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Disabilities fiction, Sports fiction, General fiction, Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction
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Paul Fisher's parents are avid fans of his older brother Erik's promising football career. In contrast, Paul wears extremely thick…
glasses because, according to Erik, Paul stared at an eclipse. When they move to Tangerine, Florida, Paul's new friendships help him uncover what he's really known all along about Erik. For grades 6-8
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Sports fiction
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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.
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Sports fiction
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Trying to land a spot on the South Side Middle School football team isn't the biggest challenge Matt Hill faces…
in the third installment of this popular series. Besides catching passes and dodging defenders, Matt also has to deal with the return of his estranged father following a ten-year absence. But while Matt comes to grips with forgiving his father and gets used to having him around, he must also help a teammate deal with the damage inflicted by his own overbearing and sometimes violent dad.
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Sports fiction
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For as long as he can remember, Matt has wanted to play basketball. Now, as he tries out for the…
team at his new middle school, he realizes that the easy days of elementary ball are over and that this is a much more serious game. Dealing with a hard-driving coach, competitive teammates and his own insecurities in a new school, Matt needs to call on all his skills, both on and off the court, to make the team and keep his head above water. When he is involved, albeit unwittingly, in tagging a store with racist graffiti, Matt finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for. And when he fights back against an aggressive teammate and is threatened with suspension from the team, he learns that it is not only game-time decisions that count, but also the choices made after the crowd has gone home and the gym is silent.
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Humourous fiction, Sports fiction
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Johnny Maverick and his friends Tom and Stu want to win the prizes donated for their hockey team's Valentine's Day…
dance fundraiser. Whoever wins the dance contest takes home all the prizes, one of which is a graphite hockey stick. When the boys learn that Connie, the new girl in Howling, is a great dancer, they each want her as their dance partner. But they don't think about asking her to go with them until it's too late. And as usual, things don't turn out as planned for Johnny and his friends.
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Fantasy, General fiction, Sports fiction
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A boy’s wish to be a star wrestler is granted in this wacky middle-grade fantasy Ollie and his older brother,…
Hollis, have wrestling in their blood: Their mom was a pro whose dreams of stardom were dashed by a devious opponent. Now she’s an overworked, underpaid ref at Slamdown Town, the local arena. Ollie’s goal in life is to win the golden championship belt for his mom—immediately followed by his other goal: to hang his bully of a brother from the roof by his tightie-whities. But there’s one problem: Ollie inherited their estranged dad’s puny frame, while Hollis got their mom’s brawn. Thus Ollie has resigned himself to a fate of wrestling mediocrity and wet willies . . . until the day Hollis gifts him a piece of stale gum and forces him to chew it. Ollie soon discovers that the gum—bought on eBay and formerly chewed by a wrestling legend— has an unusual side effect: the ability to physically transform Ollie into a pro wrestler. As Big Chew, Ollie’s finally able to put Hollis in his place and be a star. But when trouble befalls his family, being Big Chew gets a lot more complicated. In the end, Ollie knows he can’t have it all; and it’s only when he asks himself who he really is that he learns what it means to be a champion.
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Sports fiction, War stories
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In May of 1864, war-weary Union soldiers challenge a troop of Alabama Confederates to a series of baseball contests while…
the battle of Spotsylvania rages around them. In the final match, the reality of the war intrudes upon their short-lived truce, and the game turns deadly. Strong language and violence
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School stories, Sports fiction
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High school senior Travis Cody feels responsible for his football team's one loss of the season. But he has a…
chance to redeem himself in the big championship game. On the day of the playoff, Travis finds the confidence to overcome his fears and look forward to the future. For junior and senior high and older readers. c1997.
