Gym Candy
Author: Carl Deuker
**** starsA young man named Mick Johnson grows up in the shadow of his burnt out father, a former NFL running back. As a freshman in high school he works his way up to varsity running back, but one district game ruined his career forever. That lost game had Mick thinking hard and deep about himself being “not good enough”. Mick has the ultimate let down when his coach retires and leaves the janitor as head coach. He asks himself if he’s the reason they lost, or if coach left. Mick at this point has struggles at school and finds the hardest heart break at home. Mick finds out the truth of why his dad was “let go” of the NFL chargers team. With his new knowledge Mick questions his skills of if he’s fast enough, strong enough, tough enough, and quick enough unlike his father. He gets his answer one day in the locker room from one of his teammates. He reminds him of what happened to them as freshman and if he wanted to be better than that line backer who stopped him. This leads Mick to the unthinkable; he begins to lean away from his work ethics and more into the other stuff offered in the gym. You ask what this other stuff is read to find out in Gym Candy by Carl Deuker.
This book sparked my interest a lot for many reasons for one; it was an easy read, not too hard to follow and the added suspense had me reading extra pages at home to find deeper information in the story. I do suggest this book to those who are athletes, because it shows the risk and rewards to those who are willing to do life altering things. This book was amazingly entertaining the sports genre really catches the athlete’s attention. The reason I gave this book a four star review was because it was a balanced book, with many attention grabbers. Overall the writer Carl Deuker did a great job.
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