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Riley Park

(2009)
A novel by

 
 
Seventeen-year-old Corbin plays hockey and is known as a scrapper on and off the ice. Fighting makes him feel strong. Corbin's friend, Darius, is socially adept and popular, and Darius's reckless risk-taking makes Corbin feel alive. With Rubee, a girl both boys like, Darius crosses a line, and after a party at Riley Park, Darius and Corbin are attacked. Darius is killed; Corbin is seriously injured. Corbin fights his clouded memory he can't identify the assailants. He fights his weakened body he can no longer play hockey. He fights the loss of his friend. But when he gives up the fight, he finds strength in acceptance.

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

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