Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

From award-winning novelist Carl Deuker comes a gritty, heart-wrenching story about high school football, self-acceptance, and the pressures that come with being the best at any cost.



"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."



Running back 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.

Carl Deuker has written eight popular young adult sports novels, six of which have been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Gym Candy, his most recent novel, was named a Texas Lone Star title, while Runner, his previous novel, was a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book. He and his family reside in Seattle, Washington. Carl Deuker can be found at www.membersauthorsguild.net/carldeuker.

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ISBN 13	9780547076317
ISBN 10	0547076312
Title	Gym Candy
Author	Carl Deuker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Year published	2008-09-01
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.