Jonathan Toews

by Brenda Haugen

Overview

A team leader and one of the best defensive forwards in the game, Jonathan Toews became a hockey superstar at a very young age. As a little kid, he wouldn't eat breakfast until his mom let him put on his skates. Now he's captain of the Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks. Learn about Toews' rise to hockey stardom and how he became a leader at various levels, all the way to the NHL.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620651575
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Hockey Superstars
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,062,959
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	9 - 10 Years

About the Author

Brenda Haugen started in the newspaper business and had a career as an award-winning journalist before finding her niche as an author. Since then, she has written more than 50 books and edited hundreds more, most of them for children. A graduate of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, Brenda lives in North Dakota with her dog, Alice, who chose Brenda when she went to the Humane Society thinking she was there to adopt another dog.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Epic Battle 4

Chapter 2 A Young Leader 8

Chapter 3 A Rising Star in the NHL 15

Great Expectations 24

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

Featuring hockey's hottest stars from newcomers to veterans, high-impact text focused on life in the sport, SI images, sidebars give cool insights into the players' lives