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Sports fiction, Friendship stories, General fiction
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In this sequel to Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman (DB 46736), Owen has talked his friend Joseph into joining the…
soccer team. But on the first day of practice, Owen realizes soccer isn't going to be as much fun this year. For grades K-3
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Serious and literary fiction, Humourous fiction, Sports fiction
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Gil Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpire. The ex-con first baseman, John Baal, "The…
Babe Ruth of the Big House," who never hit a home run sober. If you've never heard of them—or of the Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history—it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory.In this ribald, richly imagined, and wickedly satiric novel, Roth turns baseball's status as national pastime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picaresque farce, replete with heroism and perfidy, ebullient wordplay and a cast of characters that includes the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Sports fiction, Historical fiction, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, War stories
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1949. The sixth-grade girls of Bear Creek Ridge and Barlow are preparing for their annual softball game. Bear Creek is…
happy to have first-baseman Aki home from a Japanese internment camp. Barlow's new girl, Shazam, is a phenomenal player but harbors hatred and anger about the war. No one anticipates the tragedy that occurs during the game. For grades 5-8
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Family stories, Sports fiction, General fiction
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Ten-year-old Danny Williams's mechanic father brags about his own basketball skills, but never helps Danny, who's playing his first season.…
Instead his dad drinks and complains about growing up as a Mormon bishop's son. Danny finally admits to his friend Alan's father, a Mormon bishop, that he doesn't think his father loves him. For grades 4-7
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Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction, Sports fiction
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Four-time NBA champion and superstar Stephen Curry makes a splash with his picture book debut, adapted for audio, inspiring young…
listeners to unlock their very own superpower. "A positive boost from a strong role model." — Kirkus "With accessible advice honoring commitment to craft and fortitude, this is a sporty and strong addition to growth-mindset and social-emotional-learning conversations." — Booklist Stephen Curry&’s journey to the NBA wasn&’t easy. Coaches and recruiters repeatedly told him he was too small to make it in the big leagues. But Stephen used their doubts to shape his ever-positive attitude and fuel his own underdog success story. Now, Curry pens an original story to inspire the next generation of go-getters and big dreamers. I Have a Superpower is the empowering story that teaches kids you don't have to be the strongest, fastest, or even tallest kid out on the court. So long as you have heart, any goal is achievable through hard work and determination—even without a cape!
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Sports fiction, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
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Jim Doyle from Minnesota is selected to be in an international junior basketball tournament in Italy. At the training camp,…
his teammates shun him because of his racial identity and social inexperience. But in Rome, when the team encounters discrimination and death threats, Jim proves his loyalty. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers
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Sports fiction, General fictionSports and games
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Brooklyn, New York; 1951. Veteran sports reporter Barney Polan uncovers college basketball players taking money from professional gamblers in return for shaving points in hotly contested games. Strong language
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School stories, Sports fiction, General fiction
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Twins Marcus and Marius Cott aren't happy about having to be in separate kindergarten classes. But their teachers soon realize…
how happy they are not to have both twins in their class. As each twin argues that he has the best teacher, the teachers argue about which twin is the worse one. And when the teachers decide to swap twins for a day, the twins also decide to swap teachers. For grades 2-4
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Sports fiction
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When Barton High School's football coach is hospitalized right before the final game of the season, the only one who…
can replace him is his student manager, Beano Hatton. Beano accepts the responsibility, knowing how much he has learned from the coach in three years. After devising a game plan, Beano's major hurdle is convincing the team to believe in him. For junior and senior high readers
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Sports fiction
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Pete Holman, always in trouble, is released from police custody to Coach Wilson on the condition that Pete join the…
football team. Pete reluctantly agrees, knowing his incorrigible friends will mock him. But, learning he is a natural receiver, he discovers purpose and friendship in being part of the team. For junior and senior high readers
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Sports fiction, Friendship stories
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It's not easy being the son of Ralph Stevens, one of the best third basemen who ever played major-league baseball.…
So Hal is relieved to move to a new town with his divorced mother because no one knows who his father is. The high school coach, also a former professional baseball player, tells Hal he's more suited for second base, even though Hal's father always encouraged him to play third. For grades 6-9
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Sports fiction
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Hamilton High's basketball coach, Doug Fulton, fantasizes each year that a superb player will transfer to his school. This year…
he thinks his dream has come true when he spots tall, athletic Chris Patton. But Chris denies being a basketball player until Coach Fulton learns the disturbing truth from Chris's former school. For junior and senior high readers