Description:
"Gym Candy" 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. Running back Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking in to 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?
Brief description:
Carl Deuker is the critically acclaimed author of Payback Time, Gym Candy, and Runner, which was a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book. He lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle.
Review Quotes:
"Deuker skillfully complements a sobering message with plenty of exciting on-field action...[A] solid addition to the sports fiction shelf."
-- "Booklist"