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Description:Meet Willie O’Ree — Hockey Hall of Famer and a trailblazer for diversity on and off the ice!On January 18, 1958, Willie O’Ree made history as the first black player in the NHLwhen he suited up with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens. O’Reewent on to play a total of 45 games with the Bruins, a remarkable achievementconsidering what he overcame to get there.In addition to dealing with racism, bigotry and name-calling, Willie lived with asecret disability: he was blind in one eye — a fact he had to keep to himself, orhe’d never play in the NHL. Thanks to his relentless positivity and love of the game,Willie’s time with the Bruins was only one of his many achievements in hockey.The Scholastic Canada Biography series aims to introduce young readers toremarkable Canadians whose lives and contributions have shaped our countryand led the way for others to follow in their footsteps. Meet Willie O’Ree is noexception. This wonderful book is a celebration of his life from childhood toplaying career, to his later work as an ambassador for NHL diversity, and to hiseventual induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.Written by award-winning author Elizabeth MacLeod, this portrait of WillieO’Ree couples simple yet compelling writing with full-colour, comic-flavouredillustrations by Mike Deas that help bring this fascinating story to life!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Meet Willie O’Ree. To get started finding Meet Willie O’Ree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 32

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Scholastic Canada

Release: 2019

ISBN: 1443175617

Description: Meet Willie O’Ree — Hockey Hall of Famer and a trailblazer for diversity on and off the ice!On January 18, 1958, Willie O’Ree made history as the first black player in the NHLwhen he suited up with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens. O’Reewent on to play a total of 45 games with the Bruins, a remarkable achievementconsidering what he overcame to get there.In addition to dealing with racism, bigotry and name-calling, Willie lived with asecret disability: he was blind in one eye — a fact he had to keep to himself, orhe’d never play in the NHL. Thanks to his relentless positivity and love of the game,Willie’s time with the Bruins was only one of his many achievements in hockey.The Scholastic Canada Biography series aims to introduce young readers toremarkable Canadians whose lives and contributions have shaped our countryand led the way for others to follow in their footsteps. Meet Willie O’Ree is noexception. This wonderful book is a celebration of his life from childhood toplaying career, to his later work as an ambassador for NHL diversity, and to hiseventual induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.Written by award-winning author Elizabeth MacLeod, this portrait of WillieO’Ree couples simple yet compelling writing with full-colour, comic-flavouredillustrations by Mike Deas that help bring this fascinating story to life!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Meet Willie O’Ree. To get started finding Meet Willie O’Ree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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