Double Shifting

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)><em>Sam the Hockey Player (Peewee #3)</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everything should be great for young hockey player Sam Parker. He has just turned twelve. He plays center on The Rockets the team he's been on since Mites. His best friend Jill is the goaltender. And he just had his birthday.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>So why isn't he happy?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>It's simple--because his parents are still getting a divorce.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>The bombshell news that landed last fall has a daily impact on Sam. His life is changing--in more ways than just this--and he struggles to keep on top of everything. School friends shuttling between his house and his dad's new apartment... it all seems too much. He feels like he's double-shifting and doesn't know if he's coming or going.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>So Sam devises a plan to get his parents back together. All it will take is becoming a star player. What could go wrong?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>A lot it turns out.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>It's a team sport.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(77 77 77 1)>Hockey is life. Life is hockey.</em></p>