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81) Spike it, Mo!
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mo and his dad join in a volleyball game at the beach and the score is tied, it is up to Mo, the smallest boy on the team, to secure the game-winning point.
82) Hands
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
135 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw.
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather, who is currently in prison. He takes up boxing, figuring if...
83) Slugfest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Time out! Simon got Max Brutus's prized World Cup soccer ball stuck in the tallest tree in Picasso Park! Now he's in more trouble than a tater tot in ketchup. Can his friends at Table 5 help him get the ball before the big game? Or has Simon's luck maxed out?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but after the football team's quarterback dies in an accident and is replaced by a girl, Amber knows she should work against this unliked Jaclyn to keep her cheer status but the two fall for each other.
Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it's an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, and his body needs to heal...
87) Key player
Author
Series
Front desk volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (5 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophia Maria Garcia wants to excel at softball like her older sister, Ellie, and make her family proud, but when she is chosen for a different team and position than Ellie, she must learn to succeed by being herself.
89) Join the team!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Basketball superstar LeBron James teams up with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes for Space Jam: A New Legacy, the long-awaited reimagining of the original, beloved film. Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader, which includes over 30 stickers."
90) Kneel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small Louisiana town. As the team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. When his best friend...
91) Seton girls
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A group of girls at an elite private high school uncovers the awful secret behind the success of the school's beloved football team"--
Seton Academic High is a prep school obsessed with its football team and their thirteen-year conference win streak. The players always say they'd never have that streak without Seton's girls, but exactly Seton girls do to make them so valuable no one ever really says. The team's quarterback, the younger brother of...
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
93) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
94) Defending champ
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When the girls soccer team learns it has been canceled due to budget cuts, they come up with a plan to raise the necessary funds through a face-off with the boys' team, which is led by sneering superstar Chase Gwinn.
Author
Series
Lola Jones volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lola, with help from Grampa Ed and neighbor Gabriel, figures out a way to show the boys at school that they should be letting girls play soccer with them at recess.
96) Like other girls
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
""What if I played football?" I ask. As soon as it's out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I've overstepped some kind of invisible line we've all agreed not to discuss. We don't talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don't talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what's right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. "What do you...
97) Why We Fly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable book in the Young Adult category
From the New York Times bestselling authors of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight comes a story about friendship, privilege, sports, and protest.
With a rocky start to senior year, cheerleaders and lifelong best friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot on their minds. Eleanor is still in physical therapy months after a serious concussion from a failed cheer stunt. Chanel starts making...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
365 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed ... Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her ... until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just come between Jordan and her best friends on the basketball...
99) Hoops
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games...
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