Shabash!
Ann Walsh
Paperback
(Dundurn Pr Ltd, Sept. 1, 1994)
Short-listed for the 1996 Silver Birch Award As a Sikh living in small-town British Columbia, Rana knows he is different; in fact, he is the first Sikh in Dinway to join the hockey team. But Rana persists, making the team, and meets Les, who becomes a new friends. But the jibes from his teammates and community members continue. Finally, just before the most important game of the season, an extraordinary event interrupts the lives of everyone in Dinway, and Rana explodes in anger, risking his membership.
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