Carl Deuker Collection

This essential collection from Carl Deuker delivers four unforgettable YA coming-of-age stories:

• High-Stakes Football and Steroid Abuse: In Gym Candy, a talented football player will do whatever it takes to get an edge, leading him down the dangerous path of performance-enhancing drugs.
• Investigative Journalism and a Dangerous Secret: In Payback Time, a high school reporter uncovers a conspiracy on his school’s football team that puts him in the crosshairs of some very powerful people.
• Life-Changing Basketball on and off the Court: Night Hoops throws two teens from different worlds together, forcing them to navigate their rivalry and personal struggles through the game they both love.
• A Desperate Run from a Troubled Past: A teen living on a sailboat, Runner is a suspenseful story about a boy who runs every day to escape his reality—until his running leads him straight into a terrorist plot.