The West Coast Murders (#12)
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Initial publish date
- May 2000
- Category
- Hockey, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780771056239
- Publish Date
- May 2000
- List Price
- $6.99
Add it to your shelf
Where to buy it
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 8 to 12
- Grade: 3 to 7
Description
It was Sarah who spotted the first body…
The Screech Owls’ journey to Vancouver had begun as an innocent hockey road trip. They had come to play in the new “3-on-3” shinny tournament. But when the team headed out to sea to watch the first whales of the season return to the West Coast, the dream trip turned into a horrifying adventure.
It was Travis who spotted the second one…
Two bodies – one a dolphin, one a man – bobbing in the tide.
And when Nish stared down at the floating, twisting body of the man and announced “We know him!” the Screech Owls also knew they were in the middle of a baffling mystery.
Slowly, the truth begins to emerge: an international smuggling operation, a heroic dolphin, and a wildly brilliant plan. The Screech Owls are almost enjoying themselves, until they discover their own lives are in danger!
The West Coast Murders is the twelfth book in the Screech Owls Series.
Check out the Screech Owls’ website at www.screechowls.com
About the author
In the fall of 2006, Roy MacGregor, veteran newspaperman, magazine writer, and author of books, came to campus. Since 2002, MacGregor had been writing columns for the Globe and Mail, but he had a long and distinguished career in hand before he came to the national newspaper. He has won National Newspaper Awards and in 2005 was named an officer in the Order of Canada. He is the author of more than 40 books — 28 of them in the internationally successful Screech Owls mystery series for young readers — on subjects ranging from Canada, to the James Bay Cree, to hockey. That fall, he spoke to a packed room in the St. Thomas chapel. After the lecture, Herménégilde Chiasson, the Acadian poet, artist, and New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor of the day, hosted a reception at the majestic Old Government House on the banks of the St. John River. MacGregor spent the evening surrounded by young journalists and the conversation continued late into the night. After all, there were more than three decades of stories to tell.
Editorial Reviews
“For kids who love hockey…Roy MacGregor’s series of books makes perfect reading.”
–Ottawa Citizen
Other titles by
L'étoile du nord
Le mystère éternel de Tom Thomson et de la femme qui l’aimait
Paper Trails
From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories
The Ice Chips and the Grizzly Escape
The Ice Chips and the Killer Wave
Ice Chips 1-4 paperback box set
Ice Chips and the Magical Rink; Ice Chips and the Haunted Hurricane; Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck; Ice Chips and the Stolen Puck
Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck, The
Ice Chips Series
Clarence's Big Secret
The Ice Chips and the Stolen Cup
Ice Chips Series Book 4
The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink
Ice Chips Series Book 1
The Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck
Ice Chips Series Book 3