Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547348975
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“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. If you’re after serious results, there’s other stuff that produces better results much faster, stuff that a lot of guys in the gym use.” “What other stuff?” “You know what I’m talking about—gym candy.” Runningback Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn’t look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster? This novel 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.
Gym Candy
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547348975
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“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. If you’re after serious results, there’s other stuff that produces better results much faster, stuff that a lot of guys in the gym use.” “What other stuff?” “You know what I’m talking about—gym candy.” Runningback Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn’t look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster? This novel 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.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547348975
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“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. If you’re after serious results, there’s other stuff that produces better results much faster, stuff that a lot of guys in the gym use.” “What other stuff?” “You know what I’m talking about—gym candy.” Runningback Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn’t look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster? This novel 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.
Payback Time
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547279817
Category : Children's secrets
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Award-winning novelist Carl Deuker creates a mystery-thriller against the backdrop of high school football and the criminal underworld.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547279817
Category : Children's secrets
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Award-winning novelist Carl Deuker creates a mystery-thriller against the backdrop of high school football and the criminal underworld.
Runner
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618735051
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618735051
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher
Author: Monica Nolan
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758232063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Roberta 'Bobby' Blanchard is crushed when an accident forces her to leave the glamorous world of professional field hockey. Little does she know that in her new job as Games Mistress at Metamora Academy, she will unearth more than one girl's hidden abilities and spur some ardent rivalry between pupils and teachers, both on and off the hockey field. With a fearsome field hockey team to build and the suspicious death of the former Maths Mistress to solve, Bobby Blanchard has her hands full. And along the way, she might also just learn some thrilling lessons about love...
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758232063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Roberta 'Bobby' Blanchard is crushed when an accident forces her to leave the glamorous world of professional field hockey. Little does she know that in her new job as Games Mistress at Metamora Academy, she will unearth more than one girl's hidden abilities and spur some ardent rivalry between pupils and teachers, both on and off the hockey field. With a fearsome field hockey team to build and the suspicious death of the former Maths Mistress to solve, Bobby Blanchard has her hands full. And along the way, she might also just learn some thrilling lessons about love...
Swagger
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547974590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547974590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
Gutless
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544869826
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From the author of Gym Candy comes a novel of football and bullying, finding friends and finding courage. With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies away from physical contact. When he gets cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates who begins lashing out at not only Brock, but also Brock’s friend, the quiet and smart Richie Fang. Brock wants to stand up for Fang, but he is younger, smaller, and doesn’t want to cause problems. But when the bullying goes too far, will Brock be able to face his fears, stop being a bystander, and prove to himself that he is brave enough?
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544869826
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From the author of Gym Candy comes a novel of football and bullying, finding friends and finding courage. With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies away from physical contact. When he gets cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates who begins lashing out at not only Brock, but also Brock’s friend, the quiet and smart Richie Fang. Brock wants to stand up for Fang, but he is younger, smaller, and doesn’t want to cause problems. But when the bullying goes too far, will Brock be able to face his fears, stop being a bystander, and prove to himself that he is brave enough?
Night Hoops
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395979366
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395979366
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
Candyfreak
Author: Steve Almond
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565124219
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565124219
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
On the Devil's Court
Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316067270
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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 player and a C student to the star athlete he always dreamed he could be. Even though he isn't sure if he actually made a deal with the devil, he can't help but enjoy the benefits that come with his newfound abilities. But is achieving his dreams worth what he may have given up? In this coming of age sports novel, Joe learns the power of belief and that the only goals worth attaining are the ones that you earn -- on your own.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316067270
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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 player and a C student to the star athlete he always dreamed he could be. Even though he isn't sure if he actually made a deal with the devil, he can't help but enjoy the benefits that come with his newfound abilities. But is achieving his dreams worth what he may have given up? In this coming of age sports novel, Joe learns the power of belief and that the only goals worth attaining are the ones that you earn -- on your own.
Trini's Big Leap
Author: Beth Kephart
Publisher: Penny Candy Books
ISBN: 9780999658451
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Trini says, "I can do that" about everything she tries at the gym. But what happens when a new activity isn't all that easy for her? .
Publisher: Penny Candy Books
ISBN: 9780999658451
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Trini says, "I can do that" about everything she tries at the gym. But what happens when a new activity isn't all that easy for her? .