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The winning edge (Sports stories ; #28)
By Michele Martin Bossley. 1998
Jennie loves to skate and has always dreamed of winning a gold medal. She is overjoyed when she is picked…
for extra training. However, things do not go according to plan, and she has to make her own decisions about what is important and what is not. Grades 4-7. 1999. (Sports stories ; 28)The West coast murders (Screech Owls series. #12.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
The Screech Owls are in Vancouver to play in a tournament, and go on a whale-watching boat ride. What they…
find are two dead bodies, of a dolphin and a man they know. The team investigates, and uncovers the truth behind a drug smuggling operation and a heroic dolphin, while landing themselves in danger. Grades 4-7. 2000. (The Screech Owls series ; 12)The underground skipper
By William Campbell Gault. 1975
A veteran manager who wants a world series victory for his team has doubts about signing the pitcher he needs-a…
guy who was rookie-of-the-year at eighteen but an unemployed bush-leaguer at twenty-eight. Grades 5-8. 1975.The sundog season
By John Geddes. 2005
West Spirit Lake is a small mining town in northern Ontario, now a hotbed of intrigue because a new police…
sergeant has suddenly been posted there. Can he find out what is going on at the Blue Heron Motor Hotel late at night? And most importantly, will he be able to inspire a winning boys' hockey team? Co-Winner of the 2006 Ottawa Book Award for English fiction. For junior high readers. Strong language. 2005.The sportswriter
By Richard Ford. 1987
Frank Bascombe is a sportswriter attempting to cope with his failed marriage and the death of his son. Unable to…
establish true connections with people, Bascombe drifts into and out of various relationships, but retains an introspective eye that allows him to transcend life's obstacles. 1987.The Screech Owls' northern adventure (Screech Owls series. #3.)
By Roy MacGregor. 1996
When the Screech Owls are invited to be the first non-Native team to participate in the First Nations Pee Wee…
Hockey Tournament they are all excited about their trip north to James Bay. They'll have a chance to stay with local native families and learn about their traditions and lifestyle. But when the team ends up alone in the bush during a storm they have to rely on their own resources to save themselves. Grades 4-7. 1996. (The Screech Owls series ; 3)The runner (Tillerman Cycle Ser. #Bk. 4)
By Cynthia Voigt. 1985
As a dedicated runner, Bullet has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching a…
black teammate on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving. Strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.The Rocket, the flower, the hammer and me: an all-star collection of Canadian hockey fiction
By Doug Beardsley. 1988
A collection of short stories dealing with hockey. These include the tales of a dog named Guy Lafleur, the hockey-crazed…
monks of St. Alban's, and hockey night in Canada, on prairie ponds, and in Leningrad. Authors include W. P. Kinsella, Paul Quarrington and Morley Callaghan. Strong language. 1988.The Race: a novel of grit, tactics, and the Tour de France
By Dave Shields. 2004
Young American Ben has earned an opportunity to compete in the Tour de France. Complex relationships with teammates, personal and…
professional obstacles, and a terrible disaster cause the young cyclist to confront both himself and his past more directly than ever before. 2004.The Quebec City crisis (Screech Owls series. #7.)
By Roy MacGregor, Greg Banning. 1998
The Screech Owls are excited to be playing in the Quebec Peewee International, the biggest and best amateur hockey tournament…
in the world. But things start to go wrong - first Travis' trip diary, published in the newspaper, causes the fans to boo their team due to a terrible misunderstanding. Then, someone begins a campaign of terror against the Owls, and if they're going to stand a chance in the tournament, the team has to find out who it is. Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 7)The perfect gymnast (Sports stories (Toronto, Ont.) #9)
By Michele Martin Bossley. 1996
When twelve-year-old Abby makes a friend at gymnastics she stops feeling shy and starts enjoying herself. Hillary is outgoing, confident,…
and a top-ranked gymnast. She also has a serious problem. When Hillary asks Abby to keep her problem a secret Abby must decide whether to help Hillary by speaking out or to keep quiet and maintain their friendship. 1996.The power of one
By Bryce Courtenay. 1989
When 5-year-old Peekay, an English boy, is sent to boarding school, he is hated by the Afrikaner children. A kind…
train conductor teaches him to box, but over the next 15 years, his dream of becoming a world boxing champion is hindered by the politics and racism of South Africa. Some strong language. 1989.The penalty killing: A Martin Carter Mystery (Martin Carter mystery.)
By Michael McKinley. 2010
Ex-hockey great Martin Carter now works for the New York St. Patricks, a team whose playoff hopes die when a…
crucial game ends in a bench-clearing brawl which leaves a star forward in a coma. Only one person saw what happened - she caught it on video to use for blackmail. When her body is found two days later, Carter's DNA is all over her and her apartment, hers is in his, and the footage, which now only he has seen, is missing. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2010.The night they stole the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #2)
By Roy MacGregor. 1995
The Screech Owls hockey team is in Toronto for the biggest tournament of their lives, but everything goes wrong. Nish…
sprains his ankle at the CN Tower, team members get caught shoplifting, and during a tour of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Travis overhears two men plotting to swipe the Stanley Cup and hold it for ransom! Can the Screech Owls save the Cup, and can they also rise to the challenge and play their best hockey ever? Grades 4-7. 1995. (The Screech Owls series ; 2)The million dollar shot
By Dan Gutman. 1997
Eddie enters a contest sponsored by Finkle Foods and has the chance to win a million dollars if he can…
sink a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals. But Mr. Finkle can't afford to let Eddie win. Grades 4-7. 1997.The magic finger
By Roald Dahl. 1995
The Koufax dilemma
By Steven Schnur. 1997
Danny Guttman, eleven, a southpaw with a great fastball, is supposed to pitch at the season opener. There is just…
one problem--the game is on the first night of Passover, and his mother refuses to let him miss the family Seder. As the day approaches, Danny argues with his parents and teammates, and even threatens to quit the team, but an event on the day of the game changes his outlook. Grades 4-7. 1997.The Kansas City Cowboys
By Johnny D Boggs. 2017
Seventeen-year-old Silver King dreams of becoming a working cowboy. His mother, however, has pushed him to be a baseball player--and…
King certainly has the arm to be a star pitcher. When the National League forms a team in Kansas City in 1886, both mother and son get their wishes. 2017.The key to the Golden Firebird: a novel
By Maureen Johnson. 2004
After their father's sudden fatal heart attack, the Gold sisters each cope in their own way. May tries to hold…
the family together even as she goes to pieces, Palmer begins to have panic attacks, and Brooks quits the softball team, gets drunk on a regular basis, and makes plans to have sex with her not-quite-boyfriend. Everything revolves around their father's Pontiac Firebird, which serves as a haven for one of the girls, a means to rebel for another, and an important part of the healing process for all three. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. For junior high readers. 2004.The Iowa baseball confederacy
By W. P Kinsella. 1986
Gideon Clarke is obsessed with his departed father's lifelong crusade to prove that, in 1908, baseball's champion Chicago Cubs played…
the Iowa All-Stars in a game that went on for 40 days and nights in a continuous rainstorm. A fantasy of adventures that involves many of baseball's early greats. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986.