Suspended

Will interest readers aged 10 to 13. Highly readable.Based on a true story, Suspended is a soccer novel about determination and true sportsmanship.Shay and his pal Toby are among the players on the school soccer team who fall foul of the ""fair play contract"" introduced by the new school administration. After being banned from playing on behalf of the school for the rest of the season, the dismissed players form their own unofficial team -- and become one of the top teams in the league. But will they be allowed to play in the championship game? ROBERT RAYNER is a former journalist and elementary school principal in St. George, New Brunswick. Many of his books have been nominated for awards and selected as the Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selections.Will interest ages 10 to 13. Highly readableCanadian author, sports fiction, juvenile fiction, soccer (boys).