Ironjaws (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781069345936)

Ironjaws is not the first fish story ever told.

But it may be the first one to blend fishing with basketball in a way that asks us to think over what teamwork and friendship are, and what winning really is.

"Five eighth grade boys, on an overnight trip, discover there is more to landing a fabled fish than simply casting their lines into the lake. It takes cunning, teamwork, and, sometimes, staring down death to win. In this captivating YA novella, author Jerry Vanschaik draws us into the action as the friends revert to their respective roles on a youth basketball team in a quest to land the ultimate trophy."

--Don Thrasher, contributing arts and music writer for the Dayton Daily News