There, he met Rasheed, Collin and Derrick. After that, Jonathan went back to the rink, to practice his skills. From there, he stole a pair of Grafs ( Ice hockey skates), a Maple Leafs jersey, an ice hockey puck, an Easton ice hockey stick, two pairs of gloves, one pair of winter mittens and a roll of stick tape, as well as five dollars, a sandwich and a Coca-Cola. One day, while Jonathan was begging for money, he entered a hockey store (Baxter's) through an alleyway. He survived in the forest on berries, but soon, it became cold, and another homeless boy named Lewis took him to the "Underground", a basement of an abandoned shopping mall, that was apparently never built past the underground portion. After his mom died from cancer, her boyfriend, Ron, left Jonathon and the landlord kicked him out. The story is narrated by Jonathon, a 12-year-old boy. The plot is about a young boy named Jonathon (nicknamed Mouse) that lives in the "Underground" as his mother died of cancer. Undergrounders is a novel written by Canadian author David Skuy, published by Scholastic Canada in 2011 and winner of the 2012 Silver Birch award. Download a copy of the Free Teacher's Resource Guide for Striker.
When he finally comes clean to his teammates about his disease and injury from the year before, they encourage him to trust his leg and his skill.
Without being aware of it, Cody has been holding himself back, striking with his left leg instead of his right. At an end-of-season tournament it becomes clear that he and another player, Paulo, are close to being the perfect scoring duo. Cody has no choice now but to play, even if his leg does begin to hurt. But then there's a shakeup in team management and suddenly Cody and the super subs are the only players left. Secretly Cody is relieved, since he hasn't told anyone on the team that he had cancer. Though it's a struggle, Cody tries out for the Lions and makes the team as a "super sub" - one of eleven players who jokingly named themselves that because they're never allowed to play. Last year he had a tumor removed from his leg. Thirteen-year-old Cody is aching to get back onto the pitch.
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