| High Heat Contributor(s): Deuker, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544439554 ISBN-13: 9780544439559 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Topical - Boy's Interest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 67225 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Exciting, well-written sports scenes transport readers right into the stands while complex issues engage their hearts and minds. For here is a novel of loss, of morality, and of the rare, redemptive power of baseball. Can speaking the truth really determine lives? Just how does one accept, move on, and begin doing the right thing? |
Contributor Bio(s): Deuker, Carl: - Carl Deuker is a celebrated author of "top-flight sports writing matched to uncommonly perceptive coming-of-age stories" (Kirkus Reviews). He describes his younger self as a classic second-stringer: "I was too slow and too short for basketball; I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. So, by my senior year the only sport I was still playing was golf." He was a teacher for many years in the Seattle area, where he now lives with his wife. |