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Shadowed
By (Author) Carl Deuker
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
29th January 2025
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Basketball
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Boys and men
FIC
Hardback
352
Width 146mm, Height 218mm, Spine 28mm
397g
Beloved, award-winning author Carl Deuker serves up another fast-paced sports novelthis one about basketball and friendship.
Nate plays soccer, but he doesnt love it. He plays because its what his family expects.
Then Lucas Cawley moves in across the street. Lucas isnt like any of Nates sports friendshes poor, his parents are mostly absent, and hes devoted to his sister, Megan, who has a learning disability. Lucas may be an outcast at school, but he and Nate find common ground in their fierce games of one-on-one basketball.
Its not long before Nate realizes that basketball is his sport. But Nate has an ax to grind with star players Colin and Bo, who have disrespected him for years. Nate believes that outplaying those two is the most important thing . . . until he learns that life is about more than getting ready for the next game.
Carl Deuker is the author of many sports novels, including On the Devil's Court, Heart of a Champion, and Painting the Black, all of which were selected as ALA Best Books for Young Adults. He lives in Seattle, Washington.