High Heat

by Carl Deuker

Overview

A baseball-playing teen's life of privilege is turned upside down in this exciting novel by Carl Deuker, veteran writer of sports fiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544439559
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	04/07/2015
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	111,367
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Carl Deuker 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." Combining his enthusiasm for both writing and athletics, Deuker has written many exciting, award-winning novels for young adults.
 

Editorial Reviews

Shane Hunter seem to have it all—he is at the peak of his life, recognized for his gifted athleticism as a star baseball pitcher, attending an affluent school, or abundance of friends. Shane faces the harsh reality that nothing lasts forever that his life is unraveling before him during his sophomore year when his father is found to be guilty of criminal activity and everything that he owns and strives for is no longer a part of his life. He has to move, his mom gets a new job, and he starts to hang around the wrong crowd of friends. Will he be able to regain his baseball success and his old life back? His fall from grace due to a situation beyond or within his control Readers will be captivated with the gritty misfortunes Shane faces to try to reclaim his old life and go back to the past. This a splendid adventure read for sports aficionados and those seeking a story about redemption and determination. Reviewer: Rosa Roberts; Ages 13 to 15.

Children's Literature - Rosa Roberts

A story that delivers baseball action along with a rich psychological portrait, told through a compelling first–person narration.”
—School Library Journal

“High Heat joins the Deuker canon with yet another fine study of a conflicted soul whose ethical salvation is determined in a sporting arena, and once more readers are left to ponder whether a tainted success loses its sweet savor.”
—Bulletin
 
“Deuker fills the page with dozens of exciting play–by–play sequences; these serve not only to move the story along chronologically, but also act as the metronome for Shane’s personal story of loss, recovery and renewal.”
—Publishers Weekly

“There’s enough taut sports action here to satisfy the most avid fan.”
—Booklist
 
“[Deuker] creates another captivating story. Readers will think they are sitting in the front row with a Cracker Jack box and a Coke . . . do not let this one slip past.”
—VOYA

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