Leverage, Joshua C. Cohen
Leverage, Joshua C. Cohen
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Leverage

Author: Joshua C. Cohen

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne and Paul Michael Garcia

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Part Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger, part Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, this debut YA novel tells the incredibly powerful story of bullying and howtaken to the extremeit can wreak havoc on the lives of teenagers. Kurt is a talented but emotionally damaged football player. Danny is a rising star on the gymnastics team, an outsider in a school where the football team rules. But the two form an unlikely friendship, and when one of the gym team is viciously assaulted by the quarterback and his cronies, Kurt rises to his defense and challenges the entrenched stereotypes of high school sports. Reminiscent of the early work of Markus Zusak, this is that rare book that authentically captures the voices, fierce loyalties, and harsh justice of teenage boys.

About Joshua C. Cohen

Joshua C. Cohen was a walk-on for the University of Wisconsin-Madison gymnastics team and, after college, danced professionally in both the classical and modern disciplines. Since retiring as a dancer, he has worked as an editor in the financial industry and is currently a senior SEC editor for Thomson-Reuters. He and his wife live in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amina on January 14, 2025

✰ 2.75 stars ✰ “​The truth is I keep waking from the same nightmare, throwing off​ damp sheets and calling for him, but there’s no escape and no rescue​ coming. Never is.”​ ​‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎There are a ​plethora​ of reasons why it deserves to be a nevermore. 📋 The copious amounts of racist......more

Goodreads review by Miriam still reading! on September 22, 2021

5 stars audio and story. Even though a lot of the parts pissed me the fuck off! Fucking hate bullying jocks and stupid fucking coaches who cover for them. Bastards!......more

Goodreads review by Marita on March 26, 2012

WOW, WOW, and triple WOW! This is the most intense and powerful book I have ever read, and I have read A LOT. When I heard it was a male version of Speak I thought I'd give it a read, especially since I'm writing something with a similar topic (although a very different story). But, this is so much......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on March 28, 2011

It is hard to know where to exactly begin... Joshua C. Cohen's debut novel is anything and everything BUT disappointing. I honestly cannot come up with a negative thing to say about this amazing, outstanding, one of kind, unique novel. There is so much to say about this book that I am going to have......more

Goodreads review by Nuzaifa on January 21, 2016

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