A Cut Series Novel

He throws 82 mph from the left side. Nobody knows what's happening at home.

Grant Lane is thirteen, left-handed, and the best pitcher in Southern California travel ball. But his parents' divorce is tearing apart the only world he knows, and the sport that was supposed to be his ticket out is starting to feel like a cage built by other people's dreams.

For fans of Jason Reynolds, Mike Lupica, and Kwame Alexander

Cut by Ty Buckner and C. Scott Lannon - Book cover showing a young baseball player at golden hour on a San Diego diamond

The Series

Baseball. Family. The Cost of Being Good Enough.

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Cut

Book 1

He throws 82 mph from the left side. Every coach in Southern California knows his name. Nobody knows what's happening at home.

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Steal

Book 2

Grant made the summer select team. But the secret he's keeping at home is about to unravel everything.

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Balk

Book 3

A nationally televised showcase. A crisis at home. The moment Grant decides once and for all whose dream he's chasing.

What Readers Say

Don't Take Our Word for It

It makes you care about a kid who keeps messing up over and over. And you never stop rooting for him.

Early Reader Review

You will laugh in this book, many times. You will also cry. The baseball is real and the family stuff is even realer.

Early Reader Review

The best sports book I've read since Ghost. Grant Lane is the kind of character who stays with you long after you put the book down.

Early Reader Review

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