Breakaway
By: Michael Betcherman
Publisher: Razorbill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780143182146
Subjects: Judicial error; Teenage boys; Young adult fiction; Hockey players; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: Nick's dad, a famous hockey player, is convicted of murder and sent to prison for life. Nick's mom is dead so Nick goes to live with his dad's agent, Al. Nick finds it hard to be satisfied with the once a month visits to see his dad in prison. Believing in his dad's innocence, Nick rides the buses around Vancouver looking for Baldy, a bald man with no eye brows and limps who left some paint on Nick's dad's jacket on the night of the murder ... this ultimately convicted his dad. Nick eventually puts his life in order ... he gets back on the hockey team and puts some effort into improving his grades. Plus he makes peace with his ex-girlfriend, Sherry. Then Nick and his friend, Google, come across a tip they can't ignore and the mystery is eventually solved.