Swagger

Carl Deuker
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Levi was simple, like a child. It was the best thing about him, and it was the worst, too.  When high school senior Jonas moves to Seattle, he is glad to meet Levi, a nice, soft-spoken guy and fellow basketball player. Suspense builds like a slow drumbeat as readers start to smell a rat in Ryan Hartwell, a charismatic basketball coach and sexual predator. When Levi reluctantly tells Jonas that Hartwell abused him, Jonas has to decide whether he should risk his future career to report the coach. Pitch-perfect basketball plays, well-developed characters, and fine storytelling make this psychological sports novel a slam dunk.
Genres: SportsYoung AdultRealistic FictionAbuseFictionBasketballHigh SchoolComing Of AgeContemporaryTeen
304 Pages

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