{"product_id":"leverage-9780142420867-new","title":"Leverage","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN ALA FOR YOUNG ADULTS PICK - A relevant book about bullies, their victims, and a high school football team where winning is the only thing that matters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sometimes there's a book so powerful and so ruthlessly brilliant that it makes you gasp and cheer. \u003ci\u003eLeverage\u003c\/i\u003e is that book.\"--Carrie Jones, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNeed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLeverage\u003c\/i\u003e proves that no matter how bleak our past is, our fate, in the end, is in our own hands.\"--Mohammed Naseehu Ali, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet of Zongo Street \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"About as dark and disturbing as YA literature gets.\"--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is paid on--and off--the football field. And it claims its victims without mercy--including the most innocent bystanders. When a violent, steroid-infused, ever-escalating prank war has devastating consequences, an unlikely friendship between a talented but emotionally damaged fullback and a promising gymnast might hold the key to a school's salvation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in alternating voices and with unapologetic truth, \u003ci\u003eLeverage\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the fierce loyalty, flawed justice, and hard-won optimism of two young athletes.","brand":"PENGUIN YOUNG READERS GROUP","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67537586258210,"sku":"9780142420867-new","price":14.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780142420867.jpg?v=1792195728","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/leverage-9780142420867-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}