Swagger
- Author Carl Deuker
- Narrator Charlie Thurston
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 December 2013
- Run Time 7 hours and 54 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Basketball, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods and feelings.
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What to expect
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.
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 heartbreaking psychological sports novel a slam dunk.
Critics Review
u201cDeuker creates a textured cast of parents, ncoaches, and teens and deftly handles themes of personal ethics, nteamwork, burgeoning friendships, and coping with an abusive adultu2026Deuker nelevates his sports novel to the level of a literary work, inviting nreaders to empathize with Jonas and use his experiences to consider ntheir own values.u201d
u201cAfter his dad loses his job, basketball point guard Jonas Dolan starts over with a new teamu2026Jonasu2019 friendship with Levi, a sensitive, generous, loyal, devout Christian from Arkansas, gives the novel a strong, emotional center. The basketball action is well-drawn, and Jonasu2019 frustration at Knechtu2019s style of play is palpableu2026A largely well-executed exploration of team spirit, friendship, and the devastating impact of untrustworthy adults.u201d
u201cThe novel includes descriptions of many basketball plays and strategies, which should make this book particularly appealing to fans of the gameu2026Once Jonas (and readers) figure out whatu2019s going on with Coach Hartwell, the pace quickens, and Jonasu2019s struggle to do the right thing intensifies.u201d
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