Gym Candy, Carl Deuker
Gym Candy, Carl Deuker
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Gym Candy

Author: Carl Deuker

Narrator: Kyle McCarley

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2013

Synopsis

Running back Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into the open, and running free with nothing but green grass ahead. He has dreams of winning and of being the best. But football is a cruel sport. It requires power, grace, speed, quickness, and knowledge of the game. It takes luck, too. One crazy bounce can turn a likely victory into sudden defeat. What elite athlete wouldn't look for an edge? A way to make him bigger, stronger, faster? This novel explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success under the always glaring—and often unforgiving—stadium lights.

About Carl Deuker

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. carldeuker.ag-sites.net/bio.htm

About Kyle McCarley

Kyle McCarley is a graduate of the University of Southern California and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. His credits include audiobooks, video games, anime, cartoons, commercials, radio dramas, e-learning software, podcasts, voicemail auto-attendants, and even a toy plush monkey. He can be heard in television shows such as Durarara!! and Nickelodeon's Every Witch Way; games such as Unepic, Dragon Nest, Vindictus, and MapleStory; audiobooks such as the Earphones Award winner The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison and The Prince of Shadows by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine; commercials for the web, radio, and television; and much, much more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anderson on December 04, 2008

Nick Anderson Mrs. Baltz Pre-AP English 10 5 December 2008 Gym Candy by Carl Deuker All his life Mick Johnson has lived and breathed football. He has dreams of one day being like his dad and being the superstar. His dad has been workin with him since he was four, taking him to all the best camps, teach......more

Goodreads review by Bryce on October 05, 2016

Gym candy is a great book. This book starts with Mick Johnson (the main character) as a 4 year old playing football in the back yard with his Dad. He was trying to get pass his dad and score. After a few try's Mick got passed his dad and his dada was so happy. In Pop warner the league before middle......more

Goodreads review by Noah on November 13, 2018

This book is very good, as at the very end of the book i liked how the author used very descripted evidence on how the character felt. "When he was sitting in a strangers room and he heard screaming down the hall he wanted to scream too. "......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on December 11, 2015

Gym Candy by Carl Dueker is a Realistic fiction novel about a high schooler named Mick who has a problem with steroid use. Mick has been the star of the football team from when he was a pee-wee. But he wanted to keep on getting better. His freshman year he was on the varsity team. He only played a l......more

Goodreads review by Debby on June 09, 2013

This book intrigued me and I anticipated being drawn in to a high-interest and provocative plot (high school athlete takes steroids to remain competitive). That plot point was there, but was not well developed. The bulk of the book is detailed play-by-play recounting of the athlete's football practi......more

Quotes

“Deuker skillfully complements a sobering message with plenty of exciting on-field action…[A] solid addition to the sports fiction shelf.” Booklist

“Deuker realistically portrays the paranoia, acne, and emotional roller-coaster…of steroid use.” School Library Journal

“[A] great addition to both school and public libraries and an eye-opening recommendation to all budding athletes.” VOYA

“A solid sports tale with a valuable message.” Kliatt

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