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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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With nods to the traditional and popular predecessors of boxing and wrestling, Jones adds to the Dojo series a heavy dose of drama. Hector, on the verge of 18 and also his first big mixed martial arts fight, has a lot going on. His father's alcoholism has split the family apart, his girlfriend and his best friend choose each other when his commitment to MMA leaves little time for socializing, and his mother disapproves of his passion, constantly worrying...
2) Full impact
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Norval and Arnie are two of the stars on the Southside High football team. They're best friends off the field, too, and they're both hoping to play college ball some day. When Coach Green asks Norval to watch Arnie for signs of a concussion, it sounds like spying. But is betraying Arnie the best way for Norval to help his friend?
3) The Catch
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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When Danny makes "the catch," everyone seems interested in him. Girls text him, kids ask for autographs, and his highlight play even makes it on SportsCenter's Top Plays. A sports-gear executive tempts Danny with a big-money offer, and he decides to take advantage of his newfound fame. Danny agrees to wear their gear when he plays. But as his bank account gets bigger, so does his ego. Will Danny be able to keep his head in the game?
4) Forced out
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zack Waddell learns that a new player has been made a starter for financial reasons.
5) Unstoppable
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
6) Breakthrough
Author
Series
Red zone volume 3
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Efram is new to Troy, Ohio, a town where football is everything. And as soon as he sets foot in Troy Central High, the school's head coach takes notice of Efram's perfect football build. Suddenly Efram is gearing up for practice-even though he has never played the game.
Flick is too small to run for a touchdown or sack a quarterback. And with his mohawk and outsider attitude, he's not exactly a team player. But he notices things on the football...
7) Top prospect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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Description
"Travis, a pre-teen quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the coach of Gainesville University football program offers him a scholarship before Travis even gets to high school"--
8) Puppy love
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Language
English
Description
After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue.
9) Force out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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Description
"When Joey has to compete with his best friend, Zach, for a single spot on an elite baseball team, he is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to win"--
10) Shot clock
Author
Series
Shot Clock volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"Tony loves basketball. But the game changed recently when his best friend, Dante, a hoops phenom, was killed by a police officer. Tony hopes he can carry on Dante's legacy by making the Sabres, the AAU basketball team Dante took to two national championships. Tony doesn't make the team, but Coach James likes what he sees from Tony at tryouts and offers him another chance: join the team as the statistician. With his community reeling and the team...
11) Body shot
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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Description
"Meghan's the toughest girl in her dojo with a great future in the sport, but behind her is a painful history. Betrayed by a parent and by a coach, Meghan trusts only two old friends: one who pushes her to confront her past, the other who pulls Meghan down with her in a pill-popping daze"--Provided by publisher.
12) Head kick
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nong Vang dreams one day he'll become a MMA superstar, but his real life turns into a nightmare when his bully big brother returns to town. This young Hmong ultimate fighter can trash talk, but inside the cage, can he find the courage and skill to achieve success?"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Rafe Khatchadorian's new year at middle school is starting to look depressingly like the old one, except that art class is going well--and when he joins the flag-football team and demonstrates some talent as a running-back, he discovers a way of dealing with his bullying nemesis and teammate, Miller the Killer.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A friendship is tested and a new one formed as Troy White, the football genius, gets to play varsity football for the first time, on a team that has to end its losing streak"--
16) Throwing stones
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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Description
In 1923, in Pierre, Indiana, a fourteen-year-old Andy realizes a dream when he makes the high school basketball team, but when an accident keeps him from playing, he ventures into journalism and begins to understand the meaning of sportsmanship.
18) First team
Author
Series
New kids novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The companion novel to New Kid, where Brock is in another new town after being on the run with his dad again, and this time, he joins the football team"--
19) Soccer stand-off
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grader Ethan Isaac is looking forward to the soccer season, but he gets a shock when he finds out that their new coach is Ms. Brezinka, his tough seventh grade science teacher--some of the players quit the team, but Ethan does not have that option, and he soon learns that Ms. Brezinka is as demanding a soccer coach as she was a teacher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she sees how much her little brother and young stepbrother and stepsister want to play softball, thirteen-year-old Kristy starts her own team, which makes up in spirit what it lacks in skill.
"Kristy's starting her own ragtag softball team! Kristy's Krushers will probably never be champions-- Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, is playing for them. But nobody has more team spirit than Jackie! When Bart's Bashers challenge them to a game. Will...
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