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The story of Ferdinand
By Munro Leaf. 1936
Ferdinand, a strong bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers, is mistakenly thought to be the fiercest bull…
in Spain. He is carted off to the bullring in Madrid, where a surprise awaits the spectators. For grades K-3. 1936Morgy coast to coast
By Maggie Lewis. 2005
After moving from California to Massachusetts, Morgy experiences many changes. As he adjusts to fourth grade, Morgy learns to play…
the trumpet, joins the ice hockey team, adopts a greyhound named Dante, and makes new friends. Sequel to Morgy Makes His Move (BR 12739). For grades 2-4. 2005McElligot's pool
By Seuss. 1974
Young Marco has spent three hours with his fishing pole at tiny McElligot's Pool without one single bite. He's not…
discouraged because he imagines all the wonderful fish that might still be caught. For grades K-3. 1947Love, football, and other contact sports
By Alden R. Carter. 2006
Interconnected short stories centering around a Wisconsin high school's football team and their friends. In "Elvis" a football player collects…
money so a foster girl can go to homecoming. In "Kicker Wanted" a punter's female rugby-playing English cousin becomes the new field-goal kicker. For senior high readers. 2006Losing is not an option: stories
By Rich Wallace. 2003
Nine interwoven episodes relate athlete Ronny's coming of age in small-town Pennsylvania, from sneaking into a football game in sixth…
grade to racing for the state track championship in high school. In "Dawn" he struggles with the rules of mutual attraction. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003The game of Sunken Places (The norumbegan Quartet #No. 1)
By M. T Anderson. 2004
Thirteen-year-old best friends Gregory and Brian travel to rural Vermont for a visit with Gregory's eccentric Uncle Max. In Max's…
Victorian mansion Gregory and Brian become involved in an ancient game played by supernatural opponents. Some violence. For grades 5-8. 2004The King of Slippery Falls
By Sid Hite. 2004
Rural Idaho, early 2000s. When Lewis Hinton turns fifteen, his parents tell him he is adopted. Now an ensuing identity…
crisis thwarts his simple goals of catching an elusive giant trout and getting Amanda to be his girlfriend. For grades 6-9. 2004Gus and Grandpa go fishing (Gus and Grandpa #9)
By Claudia Mills, Catherine Stock. 2003
Father Bear comes home (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
By Else Holmelund Minarik. 1959
Four episodes about Little Bear in which he waits impatiently for his father to come home from a day of…
fishing, has the hiccups, meets a mermaid, and plays with Owl. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 1959Shakespeare bats cleanup
By Ronald Koertge. 2003
Fourteen-year-old baseball star Kevin catches mono and is forced to stay home for a few months. To pass time, he…
creates these journal entries in different poetic styles. Dealing with Shakespeare, sports, and personal issues like girls and grief, his writing becomes as "cool" for him as baseball. For grades 6-9. 2003Haunting at home plate
By David Patneaude. 2000
Twelve-year-old Nelson recruits his female cousin Mike to coach his baseball team. They are on a losing streak when they…
see messages scratched in the dirt at home plate. The team wonders if the ghost of a boy who died years ago is responsible. For grades 4-7. 2000No more dead dogs
By Gordon Korman. 2000
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is given detention for telling the absolute truth even when it hurts the English teacher's…
feelings. Sentenced to attend school play rehearsals, he becomes involved in spite of himself and makes some creative changes. For grades 5-8. 2000Cam Jansen and the tennis trophy mystery (Cam Jansen Ser. #23)
By David A Adler. 2003
The unwilling umpire (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 21)
By Ron Roy, John Gurney. 2004
When the umpire at a baseball game fund-raiser is accused of stealing a collection of autographed baseballs, friends Dink, Josh,…
and Ruth Rose try to prove his innocence. With the help of the Internet they nab the real crook. For grades 2-4. 2004The ninth nugget (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 14)
By Ron Roy, John Gurney. 2001
When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they soon have another mystery to solve--who broke…
into the ranch's safe and stole a large gold nugget that Josh had found in a creek. For grades 2-4. 2001Cairo Kelly and the Mann
By Kristin Butcher. 2002
Cairo and Midge, mischief-making baseball players, have been sent to their middle school principal's office fifty-five times in one year.…
But when they learn that their favorite umpire, Harold Mann, can't read, they rally to help him pass the sports league's new test. For grades 4-7. 2002Skeleton Key (Alex Rider #3)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2003
Reluctant teenage spy Alex Rider foils a Chinese plot to upset the Wimbledon tennis championships. He is loaned to the…
CIA and sent to a Cuban island. There he must find out what a former psychopathic Russian general is planning to do with a nuclear bomb. For grades 6-9. 2002Marvin Redpost: super fast, out of control! (Marvin Redpost #7)
By Louis Sachar, Adam Record. 2000
Lord of the kill
By Theodore Taylor. 2002
With his parents in India, sixteen-year-old Ben Jepson--from Sniper (BR 8709)--is in charge of Los Coyotes Preserve, a family-run refuge…
for big cats near Los Angeles. Two powerful groups try to shut down the shelter by intimidation, murder, and kidnapping the largest tiger in captivity. For grades 5-8. 2002The young man and the sea
By W. R. Philbrick. 2004
Maine. Twelve-year-old Skiff is determined to earn enough money to fix his father's fishing boat but sets out to sea…
with only a harpoon. He catches a giant bluefin tuna that tries to kill him as the boat runs out of gas, lost in the fog. For grades 5-8. 2004