BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Middle School Sports Books (page 3)

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2000

NIGHT HOOPS

by Carl Deuker

"Deuker adds further luster to his reputation for top-flight sportswriting matched to uncommonly perceptive coming-of-age stories. (Fiction. 1115)"

Deuker (Painting the Black, 1997) weaves wide bands of fastbreak, pulse-pounding basketball action into this piercing exploration of family loyalties and parental failure. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 1, 1998

HEAT

by Michael Cadnum

"In this gripping look at family relationships Cadnum finds painful shades of gray for Bonnie to face for the first time; in her will to grasp the manner and timing of her healing is evidence that she is one of Cadnum's most complex and enigmatic characters. (Fiction. 12-14)"

For Cadnum (In a Dark Wood, p. 55, etc.), there's nothing like a little uncertainty to throw a top athlete—or a father- daughter relationship—off, headed for a permanent setback. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 1997

TANGERINE

by Edward Bloor

"Readers are going to want more from this author. (Fiction. 11-15)"

A legally blind seventh-grader with clearer vision than most wins acceptance in a new Florida school as his football-hero older brother self-destructs in this absorbing, multi-stranded debut. Read full book review >