THE MCDAVID EFFECT: CONNOR MCDAVID AND THE NEW HOPE FOR HOCKEY

The veteran, Edmonton-based sports journalist followed Connor McDavid through his first season in the National Hockey League — the ups, the downs, the injury — but this book is about much more than the league’s most hyped prodigy since Sidney Crosby. It’s about Edmonton, the former City of Champions, and it’s about hope: hope that this teenager can reinvigorate not just the Oilers but the city. An easy read, it’s based on dozens and dozens of interviews not only with McDavid but with hockey stars past and present.