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    Gym Candy

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    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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    Gym Candy By Carl Deuker

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    down the book Gym Candy by Carl Deuker. It is a great book about sports and truly displays the life of a football player and what some people are willing to do to become great. The main character in my book is Mick Johnson and ever since he was three he was striving to be great football player like his father was. But no matter how much effort he displays on the field or in the gym he always comes up short. So Mick decides that it’s time for a change so he decides to use “gym candy” to become bigger

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    Gym Candy Book Report

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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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    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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    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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    Marketing plan PRODUCT The name that has been chosen for my gym is ‘Creation’. I have chosen this name because it represents change i.e. by attending my gym the will come out a new person. My target audience is the ages of 20-24‚ 25- 34 and 35-44‚ also both male and female. The reason I am targeting this particular audience because young adults are the most likely to take part in the vast majority of sports‚ but health clubs and gyms do not have the youthful profile that is portrayed in the media

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    The Gym

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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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    At the Gym

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    Working Out to Find the Meaning of Life In the poem “At the Gym” Mark Doty is giving a description of a person at the gym that is about to lift weights. The description uses terms that can be commonly used in describing the gym environment to give a deeper meaning to the life that we lead as human beings. The metaphors that are used to relay the message are a salt-stain spot‚ the vinyl bench‚ the weights being lifted‚ and the actual gym. Taking a closer look at the meaning of the poem can provide

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