Carl Deuker
1) Gutless
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies from physical contact. When his issues get him cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates. Now a target for bullying, Brock struggles to overcome his fears and discover that, in his own way, he is brave enough"--
2) Runner
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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.
3) Payback time
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
4) Night hoops
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
6) Gym candy
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
7) Golden arm
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
8) High heat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
10) Swagger
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Joy Street Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and his failure to make the basketball team in his new school, seventeen-year-old Joe Faust finds himself willing to trade his soul for one perfect season of basketball.