Jo Giordamo, a seventh grader, is passionate about hockey. She is the only girl trying out for the Middle School hockey team. When she’s on the ice, she is quick and decisive. But with her best friends she finds her confidence dwindles. “Funny how sometimes the thing you’ve wanted so badly in your life, when you finally have it, doesn’t seem as important, or as wonderful as you once imagined it would be.” Find out how she overcomes adversity on and off the ice with teammates, friends and family. The most important lesson about life is that “life is ever changing.”

- Reviewed by Miss Joy