Marcos Baez had many loves.First was his mother.Next came baseball.Reggaeton and bachata.A girl stole his heart.Then he realized a love greater still.Learning."Through the story of Marcos Baez and Fenway High, Steve Marantz shows the humanity and prospects of Latino students in our nation's public schools. Next Up at Fenway gives us a window into how social forces and education policy decisions are playing out in real people'...

On the night of April 6, 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard stole a fight. A couple of million witnesses saw him get away with it.Leonard's theft was so slick that the victim, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, didn't know until it was too late. His middleweight title was picked clean and gone, forever....In its own way, it was a perfect Sting.Of course, Hagler did not see it that way.But if winners write history, a salesman, a con, a Sweet Scientist, and a sorcerer wrote this o...

2019 Foreword INDIES Award, Honorable Mention for Adventure, Sports & Rec2020 Nebraska Book AwardAkoy Agau led Omaha Central High School to four straight high school basketball state championships (2010–13) and was a three‑time All‑State player. One of the most successful high school athletes in Nebraska’s history, he’s also a South Sudanese refugee. At age four, Akoy and his family fled Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War, and after three years in Cairo, they came to...