Copyright © 2014 Jan L. Coates

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We acknowledge with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council for their support of our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Coates, Jan L. 1960-

Rocket Man / Jan L. Coates

ISBN 978-1-55244-327-9 (EPUB), 978-0-88995-494-6 (print)

I. Title

Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.)

Coates, Jan L.

Rocket Man / Jan L. Coates

[ 120 ] pages : col. ill. ; cm.

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Bob has a lot of challenges to face: the school bully, the feeling that he would be better off invisible, and above all, the reality that his father is suffering from inoperable brain cancer. But Bob’s keen desire to play basketball – and help his father – transforms his life.

ISBN-13: 978-0-88995-494-6 (print), 978-1-55244-327-9 (EPUB)

1. Coming of age – Juvenile fiction. 2. Bullying – Juvenile fiction. 3. Father and son – Juvenile fiction. I. Title

[Fic] dc23 PZ7.C6384Ro 2014

eISBN 978-1-55244-327-9