Carl Deuker

But the weather-beaten sailboat Chance Taylor and his father call home is thirty years old and hasn’t sailed in years. One step from both homelessness and hunger, Chance worries about things other kids his age never give a thought....

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....

High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line....

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....

Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. Then he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town....

Beloved, award-winning author Carl Deuker serves up another fast-paced sports novel—this one about basketball and friendship.