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After the eagles lose the football championship, Cody starts the hoops season late-with a fractured squad of freshmen. The coach taps Cody as captain, and he steps up. But can he win their respect? And if he does, will tough personal circumstances knock him back down? Most of all, can he trust God to catch him if he falls?

An eighth-grade basketball player finds his training, both physical and spiritual, put to the test too soon after his mother's death.

Fourteen-year-old baseball player, Cody Martin and his coach don't see eye-to-eye about taking one for the team on the field. Then Cody gets hurt.

After his mother dies, thirteen-year-old Cody has trouble concentrating on football and faces some challenges in his relationships with teammates.

Stand-out efforts on the freshman football and basketball teams have Cody Martin in demand with both the track and baseball coaches. And to complicate matters further, his personal life's a mess since his dad remarried-and now Cody thinks Pork Chop might be using performance-enhancing drugs. When Pork Chop's coach confronts Cody, he is forced to make a tough decision-lie to the coach or risk losing his best friend. What's the right thing to do?

When a series of injuries and suspensions threaten to shut down the varsity defense, no one's more shocked than Cody when he gets the call. With his faith taking hits from a teacher, his father preoccupied with romance, and a dangerous foe back in town, Cody wonders if staying the course has its rewards.

Every day our lives are graced by childen who surprise us,

Congratulations, Graduate It is a big, deep, exciting world out there, and every year thousands of fresh graduates are expected to jump in with both feet. If only diplomas and degrees came with complimentary life preservers. The good news is that millions of people have navigated those waters before. They have made mistakes, enjoyed success, and learned to swim confidently in the great ocean called life. This book is filled with the wisdom, inspiration, and advice from the experienced. So, pencils down. (And please, Smartphones down too.) You will want to pay attention as the ones who've been there share some very important, and often entertaining, lessons on life after graduation.

During the summer before his sophomore year in high school, Cody competes in a statewide multisport challenge, relying on his Christian faith to guide him both on and off the playing field.