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Summary Of Gym Candy By Carl Deuker

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The story Gym Candy, by Carl Deuker is about how Mick is growing up as a young boy that loves the game of football. He is a great ball player but he makes some bad decisions just to get better at football which will prove that determination isn't always good. First Mick was determined to get better and stronger in football. So his trainer said " here take this it will make you stronger." Mick didn't know what it was but he took it and kept taking it. Game after game he was getting better and better and started to wonder what it was he was taking because he was also getting ripped. This connects to the claim because he was so determined that he had to take something to make him better. My second piece of evidence is that Mick
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