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"When Man goes to the stars, he'll bring a ball with him."Hit the court, tee off, and play ball in these five short stories about future sports.• Going into the baseball season's final game, he could be the first player in a century to hit .400. Thanks to his genetically engineered eyes.• The basketball coach needs to turn underachieving stars into a winning team. The franchise's new owner, a big pharma tycoon, gives him a new invention...
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"Over the course of a week, thirteen-year-old track & field runner, Josie Tomaselli, confronts multiple challenges with humour, confusion, fear, "lady balls," and the support of her pre-race music playlist. As the big race approaches she's missing the support of her father, who is dying of cancer. While at first she refuses to acknowledge the possibility of losing him, in the end she decides to face the situation and find a way to say goodbye to her...
4) Shot clock
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Shot clock volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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After the death of his friend, Tony must work to make the basketball team, but when he gets the chance to join the squad as statistician, he must grapple with honoring the memory of his basketball-loving friend while also trying to fit in on the team.
5) Triple crown
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Asked by the U.S. FACSA to find a mole who has been passing on information to those under suspicion in American horse racing, British Horseracing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley participates in a raid on a corrupt trainer's barn before three Kentucky Derby contenders become suspiciously ill.
6) Kid owner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
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Baseball genius volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump"--
8) Starry eyes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive.
Ever since last year's homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. When a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together....
9) Booked
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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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.
11) ¡Todavía no!
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Español
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Malik está contando para el juego del escondite. Nia quiere salir antes de que cuente hasta diez, pero Malik le pide que espere y cumpla las reglas. Este libro se combina con el título de no ficción «Cumplir las reglas».
"Malik is counting for hide-and-seek. Nia wants to go before he counts to ten, but Malik tells her to wait and follow the rules. This Spanish book pairs with the nonfiction title Cumplir las reglas"--
12) Finding Mighty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
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Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all? Drawing...
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Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother--and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and...
14) Key player
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Front desk volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
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It is said that everyone over a certain age can remember distinctly what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated, or that Princess Diana had been killed in a Paris car crash, but I, for one, could recall all too clearly where I was standing when a policeman told me that my wife had been murdered. Bill Russell is acting as a volunteer steward at Warwick races when he confronts his worst nightmare--the violent death...
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