Jonathan eventually gets into hockey by doing only what he knows best: stealing. I just wanted to point this out for those of you who may pick up this book since it threw me for a loop for the first few chapters. It took me a few chapters to finally read it as being short for 'regulars' - and I felt a little less smarter than I normally do. Just as a note, I started reading 'Reggies' as an actual person's name, like the Archie character 'Reggie'. They compete against the 'Streeters' - kids who live exclusively on the street - and try to earn enough money by begging for money from the 'Reggies' - regular people. Jonathan meets up with another group of street kids called the 'Undergrounders' who live in an abandoned building behind the train station. Jonathan is a different kid from the beginning of the story: his mother has died, and her boyfriend left him high dry, forcing Jonathan to the streets to survive. Undergrounders centers around a boy by the name of Jonathan who also has the nickname of 'Mouse'. Skuy's Game Time series of books that included Off The Crossbar, Rebel Power Play, and Making The Cut. As you may remember, Charlie Joyce was the main character in Mr. A popular speaker and advocate for the reading and writing skills of school-age children, he has crafted a series of books designed to capture the imagery, the sounds, the conflicts, and the achievements that typify a young boy’s life, be it in the school yard or in the hockey rink'. Skuy does another magnificent job in writing an excellent books for adolescent readers, and I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this book once I finished reading it.įrom the Charlie Joyce website, 'David Skuy is a lawyer, recreational hockey player, and author of the Charlie Joyce Hockey Series. While the topic seemed a little odd to tackle, Mr. Skuy examines a topic that goes completely away from his previous stories. Skuy has had other books featured on Teebz's Book Club, and I was expecting another lively story like his previous works, but Undergrounders caught me off-guard as Mr. We knocked off Hockey Dad last week, and this week will feature Undergrounders, written by David Skuy and published by Scholastic Canada. As you may be aware, HBIC is working on a summer project that is all about hockey literature. Since it's Wednesday, it's time for another review of a book that I found very interesting for its dark overtones.

Undergrounders by David Skuy