened by the President's support, the New American Party has gained power and become a controlling minority. Cloaking its policies in the increasing need for national security, the President and his new party work to remake America in the image they desire, focusing their efforts on...