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Title: On the Devil's Court by Carl Deuker ISBN: 0-380-70879-5 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An absolutely original sports novel
Comment: "On the Devil's Court" is a wonderfully fast, easy, and exciting read. Joe Faust's life has gone into the dumps, and the only thing that matters anymore is basketball. Unfortunately, his basketball game is rotten these days too. So, Joe sells his soul to the devil for a perfect season of basketball. Or does he? Readers are propelled through the book by one realistic conflict after another, with plenty of surprises to keep the reader guessing about the state of Joe's soul. I've taught this book to high school freshmen for a number of years now, and the boys always love it. This is a great book for younger readers, or slower readers, because it is written in clean, simple sentences that few readers will have trouble with. All in all, a first-rate first novel!
Rating: 4
Summary: My favorite book when I was young
Comment: This is the book that sparked my interest in reading! When I was a junior in high-school a friend of mine read this book and recomended that I read it. Well I wasnt much of a reader but after this book that changed. I could really relate with the character of Joe because when I was in school I dearly wanted to be great at basketball. Carl Deuker did an excellent job with this book and any young person who is even remotely interested in sports should read it. Im 27 years old now and married and I recently bought a copy for myself because I love it so well. It will keep you turning the pages to the very end, even an adult will love this book!
Rating: 3
Summary: Beelzebub, Basketball, and Bad Endings
Comment: A Review by Brian
Joe an eighteen year old on his last year of high school moves to Seattle. Joe has lots of problems with his dad because Joes not the brainy straight a student that his dad wants him to be. The one thing though that Joe cares about, and is really good at is basketball. Joe wants to make varsity, and he does but that's not good enough for him, so he sells his soul to the devil for one full season of power. Throughout the book Joe doesn't know if his soul is really gone, but he'd do anything to take back those words
I like how the book doesn't tell you right away if Joe's soul belongs to the devil. It makes the book interesting and keeps you reading to find out. What I don't like is that the book doesn't feel complete. The book never says if Joe's soul belongs to the devil or not, and throughout the whole book Joe talks about repenting and it never tells if he repents either. Another reason I didn't like this book is it was confusing when it talked about his basketball games. The book would talk about his plays and people he passed to and for me it's hard to follow. I feel the book didn't solve Joes problem with his dad either after the season ends the book does to.
I would recommend this book to people that know a lot about basketball. If you don't parts of this book will be hard to follow. I would also recommend this book to people that like cliffhangers because I feel the book doesn't really end with all problems solved.
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Title: Night Hoops by Carl Deuker ISBN: 0064472752 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Painting the Black by Carl Deuker ISBN: 0380731045 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker ISBN: 0380722690 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks ISBN: 0064405648 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Slam! by Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0590486683 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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