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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs October 31, 2014 - 9:48am

Hey, guys. My new novel, Dodgeball High, was just published by Eraserhead Press.

It was two years in the making and my first book since 2012. I think it’s my best. I know everyone says that about their new book, but I put a lot of hard work into it and I’m very proud of it. It’s about a teenager who starts at a new high school, where he is surprised to discover that EVERY SINGLE class is devoted to learning about dodgeball. He then participates in the deadliest dodgeball tournament ever.

Justin Lucas just started at a new high school, but there are no classes in really important stuff like English literature, mathematics, science, or history. Instead, the entire curriculum is dedicated to playing dodgeball. Justin is…perplexed. Where are the pencils and textbooks? Why are there so many explosives strapped to the balls? And what’s up with the barbed wire? Does the school administration really think it’s appropriate to wrap the balls in barbed wire?

Dodgeball High does not seem like a safe environment for a young man. But his classmates don’t care. They kinda remind him of junior Mafia dons, little serial killers, and pint-sized dictators from third world countries. And they are all really good at dodgeball (and the shedding of their classmates’ blood), while Justin totally sucks. And to make matters worse, Justin’s parents are like…total dicks. They won’t let him go to a different school because they think he’s full of crap about this “dodgeball nonsense.” Not to mention that Dodie Manson, the greatest player in the school, has a gigantic crush on Justin. And whoever Dodie wants, Dodie gets, and her BFs have a habit of experiencing intense pleasure prior to their “mysterious” decapitations.

Does Justin have what it takes to survive and make it to the top of his class before graduation? Or will he be eliminated permanently? Read Dodgeball High to find out, but watch out for the ball that’s coming at your head!

Get it here.

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break October 31, 2014 - 11:10am

I must own this.

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs October 31, 2014 - 1:20pm

Thanks, Brandon!

 

(I originally read it as "I own this" and I responded "Whoa, that was quick.)

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Jay.SJ from London is reading Warmed and Bound November 3, 2014 - 10:09am

Anything by Bradley Sands I want to read.

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voodoo_em from England is reading All the books by Ira Levin November 3, 2014 - 2:22pm

That's a really nice cover design :)

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs November 4, 2014 - 8:13am

Thanks, guys.

Matthew Revert did the cover. He's done a lot of different books.

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Chacron from England, South Coast is reading Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb November 4, 2014 - 1:34pm

Different to what I'd usually read but it's got my attention. I'll get the Nook version once I've finished NaNo and finished the doorstopper I'm reading at the moment.

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs November 5, 2014 - 8:14am

Thanks a lot, Chacron.

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs November 24, 2014 - 2:38pm

Do you guys listen to Booked? Here's the new episode, where they review the book and interview me: http://www.bookedpodcast.com/2014/11/24/228-dodgeball-high/

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Thuggish from Vegas is reading Day of the Jackal November 25, 2014 - 8:15pm

That is an original idea... 

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Bradley Sands from Boston is reading Greil Marcus's The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs December 1, 2014 - 8:51pm

Thanks, Thuggish.

On a different subject, Burt Reynolds is auctioning off his mustache and hundreds of other items from his film career. To celebrate this monumental event, I'm posting a chapter that was cut from the book. It concerns a mustache growing competition between The Bandit himself and Justin Lucas, who is the novel's protagonist.

Check it out here: http://thebradleysands.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/the-mustache-growing-competition/