Books by Brian L Tucker

Fourteen-year-old Levi loves to play basketball with his best friend, Mike Mulaney. But as Mike grows seven feet tall and dominates middle school competition, Levi realizes he might be left behind. The tension builds as Mike''s home life suffers, and his family encounters racism. As the middle school season ends and Mike is asked to join varsity''s run at a state title, Levi feels his friend slipping away. Can he learn to balance friendship with these big changes? And when the worst news imaginable hits, can Levi live for more than the game?

Best Book Awards 2019 Finalist - NovellaIt's 1888, in Hazard, Kentucky…What will one day be known as The French-Eversole Feud (due west of the notorious Hatfields & McCoys) has ignited.Teenager Ezekiel Snopes must recover quickly from the loss of his younger sister-gunned down by a greedy feudist. He must now decide if he wants to live or die, remain at home, or, take a stand against such lawlessness in the Appalachian hills.Regardless of what he does, the feud wages on…This is a real period of American history.And Ezekiel Snopes is just unlucky enough to be born in the midst of it.