Awards

• Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2002
• Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Young Adult) 2002
• Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2004
• Winner of Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2003

Overview

Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball.Or so it seems.But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined.In this story of an unlikely bond, award-winning author Carl Deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal.Filled with gripping game play, the novel will leave readers wondering how much they themselves would reach out to a kid like Trent.

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Reviews

Once again Deuker strikes a happy balance between issues and action, examining topics such as parental pressure and the edgy realtionship between play makers and their less gifted teammates while transporting his readers right into the bleachers with vivid play-by-plays. --The Bulletin (3/00)

Once again Deuker strikes a happy balance between issues and action, examining topics such as parental pressure and the edgy realtionship between play makers and their less gifted teammates while transporting his readers right into the bleachers with vivid play-by-plays. --The Bulletin (3/00) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br> The author perfectly captures the swirl of ideas in the adolescent mind. . . . Deuker delivers a story that features rounded characters dealing with real problems, set against the backdrop of a varsity basketball season. . . .This is an excellent novel --SLJ, starred review School Library Journal, Starred<br><br> Deuker adds further luster to his reputation for top-flight sportswriting matched to uncommonly perceptive coming-of-age stories. --Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews

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