# Carl Deuker — books assigned in US schools

**3** books by Carl Deuker appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 6–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/carl-deuker
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- baseball (2)
- baseball, fiction
- basketball
- behavior
- divorce
- family problems
- fathers
- friendship
- friendship, fiction
- high schools

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (3)

## Every Carl Deuker title on file

- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) _(Grades 6–8 · 1993)_
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) _(Grades 6–9 · 2000)_
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) _(Grades 6–9 · 2003)_

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