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Children's Fiction Lgbt

On the Line

by (author) Paul Coccia & Eric Walters

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Mar 2022
Category
LGBT, Marriage & Divorce, Basketball
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459827134
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $12.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459827158
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $9.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 8
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

Key Selling Points

  • In On the Line, a basketball star struggles to make sense of things when he learns his father is gay.
  • Veteran children’s author Eric Walters has teamed up with rising star Paul Coccia to bring their expertise together into a single POV.
  • This book explores the themes of family dynamics and divorce.
  • Paul Coccia's book Cub was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and was commended as a CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens.
  • Eric Walters has written more than 10 books featuring basketball, including Triple Threat, co-written with NBA fan-favorite Jerome Williams.
  • Eric Walters founded the I Read Canadian Day movement and the day is now celebrated annually on February 17th.

About the authors

Glitterature writer Paul Coccia is the author of Cub, The Player, I Got You Babe, Leon Levels Up, and On the Line (co-authored with Eric Walters). Paul has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. You can often find him baking in his Toronto kitchen with his three dogs, nephew, and a parrot who loves spaghetti and French fries. Follow him @pauljcoccia on Instagram and Twitter.

Paul Coccia's profile page

Eric Walters is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling novels for children and young adults. His novels have won numerous awards, including the Silver Birch, Blue Heron, Red Maple, Snow Willow, Ruth Schwartz, and Tiny Torgi, and have received honours from the Canadian Library Association Book Awards and UNESCO's international award for Literature in Service of Tolerance.

Eric lives in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, and three children, Christina, Nicholas, and Julia. When not writing or touring across the country speaking to school groups, Eric spends time playing or watching soccer and basketball, or playing the saxophone.

To find out more about Eric and his novels, or to arrange for him to speak at your school, visit his website at www.ericwalters.net.

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Eric Walters' profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award
  • Nominated, Forest of Reading Red Maple Award
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (RMBA)
  • Winner, Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award
  • Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection
  • Winner, Rocky Mountain Book Award (RMBA) - Richard Allen Chase Memorial Reward

Editorial Reviews

“An emotional, thought-provoking journey exploring identity, with a basketball backdrop.”

Booklist

“A relationship-driven story.”

Kirkus Reviews

“Beautifully and realistically rendered…Shines a light on the restorative power of best friends and caring family…Both straight and LGBTQ+ readers will love a work created by two outstanding writers who, as it turns out, are greater than the sum of their storytelling parts. Highly Recommended.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

On the Line navigates emotionally charged themes with compassion and honesty. The dynamic basketball setting will appeal to its middle-grade audience along with its cast of well-drawn and endearing characters. A touching and refreshing story of a young teen learning what it means to love unconditionally.”

Michelle Kadarusman, author of Music for Tigers

“Readers will embrace the language and style of the book…This is a coming-of-age story with a real-life scenario that teenagers, or those they know, could face.”

School Library Connection

“A story that challenges young readers to see beyond themselves and from different perspectives and with compassion for the struggles that others may be experiencing.”

CanLit for Little Canadians

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