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Available April 1, 2007 in a new edition from Little, Brown & Co. "HEART OF A CHAMPION is a heartbreakingly beautiful book; it is everything that art should be: it instructs, communicates a human condition, and it elicits emotion. Much applause to Deuker for his fine achievement. . . Many thanks to Deuker for a beautiful book."--VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) EXCERPTSometime in there winning the games became as important to me as it was to him. I could feel how badly he wanted to beat me, and that made me want to make sure he didn't. They were stupid Wiffle-ball games in the garage, but we played like they were the World Series. We crashed into the wall to take away doubles and triples; we argued about balls that hit on the line; we shredded our elbows trying to throw rainbow curves and hard sliders. We must have played twenty games that weekend, and I won all of them. when Jimmy left Sunday, we were hardly talking. SUMMARYSeth and Jimmy have the kind of friendship you can't put into words--the kind you think only happens in movies. They both live and breathe baseball, but while Seth struggles to be good enough to make the varsity team, Jimmy, a natural, looks like he's on his way to becoming a major league star some day. On and off the field, their passion for the game gets them throughsome of life's bittersweet struggles and unites them in a once in a lifetime friendship that is meant to last forever. . . READER REVIEWS"I have read a lot of books this year but the one I enjoyed the most was Heart of a Champion. This was a great book because it put each game into detail and used great words like 'pounded' and 'crushed' to make each hit and each catch interesting."--Collin, Massachusetts "In your books, the characters seems real. You wrote about the students on high school making them sound like teenagers I know. You amke me feel like i'm in the book. When you describe the games, it seems like I'm watching it from the stands. I like how when people are talking in the book they say things like real people would say. The teenagers act like real kids."--Peter, Colorado |
For more information on any novel, click BELOW.Short Stories
Thriller/Mystery
Runner
Chance knows what he's doing is risky, but it's only for a short time. Nothing can really go wrong . . . or can it? Young Adult Fiction
High Heat
A dramatic and acurate portrayl of the game of baseball and life. Painting the Black
For Ryan giving up baseball now would mean getting off the most exciting ride of his life. Heart of a Champion
Baseball, the loss of a parent, the temptations, of adolescence. On the Devil's Court
Joe Faust is ashamed of only two things. First, that he goes to a private school. Second, that he sold his soul to the devil. Young Adult Fiction -- Winner of the 1993 Golden Sower Award.
Night Hoops
A life on the brink. . . A basketball season to remember. |
