Book Review: Hockey Wars 12: Euro Tournament by Sam Lawrence & Ben Jackson

 Hockey Wars 12: Euro Tournament

by

Sam Lawrence & Ben Jackson

Publisher: Indie Publishing Group

Publication date: 2nd April 2023

Genre: Middle Grade

Series: Hockey Wars #12

Pages: 115

Format read: eBook

Source: Courtesy of the author

 

Review: Hockey Wars 12: Euro Tournament

Hockey Wars  #12: Euro Tournament see the girls ice hockey team preparing for a tour to Sweden. The boys team will be playing in Canada next year.

Both teams have fun with fundraising events to help pay for their trip.

This was another fun story in the hockey wars series. The boys and girls all get along well and encourage and support each other. There is some light fun ribbing included but it's all about the kids having fun together.

The full page black & white illustrations are a wonderful visual inclusion. Illustrated middle grade books are a good buffer between first chapter books and full on novels.

This is a fun story with movie and pizza nights, a fundraising car wash and going on an overseas trip as a team.

There are themes of having fun, doing your best, forgiving mistakes, good sportsmanship and losing gracefully.

With ice hockey books becoming very popular in the young adult genre it is nice for middle graders 8 -12 years to have age appropriate novels too.

Recommended age 8+

My rating 5 / 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

About the authors

Ben Jackson was born in Tasmania, Australia, and is a successful indie author that has been writing for over four years. Ben is married to Sam Lawrence, and together they specialize in self-publishing children's books.

They have been married for several years and have traveled together between Australia and Canada. Ben is also a freelance writer that specializes in writing website content for businesses and a wide variety of different articles.

They have published a series of children's books called My Little Fart and Hockey Wars, as well as If I Was A Caterpillar and several other non-fiction books.