Michael Markus Boeken

His Dream. His Chance. Their Race Seventeen-year-old Alex Coughlin dreams of running for his high school's cross-country team, a dream that's a bit out of reach for this gifted runner as Alex has been blind since the age of two. Determined to run, he practices with his father, Probation Officer Geoff Coughlin. Geoff, with additional girth and age working against him, finds he no longer can keep up with his son. He must find a running partner at the school who's fast enough to help Alex make the cross-country team. This help comes from the unlikeliest of sources. Brad Coleman, a schoolmate of Alex's, spends most of his time running from the law. Caught in a pathetic daytime robbery attempt, Brad faces incarceration for repeat offenses. To keep Brad out of jail and in school, Geoff makes a deal and pairs the two boys, opposite in many ways. Despite a rocky start over their many differences, an unlikely friendship forms. Now a film starring Richard Harmon, Craig Bierko, Jill Hennessy and Lorne Cardinal.

"Stomping Jack, in the grip of Mitch and Dave, managed to turn around to face me. "Get out of here, Chris!" I ignored him as usual. With my best imitation of the Stomping Jack Banshee Yell, I jumped off the top rope onto Mitch's back. Join Christopher Agnew Preston, in his determined-not to say-desperate attempt to find his place in the world. Can he do it by helping his eccentric activist mother and wrestling father fight the corrupt mayor and his goons? This is the 30th anniversary of the publication of this Canadian Scholastic classic, updated and revised by the author.