Carl Deuker, Author . Houghton $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-618-31117-0
Narrator Shane Hunter is the "closer" for his high school baseball team—the treasured pitcher whose job is to take to the mound in the crucial final innings of a game. Baseball is Shane's world, his identity ("I focus on home...
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Carl Deuker, Author Harper Teen $5.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-380-72269-3
This compelling tale of baseball and friendship, PW said, ``hits a home run'' with its ``action worthy of the sports page.'' Ages 12-up. (May)
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Carl Deuker, Author Joy Street Books $15.95 (252p) ISBN 978-0-316-18147-1
Deuker's first YA novel is an absorbing reworking of the Faustian legend, with plenty of relevance for modern readers. Joe Faust, 17, who has always lived in the shadow of his scientist father, suffers a slump when everything in his life goes wrong.
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Carl Deuker, Author Avon Books $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-380-70879-6
According to PW , this ``absorbing reworking of the Faustian legend has plenty of relevance for modern readers. Deuker skillfully blends gritty basketball action with well-rounded characters to create a vivid contemporary morality tale.'' Ages 12-up.
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Carl Deuker, Author Joy Street Books $15.95 (199p) ISBN 978-0-316-18166-2
Baseball becomes a metaphor for life in Deuker's thought-provoking testimonial to friendship and filial love. Narrator Seth, who lost his father at age seven, becomes a baseball fanatic five years later, when he starts playing ball with Jimmy Winter
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Carl Deuker. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-547-97459-0
When 17-year-old basketball player Jonas Dolan moves to Seattle, he not only has to earn a spot on a new team, he also needs to spend enough time on the court to impress a college coach interested in giving him a scholarship. When the team’s coach...
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Carl Deuker. Clarion, $19.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-0633-7634-2
Hoping to prove himself as a competent basketball player, Nate sets his sights on classmates Colin and Bo. Though they play for a select club group as well as the high school varsity team, Nate is certain he can compete with them. He recruits...
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