Carl Deuker is the current king of adolescent sports fiction, and his latest, Payback Time, does not disappoint. He captures the excitement of playing the game for the sake of playing the game--the passion that drives so many to punish their bodies for those fleeting yet eternal moments of glory. But this novel is so much more--it's about personal ethics, sacrifices, and decisions that we face every day in our drive to be decent human beings, to live a principled life in trying, sometimes even dangerous, times.
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