Leverage

“Sometimes there’s a book so powerful and so ruthlessly brilliant that it makes you gasp and cheer. Leverage is that book.”—Carrie Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Need

“Sports novels don’t hit much harder than this.”—Booklist, starred review

“Often hilarious, sometimes sad and mostly uplifting, Leverage proves that no matter how bleak our past is, our fate, in the end, is in our own hands. Joshua C. Cohen has placed himself among the best storytellers of new American fiction.”—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, author of The Prophet of Zongo Street

“Kurt and his struggles are heartbreakingly real, and readers will pull for him long after the story ends.”—Kirkus Reviews

“This powerful novel is thought-provoking and well-written, and it’s about as dark and disturbing as YA literature gets.”—School Library Journal