Screech Owls: Reality Check in Detroit (Paperback)

from MsHooker

The Screech Owls are back with a new adventure and lesson. I love how [Roy MacGregor] mixes hockey with a life lesson in his books. In [Reality Check in Detriot] the team is asked to be on a reality show but they quickly learn that reality tv isn't that real. The characters that [MacGregor] creat...

from ladycato

I received this through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. This is the second Screech Owls book I have read, and this one reinforces my initial feeling that this is just a darn good book series for any kid who loves hockey or sports. In this one, the team's most obnoxious player, Nish, get...

from alienwierdos

"Reality Check in Detroit" is an excellent addition to the Screech Owls series. In this story, the team goes to Detroit to participate in a reality tv show. During their adventures, they recognize the 'reality' of reality television, learn some history, and witness how fortunate they are compared...

from laVermeer

Travis, Nish, Sarah, Data, and the rest of the Screech Owls find themselves in Detroit to take part in what is supposed to be a four-day televised skills competition. The competition turns out to be a scripted "reality" TV show about rich versus poor - and the Screech Owls are the baddies. Though...

from Sambelini

Roy MacGregor's latest addition to the Screech owls series, reality Check in Detroit, is a great novel for young readers interested in hockey, history, and mystery. The story centres on a Canadian PeeWee hockey team, the Tamarack Screech Owls, that has been whisked away to Detroit by a production...