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Geronimo Stilton. Cavemice volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure! It's the annual cavemouse sports competition! This year, Tiger Khan and his saber-toothed henchmen want to enter the games. They call a truce with the cavemice during the tournament...but when their flag goes missing, Tiger Khan is furious. Can Geronimo Stiltonoot track it down in time to keep his fur intact?" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 2
Language
English
Description
Brainy Scott Parry, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris Conlan, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
Author
Language
English
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"When high school junior Liv Rodriquez is kicked off her private school's softball team and loses her scholarship she must join her new school's football team to prove she can be a team player, all while falling for the star quarterback"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
A new collection of stories by National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates. In the suspenseful "Strip Poker," a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening young men. Can she outplay them? In the award-winning "Smother!" a young woman's nightmare memory of childhood brings trouble on her professor-mother. Which of them will win? In "Split/Brain" a woman who has blundered into a lethal...
8) Jabari jumps
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
9) Kick it, Mo!
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When soccer season starts, Mo, who has been working hard to improve his kicking skills, wonders if he will ever get a chance to show his team what he can do.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
13) Bink & Gollie
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
14) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Language
English
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks...
16) One last shot
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 19
Language
English
Description
After trying unsuccessfully to play a variety of school sports, Heidi turns to the Book of Spells for help.
18) Sports Dream
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Series
Publisher
Novato, CA
Language
English
Description
"A boy dreams of being a great sports star. In his dreams he is the best player in every sport: basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, dirt bike races and even fishing! However, he is really only great at one thing in sports-he is a great sports fan."--Cover.
19) Camp So-and-So
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Language
English
Description
"The letters went out in mid-February. Each letter invited its recipient to spend a week at Camp So-and-So, a lakeside retreat for girls nestled high in the Starveling Mountains. Each letter came with a glossy brochure with photographs of young women climbing rocks, performing Shakespearean theatre under the stars, and spiking volleyballs. Each letter was signed in ink by the famed and reclusive businessman and philanthropist, Inge F. Yancey IV. ...
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 5
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Language
English
Description
"Katie's Cupcake Club friends all have other activities besides making cupcakes. Mia and Alexis are on the soccer team and Emma plays the flute. So Katie sets out to find her sport. Sure, Katie can whip up a great cupcake, but can she cook on the field too? When Katie makes the softball team, it's batter up. . . but is this the kind of batter Katie really wants to be dealing with? What if she makes a mistake? What if her team loses? Katie starts to...
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