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It was a gut punch! This wasn't happening! What were Illegal Numbers anyway? How could our basketball team not be allowed on the court for our first ever tournament? A team of outlier's hoop dreams won't be denied. A basketball rules handbook from New York, the arrival of an awkward rookie teacher from 3,000 miles away, and 10 Alberta prairie Junior High boys discover the sport was not what they thought. Young readers and anyone who has ever cheered for an underdog will connect with this 1960s era small town team that takes on all unexpected setbacks. Inspired by a true event and re-inspired in this work of fiction.

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Gordon Gordey's fiction work His Name was Henry, a bilingual flip-book in English and Ukrainian, and Pylyp Yasnowskii (Internee No. 1198), a Canada First World War internment operations diary translation are available in bookstores and online. ""Gordon Gordey, Director and Dancemaker: Creating Original Ukrainian Dance in Canada-An Autobiographical Reflection of a 40-Year Creative Journey with The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Canada"" was published in Collected Papers on Ukrainian Life in Western Canada. (Ostroh Academy Press). Gordey produced the first English translation of The People's Malakhii, a play by Ukraine's first modern dramatist, Mykola Kulish, who was exiled and perished as a victim of Stalin's purges. Gordey taught acting, directing, and contemporary drama at Dalhousie and MacEwan universities for 40 years. He is an internationally recognized professional arts stage director, producer, folk dance researcher, and librettist/writer. Gordey is recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the development of theater in Alberta in Theatre 100: Celebrating 100 Theatre Practitioners over 100 Years.

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