New Releases by Roy MacGregor

When the Screech Owls take a spring break in Florida, they wind up uncovering a plot to terrorize all of America

A week at summer hockey camp is expected to be all fun and sun. Suddenly a body is found hidden in the boathouse, and the Screech Owls are right in the middle of a murder case.

Many Canadian parents are familiar with the painful tradition of the seven a.m. practice. It is enacted weekly across the country - hours before most sane people think of rising from their beds - as long-suffering mothers and fathers bundle sleepy children into the family car or minivan, then drive their budding athletes to the arena, the pool, the field, the gym... Roy MacGregor knows the joys and frustrations of cheering on a sporting child. He has, in particular, become known as an expert on the subject of fathers, sons, and the game of hockey, where parent and child often find a rare opportunity to meet on common ground and forge a relationship mediated by their love of the sport. But Roy MacGregor also has some first-hand experience on the subject of fathers, sons, and ear-piercing; fathers, daughters, and the pre-teen dance. In the funny, sometimes hair-raising stories collected in "The Seven A.M. Practice, in which he describes life at home with his own four children, Roy MacGregor brings his gently affectionate eye to the relationship of parent and child in every aspect of their lives. With bemused good humour, MacGregor charts the highs and lows of being a parent - from the cherished time when he is the centre of his child''s life to the sad day when it dawns on him that he is being gently nudged ever further to one side.

In October 1983 Ken Dryden gave us what was called the best non-fiction book ever written about hockey - The Game. In that same month Roy MacGregor published what was hailed as the best novel ever written about hockey - The Last Season. In 1989 these two writers teamed up to write another extraordinary book: inspired by Ken Dryden''s major CBC-TV series on hockey, Home Game takes us all the way from street hockey to the showdowns between Canada and the Soviets. On publication, Home Game shot to the top of the bestseller lists, establishing itself as must reading for every hockey fan. Not only was this lavish book with over 95 full-colour photographs popular among ordinary Canadians: book reviewers loved it.

November 1990.

A biography of John XXIII, born Angelo Joseph Roncalli in northern Italy in 1881. The books begins with his election as pope in Rome in 1958, deals with his early years, traces his careers as a soldier in the Italian army, a radical Roman Catholic priest, and a church diplomat, and concludes with a summation of his life and achievements as pope.