When Mila goes missing while out on a run, it throws the sisters, their team, and the whole town into upheaval. This novel is also a thoughtful examination of socio-economic challenges, the impact of crushing personal secrets, and the ways female athletes suffer under the weight of misogyny, especially when they are aggressively competitive.
Most characters read as White; the Steckler family is Jewish, and Stella is queer. A thoughtful portrayal of determined multinational teens balancing authenticity with pursuing their dreams. While Candace focuses on doing well in school, her hardworking immigrant Umma and Abba gave up on their own dreams to run a convenience store.
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Imani is Black; Ethan is White and gay. Already have an account? Log in. Books Best Sellers. Award Winners. New Releases. Coming Soon. Payback Time By: Carl Deuker. Buy Paperback Now. Also available in:. Available Resources Download Images. Daniel True is the main character. He is a journalist for his school's newspaper. However, his school doesn't have a lot to write about. So, when a new kid, Angel Marichal, shows up and is the best football player his Seattle school's ever had, he jumps right in to investigate.
What he finds out, shocks him and his school. You'll just have to read it to find out if he gets a good story. If you like sports books, this is definitely for you. I found the book "Payback Time" by Carl Deuker to be very interesting.
The main character is a high school senior named Mitch True, he is a part of the schools newspaper group and wants to go on to publish articles for big newspaper companies when he graduates. But his senior year took a big turn when he was not made head of the school paper, he was instead put on the sports section.
At first he did not like the idea of doing the sports articles until He found out that he would be doing them with a girl named Kimi. They became very good friends throughout the book and make very good articles for the school papers sports section. They also got into a deep investigation into one of the football players who seemed to be hiding something. I would recommend this book to any people who like sports and mystery books.
This book has a very interesting plot and I am very glad that I read it. Dakota Riedesel. Have you ever read a story that involves a kid that's a beast and moved all the way across the country to play football? A reporter for the school's newspaper has to follow all the sports and finds this kid that is a beast and is sitting on the bench. He starts looking into the mysterious thing and tries to find out why hes sitting on the bench when the starter is smaller and not as good as he is.
I enjoyed this book because it involves sports and has an adventure. Kim Bahr. Strong play-by-play description for football fans. Also a good theme as to why you should not stick your nose into other people's business. Lance Lee. Great Book. Zackary Baker. The book Payback Time is one of my new favorite books.
Mitch True was my favorite character because he acts and has a lot of the same characteristics as I do. Mitch follows the same pace throughout the book which makes for a better read.
By far my favorite event was the championship game towards the end of the book. The action back thrill of the whole event made me want to never stop reading. Carl Deuker writing style allows the book to be read fairly easy. I made several connections throughout the book such as when Mitch was determined to lose weight.
I would suggest this book to anyone who loves a good mystery and action packed thrill ride. This is about a kid who is a person who interviews the player after the games. The book is Payback Time, the author is Carl Deuker. So far I would give the book a four star rating because at some points it can get a little slow at times.
But sometimes it will get you sitting on the edge of your chair and have a little mystery. I also like how the book has a little bit of romance. The one bad thing when Mitch-the main character- is just talking to people. Or when he's going to the game to interview a player or a coach. Kimi stepped back then and gave me a push. I stood tall, sucked in my gut, and knocked hard on the door. After a minute it opened. The security cop- a giant who could have been a poster boy for LA Fitness- looked at me as if I were a fly that might not be worth swatting.
He looked past Kimi, and the edge in his voice softened. Like in this when you're reading you're just sitting there waiting for some action to happen. The next reason why I gave the book four stars is sometimes it will get you sitting on the edge of your chair.
The book will have a few little parts of action the it will leave u with a little cliff hanger. Immediately both of them stopped and stared, like wild animals on alert. The older guy motioned for Angel to move behind one of the cars in the lot, and then reached into the inner pocket of his leather jacket and pulled something out.
It gleamed silvery in the sunlight as he held it stiffly against his thigh. A gun? Was it a gun? There is a little bit of romance every once in awhile. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes. She yawned. Before I could reach for them, she pulled out her iPod, stuck the buds in her ears, put on sunglasses, and leaned against the window. She was gone then, her eyes closed, her music filling her world.
At this point i would still give it four stars. Because some parts it can get really slow and that boring for readers. Then the book has some action and mystery to keep you wanting to read more to find out what happens next. Also the book has a little bit of romance to reminder the reads about the characters and how they feel about each other.
I would recommend this book to people who like sports or play sports and i play sports so i'm enjoying it so far. Chase Seliger. Ever since Mitch was little, he has had the dream to be a reporter.
Everyone knows every reporter has at least one big story and Mitch thinks he has his hands on his when a new kid named Angel Marichal comes to their high school. This is when Mitch starts to dig his hands into places most people wouldn't do. Is Angel hiding something? Is Coach McNulty hiding something?
There are a few themes that stand out within this book, including acceptance, persistence, and making tough choices. These are the main themes within the book because Mitch needs to face many problems that he needs to overcome and he needs to be able to accept things for what they are, which he does.
Carl Deuker, enjoys writing books about sports which he has many others that include a sport, which is mostly football, so that is his reason for writing this book Payback Time.
I believed the plot was very good, it had a very smooth transition into everything unlike other books where they jump to conclusion. This book made me hang on my edge of my seat to see what would happen next.
This is one of those books that makes you completely visualize it in your head like it was a movie, I was able to see every part like it was a movie. The ending was good but at least there was an epilogue because it continued the ending better, so if there wasn't an epilogue then the ending would've been kind of bad but other wise it was good.
I believe the pacing of the book was phenomenal, because like I said before everything was paced perfectly. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into sports books, and books that have a sort of a twist. Kyle Sheedy. Kyle Sheedy Payback Time, by Carl Deuker, is an exciting fictional novel that focuses on football and Mysteries all in one book.
Deuker also wrote the book, Gym Candy also a book about Football. If you are interested in reading about football you should grab this book ASAP.
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