The Hardest Hit    by Frank Scalise
Price: $4.99 USD. 31530 words. Published by Frank Zafiro on July 2, 2011. Fiction.
11-year-old Sam Parker is a hockey player who gets more than he bargained for in his first year in which body checking is allowed. His parents are getting divorced. He takes a massive check from the school bully. No one seems to understand what he is going through, not even his best friend, Jill. Sam faces these challenges on and off the ice and learns how to get back up when life knocks you down.