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By Sarah Crossan. 2018
Novel in verse. Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England, from Poland to search for her father.…
Believing everyone to be unfriendly, Kasienka finds friendship with a boy she meets at the swimming pool, her only refuge. For grades 6-9. 2012By Kwame Alexander. 2016
A novel in verse. Eighth-grader Nick Hall loves soccer and hates books, but he 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. For grades 5-8. 2016By Kwame Alexander. 2014
Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse. For senior high and older readers. 2014By Matthew Cordell, Julie Sternberg. 2013
When Eleanor's grandma Sadie surprises her with a sleep-away camp trip over the summer, Eleanor is excited. But her enthusiasm…
wanes when faced with strange food and an embarrassingly low-level swim class. Sequel to Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie (DB 75193). For grades 2-4. 2013By Ogden Nash, C. F. Payne. 2011
Collection of Ogden Nash's alphabetical poems of baseball legends, such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Includes player stats and…
biographical information. Originally published in 1949 in Sport magazine. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2011By Richard Brown, Earlene R. Long, Matthew Cordell, Tamera Will Wissinger. 2013
In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns…
in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms. For grades 3-6By Robert Neubecker, Shellie Braeuner. 2009
By Rich Wallace. 2006
After his parents divorce, Jimmy Fleming moves with his father from Pennsylvania to Jersey City. Jimmy, a left-handed pitcher, makes…
the seventh-grade baseball team, but finding friends isn't as easy. Even with his team losing and his dad pressuring him, Jimmy doesn't give up. For grades 4-7. 2006By Evelyn Coleman, Tony Duffy. 2003
Fourteen-year-old Keisha wants to go to a summer program for aspiring doctors. Instead, her guidance counselor places her in a…
program for at-risk kids. There Keisha discovers her innate swimming ability, learns to deal with prejudice, and makes new friends. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2001By William Littlefield, Glenn Stout. 1998
Twenty-six sports articles from American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Linda Robertson writes about Richard Williams's grooming his daughters for…
tennis careers in "On Planet Venus." In "Late Boomer," Tom Boswell describes Brady Anderson, the Orioles center fielder. David Remnick covers boxer Mike Tyson in "Kid Dynamite Blows Up." Some strong languageBy Dav Pilkey. 1995
There is a wonderful place on an island beyond the lagoon, where beneath the blue moon lies the Moonglow Roll-O-Rama.…
And every night while people sleep snugly in their beds, the animals go to this spot where the magic of moonlight sweeps them skating up to the sky. For preschool-grade 2By Randy Powell. 1995
As high school ends, Dean Duffy says goodbye to his once-promising baseball career. But the following fall, Duffy gets an…
unexpected offer of a baseball scholarship from a private college. During the months before he has to decide, Duffy thinks back to the events before and after he threw his arm out at sixteen and ponders whether he can endure another effort and possible failure. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readersBy Graeme Base. 2008
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magician, he learns that is grandfather's rabbit, Enigma,…
has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder. For grades 3-6By Alma Fullerton. 2022
A diagnosis of dyslexia could change everything for an aspiring fifth-grade gymnast struggling at school in this authentic, high-energy novel…
in verse. The print edition of this title is set in a font developed to be easy to read.The gym is where Claire shines and she’s on her way to qualifying for the state championships. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker—which is fine with her since it helps her hide her reading problem. Claire has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of letters on a page.When a sympathetic principal wonders if she’s acting out because she may have dyslexia, she’s stunned. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb, so she’s eager to get evaluated. But her mother balks. Afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid,” she refuses testing. Can Claire take on both her reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth jeopardizing her dream of the state championships?Told in clear and poignant verse and featuring black and white illustrations, Claire’s struggle with something that seems to come easily to everyone else will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.By Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersBy Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018By Walter Dean Myers. 2013
Best friends Darius, a writer, and Twig, a runner, deal with bullies, family problems, and gangs while hanging on to…
their dreams of getting out of Harlem and going to college. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013By Pierre-Alexandre Bonin. 2022
Mathéo partage sa vie entre la piscine, où il s’entraîne avec l’équipe de natation de son école, et le centre…
commercial, où il travaille comme mascotte. C’est avec enthousiasme qu’il entame son secondaire 5, surtout que son entraîneur vient de le nommer capitaine de leur équipe. Cependant, lors de la première compétition de l’année, un nageur d’une équipe adverse l’insulte à propos de son poids. Profondément ébranlé, Mathéo commence à moins bien performer en natation, ce qui l'amène à se lancer à corps perdu dans les entraînements, au détriment de sa santé et de ses notes. Mathéo devra accepter sa propre vulnérabilité et aller chercher du soutien s’il veut surmonter cette épreuve.By Salvatore Ala. 2011
Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and…
his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems.By Susan Weiss. 2016