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Series
Home team novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life he is faced with a much bigger challenge" --
4) Point guard
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Series
Home team novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
5) Last man out
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Tommy Gallagher plays monster back for the Brighton Bears defense--and he's every quarterback's worst nightmare. A fierce competitor, Tommy's the toughest--and bravest--guy on the field. After all, he learned the game from his dad, a Boston firefighter who tackles each fire with a simple mantra: first man in, last man out. But his father never said anything about being carried out. Even Tommy isn't strong enough for what happens when the sirens sound...
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Series
Court of Fives trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Now a Fives Challenger, Jes travels the countryside to compete against adversaries of similar skill levels, using the opportunity to search for her missing twin sister, Bettany, only to be thrown into the center of the war that Lord Kalliarkos--the boy she still loves--is fighting against their country's enemies"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After fourteen-year-old Joey experiences her first kiss and learns that her best friend wants to quit competitive gymnastics, she considers giving up her dream of winning gold medals in order to have a normal life, even as her sister and assistant coach urge her to reach a new level.
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Series
Horrible Harry volume 36
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Spurred on by the promise of a mystery prize, Harry and Doug are determined to win the most points on Field Day, but Harry's sneaky tactics annoy their competition, making the two boys targets for revenge.
10) Losers take all
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Description
Forced to join a sports team with his ragtag band of anti-athletic friends, Jack starts a rebel soccer team that is secretly dedicated to avoiding victory and undermining his school's jock culture, with unexpected results.
11) Stand-off
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Series
Winger volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Ryan Dean West is back to his boarding school antics in this bitingly funny sequel to Winger, which Publishers Weekly called ���alternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlightening��� (Publishers Weekly, starred review). It���s his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean should be focused on his future, but instead, he���s haunted by his past. His rugby coach expects him to fill the roles once played by his lost friend,...
14) Play ball!
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Series
Little league volume 1
Pub. Date
©2013.
Description
"Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face...
15) Booked
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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
16) It wasn't me
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
When Theo's photography project is mysteriously vandalized at school there are five suspected students who all say "it wasn't me." Theo just wants to forget about the humiliating incident but his favorite teacher is determined to get to the bottom of it and has the six of them come into school over vacation to talk. She calls it "Justice Circle." The six students-the Nerd, the Princess, the Jock, the Screw Up, the Weirdo, and the Nobody-think of...
17) The big game
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
18) Golden arm
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Formats
Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
20) Muck & Magic
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The former UK Children's Laureate and the award-winning illustrator of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them celebrate friendship and creativity in the story of a twelve-year-old Olympic hopeful whose life is changed by a horse stable job and an invitation that transforms her sense of possibilities.
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