Leverage

A timely book about bullies, their victims, and a high school football team where winning is the only thing that matters

This intense sports novel will strike a chord with those who followed the tragic football stories that broke in 2011. In this heart-pounding debut, Joshua C. Cohen conveys the pressures and politics of being a high school athlete in a way that is both insightful and compelling. At Oregrove High, there's an extraordinary price for victory, paid both on and off the football field, and it claims its victims without mercy. When the unthinkable happens, an unlikely friendship is at the heart of an increasingly violent, steroid-infused power struggle. This is a book that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.

Author: Joshua C. Cohen
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 09/27/2012
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780142420867
ISBN10: 0142420867
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Football
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse

About the Author
Joshua C. Cohen is a former collegiate gymnast who now lives with his wife in New York City.