With good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies away from physical contact. He also avoids provoking the star quarterback, Hunter Gate
An intricate tapestry of loneliness, friendship, faithlessness, and betrayal weaves the story of two boys--Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson--whose lives become unexpectedly entangled during basketball sea
When a hard ball is coming at you fast, and when it's dancing, too, every single nerve in your body is alert and ready. Your eyes are wide open, and the adrenaline is pumping. It's not a feeling you w
As the star closer for his high school baseball team, Shane Hunter is untouchable. Firing fastballs at ninety miles per hour, he loves being a winner. But when his father is accused of a crime, Shane'
What would you give to be your school's superstar? After reading Dr. Faustus, Joe considers the merits of selling his soul to the devil. Suddenly, he finds himself changing from a lousy basketball pla
?Look, Mick,” he said, ?you’re going to find out from somebody in the gym, so you might as well find out from me. Those supplements you’re taking? They might get you a little bigger, but just a little
But the weather-beaten sailboat Chance Taylor and his father call home is thirty years old and hasn’t sailed in years. One step from both homelessness and hunger, Chance worries about things other kid
Through the eyes of a distinctly non-athletic protagonist—a fat high school journalist named Mitch—veteran sports novelist Deuker reveals the surprising truth behind a mysterious football player named
Moving to Seattle in the hope of pursuing a professional basketball career, high school senior Jonas befriends innocent, soft-spoken teammate Levi and risks everything when Levi confides in Jonas that
For the first time ever, comes a paperback boxed set containing Gym Candy, Payback Time, Night Hoops, and Runner, four books from award-winning sportswriter Carl Deuker. From award-winning sportswrite
In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty—one strike at a time. By “a premier author of provocative Y
From acclaimed sportswriter Carl Deuker comes an award winning riveting tale about a boy from the wrong side of the tracks who tries to pitch his way out of poverty and ultimately must choose between his future and his family.An ALA Best Book for Young AdultsAn ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers * "Even readers who don’t like baseball will be riveted to this human-interest, underdog story." ―Booklist, STARRED reviewLazarus "Laz" Weathers is heading into his senior year but instead of feeling excited about the future, his life is heading towards a dead end. With the trailer park he calls home being shut down and his brother getting mixed up with drug dealers, his only escape is baseball.But when he gets an opportunity to pitch for another school and have a chance at getting drafted to the major leagues, can he leave everything and everyone he knows behind?
Gym Candy explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success under the always glaring – and often unforgiving – stadium lights. Running back Mick Johnson has