Clearing
the Pack is book four of the sport-centred, The Legend Series. We see main
characters Mitchell, Jack and Bubba set to do play for the title of Legend of Football. Luci against Mia
battle it out for Legend of Netball. The
pace is again fast, and the action furious.
The secret in the library, left hanging without
resolve in book three, continues to mystify. Lots of tasty mystery morsels are again
positioned through the chapters to keep the reader’s guessing.
It’s June, and the beginning of football month. Mitchell
Grady finds himself on the same side as his nemesis, the incorrigible bully
Travis Fisk. Brainy Bryce has proven that size doesn’t matter by winning the
tennis match against Fisk. Bryce is
determined to solve the mystery of the extra window visible only from the
outside of the library.
Fisk hates being beaten. The festering dislike he feels toward Mitchell
and his friends is intensified. Coercion is now his tool for revenge. Everyone
loves a winner and no one will listen to anything against the school’s star
athlete. When Jack falls victim to Fisk’s disguised on ground violence, there’s
nowhere to go.
Can Mitchell withdraw from the match to secure his
friends’ safety? Or will this only give Fisk more power over them?
Who will be the new Legend of Netball, and what has
happened to Bryce?
I can’t wait to discover the mystery of the library
window. This terrific series has me hooked. Great characters, tension and
mystery are contained in a strong storyline. Generous amounts of information
and stats on the sport support the text. Entwined in themes of sportsmanship,
friendship and loyalty, is the disturbing issue of how young people are
manipulated for personal gain by those older and close to them.
Title:
Clearing the Pack
Author:
Michael Panckridge
Publisher: Ford Street Publishing, $14.95
Publication
Date: March 2017
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781925272642
For
ages: 10+
Type:
Middle Fiction
