An award-winning author explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success, in this novel that tackles the issues surrounding the player's decision to cross the line.
Ryan Ward happily befriends Josh Daniels, a new kid in town who moves in across the street from him during the summer before their senior year in high school. Through helping Josh practice his pitching, Ryan gains the confidence to join the team as a catcher. Unfortunately, as Ryan gets to know Josh better, he discovers an aggressive, darker side ...
High-school senior Joe Faust believes he has sold his soul to the devil in order to have a perfect basketball season in this sports variation on the Faust legend.
Nick Abbot can just feel how good his life is going to be in tenth grade--he's going to be the ultimate basketball player in the family, now that his brother, Scott, wants to quit playing basketball. In an effort to keep Nick motivated, his dad builds him a court in the backyard. Now all Nick needs to do is to make the varsity team, but his dreams ...
Like the game of baseball, life is quirky and unpredictable, as Shane Hunter discovers in the spring of his sophomore year. Suddenly and without warning his life of privilege is turned upside down--and just as suddenly, life begins to seem utterly without fairness or purpose to him.
One of his school's "ghost-walkers," Chance Taylor doesn't speak in class, doesn't have friends, and flees as soon as the day is over. He's got bigger problems to tackle, like mooring rent for the decrepit sailboat he and his out-of-work, alcoholic father live on. Worried that they'll soon be out of money, Chance can't refuse a lucrative job ...
Seth Barham and Jimmy Winter, both 12, meet and become good friends because of their shared love of baseball. As their friendship progresses, Jimmy helps the awkward and unathletic Seth develop confidence--not only on the ball field but in all aspects of his life. However, when Jimmy becomes more and more involved with alcohol, Seth is unable to ...
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