The author of Gym Candy is Carl Deuker. Carl Deuker grew up in California. He attended University of California‚ Berkeley‚ majoring in English. He currently lives in Washington and is a teacher at Shelton View Elementary School. He wrote seven novels and is working on an eighth. His novels so far are‚ On the Devil’s Court‚ Heart of a Champion‚ Night Hoops‚ Painting the Black‚ High Heat‚ Runner‚ and Gym Candy. Four of his novels won awards. His novels all have something to do with teens‚ sports‚ and
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Gym Candy (Letter to a character) Dear Mick Johnson‚ As I was reading Gym Candy‚ by Carl Deuker‚ I chose to write you a letter because you are a very talented student athlete. I was captivated because I also am a student athlete and I know the struggles and pressures that come along with the expectations. I was amazed that you started on varsity football as a freshman which is extremely difficult and overly time consuming! You take pride in your athletic and what I was most intrigued
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Gym Candy by Carl Deuker is a book about Mick Johnson‚ a high school running back‚ a prodigy all through little league and middle school football. He was destined to be a star. His dad‚ Mike Johnson‚ was a college football star‚ and made it into the NFL‚ but his lousy attitude and work ethic soon gets him kicked off of the San Diego Chargers. When Mick learns this‚ he is determined to make it farther than his dad‚ and will do anything to get there. As soon as he gets into the high school program
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In the book Runner By Carl Deuker The main character is Chance a 17 year old man. Chance is living in Seattle‚Washington‚ on a boat named the Tiny Dancer. Chance accepts a job delivering packages for $200 a week. He has to choose if he wants to quit his job or keep the job even though it pays well. He decides to take the job and soon realizes that he is involved delivering bad things. Melissa a girl from Chances school becomes unsure. She goes to figure out what Chance is doing. New packages containing
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In the book‚ Runner by Carl Deuker‚ Chance Taylor and his father live on a puny beat up boat named Tiny Dancer. Chance’s father‚ who is an alcoholic‚ has trouble keeping up with the moorage fee. Not to mention‚ the cost of food‚ water‚ electricity‚ and other basic necessities. Chance has a job working at Ray’s restaurant‚ but he works long hours for little pay. When Chance is offered a new job with short hours and gets paid $200 a week‚ it seems too good to be true. He is instructed run the normal
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Gym Candy is a book written by Carl Deuker where it shows the ups and downs of the life of a football player‚ Mick Johnson. Mick Johnson was born into an athletic family of parents who were student athletes at the University of Washington. His dad‚ Mike Johnson‚ who used to play college football at Washington and made the NFL as a third-round pick to the San Diego Chargers out of college‚ got Mick into the sport of football at a young age. He taught his son all the fundamentals of the sport and got
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Mr. Gorton Manuel Hanuch Gym Candy essay 2 11/9/12 Pressure is what can drive a person to the very limits of their physical or mental capacity. When there is Pressure‚ it makes failure not an option. It will make a person go to whatever extent is needed‚ whether it be legal‚ Illegal‚ or breaks their moral values‚ to achieve what is wanted. The one who is producing pressure may or may not realize what he or she is doing‚ but regardless‚ the one who is feeling the pressure will
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Gym candy is a story about Mick Johnson. He is a son of a former football player. He tries to be better than his dad so he use steroids to enhance his performance. He uses the steroids to build muscle but gets addicted to it. When his friend founds out about it‚ he tries to kill himself. The traits Mick show is active‚ angry‚ and depressed. Mick is active because he is a football player and a student athlete. “I tucked the ball tightly against my side and took off straight for the goal line.”(p111)shows
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Gym Candy Analysis The book I read was Gym Candy and it was written by Carl Deuker. The main character in the novel was Mick Johnson. Mick Johnson wanted to be the star running back from the moment his father put a football into his hands at the age of four. Almost his whole life he was led to believe that his father was a star football player in the NFL‚ but later finds out he was not told the whole story. Mick promised himself that he’d never make the same mistakes his father did. In junior
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The Gym What truly defines a man is what he has to show when the weights of life are coming down. The gym is the place where I go to let off steam‚ forget about the world‚ and work towards my dreams. To play football at the next level is my dream and the gym is the gateway to the path that I will travel to get there. Everyone has that one thing they do to keep a sane mind. Whether it’d be painting ‚listening to music‚ or my case going to Anytime fitness . Anytime Fitness is one of the local
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