The book I read was ‘Gym Candy’ by Carl Deuker. The book is about a teenage boy named Mick Johnson who loves to play football. Along with Mick, Drew is a football star at his high school. Mick is the running back and Drew is the quarterback. They are best friends and spend most of the day at each other’s houses. They both wanted to get stronger so they ended up taking supplements and steroids to get bigger. They thought they could’ve got away with it but the coach ask for a physical and that’s when they started to freak out. Both ended up getting caught and were kicked out of the football team. My favorite park of the book was when it described how intense their hell week was. I could relate to that because when I tried out for the soccer team it was really intense. I ended up sore the next day just like Mick did. I would recommend the book to people who play football or to people who have the idea of taking supplements pills. Overall, this book was great. It showed how competitive Mick was and how football was his life. Unfortunately, he made bad decisions at the end that ended up costing him to not get scouted and make it to a good college and play there. His chances of becoming a professional football player were limited. This has to be my second favorite book. Great book and really fun to read!
-Christopher Garcia
-Christopher Garcia