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Author
Series
Derby daredevils volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"School's out, and the Derby Daredevils are excited to spend all summer tearing up the track. But, the coaches have something special planned: the Austin league is heading to Dallas for a week of roller derby sleepaway camp! Tomoko could not be more excited—she loves roller derby and her team. Plus, she's been going camping with her uncle every summer since she can remember. She's got all the gear and the skills she needs for two weeks in the great...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia-a struggle he can no longer deny. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to keep in shape while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension. Until then, he watches his diet...
63) Trophy son
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Growing up in the wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia, Anton Stratis is groomed to be one thing only: the #1 tennis player in the world. Trained relentlessly by his obsessive father, a former athlete who plans every minute of his son's life, Anton both aspires to greatness and resents its all-consuming demands ... Anton explodes from nowhere onto the professional scene and soon becomes one of the top-ranked players in the world, with a coach, a trainer,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Marlon knows he's not the best player on his t-ball team, but he can't understand why he's striking out at the sport, especially when he tries so hard. Teammate Anna offers to practice with him and soon sees why Marlon can't focus"--
65) Dinged
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Winter was only weeks away, and PK couldn't wait for it to arrive, along with the brand new pair of skates his parents had promised. A series of delivery mishaps meets the unmovable will of a young hockey fan in this comical picture book debut from Karl Subban, featuring a little P.K. Subban and the charming art of Maggie Zeng! Hailing from Jamaica, Subban didn't play hockey until he moved to Sudbury, ON, as a child.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Lenny can't get enough of baseball. He loves to play. And he loves to pore over his Big Book of Baseball Facts. He wants to be in the big leagues someday, and, he figures, the more he knows, the better his chances. The only thing is, though he tries to keep his eye on the ball as it heads his way during a game, it somehow ends up by his feet. "You just need to practice," his dad tells him. So they practice. And practice. Lenny doesn't give up. And...
70) Tryout trouble
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
""Katie Flanagan is a star striker on Peabody's soccer team. Her strength is in her legs! When she tries out for the basketball team, she finds that her upper body is not as strong. Then Katie is bullied by another girl for her performance. Can Katie balance her strengths and weaknesses to find success? And are good teams made of only the best players?" --
71) Game changer
Author
Series
Field party novels volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In a small Alabama town, high school seniors Asa and Ezmita, both with troubled families and dreams of leaving home to attend college, find comfort in their blossoming friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Mitch Wilkins is football player destined for greatness. From an inauspicious start in rural Virginia to the glamorous, ferocious heights of the NFL, his life unfolds across the stories of those who accompany him on his journey, including his patient working mom, an ambitious girlfriend, a Vietnam veteran uncle, a talkative young teammate, a billionaire team owner, and more. But success doesn't come without its costs. As Mitch and his wounded family...
73) Puppy love
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue
74) Final season
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd to follow in their footsteps. However, after his dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis--connected to all those hard hits and tackles he took on the field--Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit football. Ben isn't playing just for himself though....
75) Rodeo challenge
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.
Author
Series
Lucky Luke's hunting adventures volume 04
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
At last, old enough to join Dad on a wild turkey hunt, Luke is bursting with excitement from the start. When he finally sees his first turkey roaming wild in the woods, he has to overcome his excitement and make sure he can take a good shot. what an adventure, what a day.
78) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jack the mischievous rabbit serves as bat boy and Rex the dog helps in left field during a baseball game between the Lady City Ladies and the Big City Brats.
79) Soccer sensation
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cameron believes his move to an undisciplined, small-town team will provide the excuse he needs to quit playing soccer, but perhaps this new team is exactly what he needs to make the sport fun again.
80) Above all else
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Eighteen-year-olds Rose and Tate are best friends and climbing buddies, and now they are embarking on the greatest climb of all--Mount Everest; but as the climbers encounter physical and emotional challenges the higher they go, the expedition starts to slide toward disaster, testing the teens' courage, determination, and their feelings for each other."--Provided by publisher.