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Splinters (2010)

by Kevin Sylvester(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0887769446 (ISBN13: 9780887769443)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Tundra Books

review 1: This is the best hockey book I have ever read. It is the imaginative re-telling of the story of Cinderella. All Cindy Winters wants to do is play ice hockey. She loves the game and plays when ever she gets the chance. Unfortunately her parents have very little money and can't afford to sign her up to play in an organized league. Cindy has to work hard and save till the day she has enough money. She doesn't mind that she has to wear her mothers old and very outdated equipment; she just wants to play.What she hadn't expected were the nasty Blister sisters. Once they found out what a good player Cindy was, they did everything they could to keep her off the ice. /This all changes, when at a bleak moment, Cindy's Fairy Goaltender magically appears.I was laughing through... more this book. While this will appeal to most all children, any child who is at all even vaguely interesting hockey will love it and want to read it every day, especially during hockey season (which lasts most of the year here in Canada).
review 2: I would like to love this book, but it is too awkward a version of the classic "Cinderella" even for me. I rooted for Cindy Winters; who wouldn't? I was very glad for her when she succeeded in getting on that all-star team over the nasty, selfish daughters of her nasty, evil coach. My favorite bit is the fairy goaltender who makes her magic by slashing Cindy with her hockey stick.Actually, the more I write about this book, the more I feel warmly toward it, but it just didn't grab me while I was reading it. Maybe it is because the mean-girl phenomenon is too real in a more modern setting. Maybe it's because my daughter's too young to skate yet.I'd like to recommend this book, but the best I can do is to say, "Read it while still in the library." less

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