The Third Period Comeback - by E K Johnston (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestseller E. K. Johnston's middle-grade debut is an utterly charming, witty, and gloriously inclusive magic-tinged caper in the Canadian wilderness.

Hayley Rilko loves hockey, but since her last name is Rilko, everyone in Canada knows she's a carrier of the most notorious curse in sports history. It's common knowledge that as soon as she gets her third period, her hockey career will be over. If she so much as sets foot on a rink, people will die--unless she and her cousins can find and burn the corpse of their cursed great grandfather, lost somewhere in the northern swamps. But first they'll have to have a serious conversation with his ghost and distract their grandparents.

About the Author

E.K. JOHNSTON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several YA novels, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Story of Owen and Star Wars: Ahsoka. Her novel A Thousand Nights was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. The New York Times called The Story of Owen "a clever first step in the career of a novelist who, like her troubadour heroine, has many more songs to sing" and in its review of Exit, Pursued by a Bear, the Globe & Mail called Johnston "the Meryl Streep of YA," with "limitless range." E.K. Johnston lives in southwestern Ontario.