Launching in 2009 from Westside Books.

WAITING TO SCORE
by J. E. MacLeod
ISBN: 978-1-934813-01-0
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Zack Chase, new in town, gets a crash course in the dangerous, fast-paced lives of local teen athletes. A good-looking, book-loving hockey star, Zack's also expected to be a womanizing, alcohol-abusing party animal, but it's not who he is. As jealous, obnoxious team captain Mac hounds him, Zack falls for Goth-girl Jane and befriends her teammate brother, both with their own secrets. Tragedy strikes and affects them all in this true-to-life debut novel, giving readers an insight into the lives of high school students and athletes.

"While there is plenty of hot action on the ice, WAITING TO SCORE is far less a sports action book than I had assumed it would be. This is foremost a realistic story of teens learning to fit in and survive, and author JE MacLeod does a stellar job of probing every one of Zack's interpersonal relationships..."    -Richie's Picks

Waiting to Score is so much more than a sports story. It is page-turning action and character-testing drama to the very end.   -Nora Raleigh Baskin, author of BASKETBALL (or Something Like it) and the upcoming THE TRUTH ABOUT MY BAT MITZVAH.

“If I could be a teenager again, I think I'd be Zack Chase—not only due to his athletic prowess—but because he perfectly encapsulates the rage, the quiet dignity, and the boiling creative juice of adolescence.  Above all, it's his deep, deep soul that makes him a winner.  J.E. MacLeod's Waiting to Score doesn't have to wait.  It scores.” -  Daniel Ehrenhaft Award Winning Author of Tell it To Naomi and 10 Things to Do Before I Die

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