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1) Skeleton Key
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Alex Rider adventures volume 3
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Reluctant teen-age-spy Alex rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
2) Choke
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Chuck Chandler, a tennis coach in an exclusive Florida club, meets wealthy Harry Carras and is impressed by his tennis, but even more so by his wife. A ladies' man, he promptly sleeps with her, then gets a shock when he is accused of murdering Carras.
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
5) Drop shot
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Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 2
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Investigating the killing of a burned-out tennis star, sports agent Myron Bolitar uncovers a connection between the victim and a rising star from the wrong side of the tracks, while a corrupt senator and organized crime watch his every move.
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Legacy (Annie Matthew) volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In a world where tennis can unlock ancient magic, Legacy enters a tennis tournament organized by Queen Silla in order to raise enough money to save her father's orphanage.
7) Trophy son
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"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,...
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Gym shorts volume 6
Pub. Date
2010
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Henty wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He know he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner, Rocky, is. Between helping Rocky train and working on his history project with Jazz, Henry may have more than he can handle. Can he win with Rocky as his tennis partner? Can Jazz get an A in history with Henry as her project partner? How will Henry handle double the trouble?
10) Sudden death
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2016.
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A 1599 Roman tennis match between the Italian painter Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Quevedo represents the way the world changed in their times, in a novel that goes from the execution of Anne Boleyn to Mexico after the conquest.
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Prince of Tennis volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
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Facing extreme challenges from the world's best players in a variety of matches, young Ryoma Echizen aims to become the best tennis player in the world and battles to win tennis championships for the Seishun Academy.
12) 40 love
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2011.
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A weekend tennis party becomes study of modern marriage for four very different couples of varying economic, social, and interest levels as together they encounter two days of anger, shock, revelations, and romance.
14) Tennis ace
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2000.
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Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
16) Fifteen love
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player, each relate their feelings about each other, school, friends, and family troubles as they struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen.
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Prince of Tennis volume 5
Pub. Date
[2004], c1999
Description
One game away from the City Tournament, seventh-grade tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen develops a sudden muscle paralysis while facing off against Shinji of the Fudomine team.
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Prince of Tennis volume 4
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Ryoma Echizen, the Prince of Tennis, and his Seishun Academy teammates face off against Fudomine Junior High, a team disqualified for fighting last year.