Riley Park (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781554691234)

Seventeen-year-old Corbin plays hockey and is known as a scrapper on and off the ice.

Fighting makes him feel strong. Corbin's friend, Darius, is socially adept and popular, and Darius's reckless risk-taking makes Corbin feel alive. With Rubee, a girl both boys like, Darius crosses a line, and after a party at Riley Park, Darius and Corbin are attacked. Darius is killed; Corbin is seriously injured. Corbin fights his clouded memory--he can't identify the assailants. He fights his weakened body--he can no longer play hockey. He fights the loss of his friend. But when he gives up the fight, he finds strength in acceptance.

Author: Diane Tullson
ISBN-10: 1554691230
ISBN-13: 9781554691234
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.20w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129566 / Riley Park


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2009 pg. 72
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 411 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 10/01/2009 pg. 140