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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, shawn o'brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old ben mcbain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy always dreamed of meeting his father, but when the man finally appears his mother's anger, his father's shady business dealings, and Troy's own feelings make the reunion difficult and confusing.
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Language
English
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Description
"Fifteen-year-old Emma's growing up and feels isolated from her friends and family. Things go from bad to unfathomably worse when Emma inadvertently causes an accident that kills her increasingly distant father on a spring break canoe trip meant to bring them closer together. Suddenly, Emma's efforts to reconcile with her father as a parent and a person have to happen without him, and she must confront her guilt and her grief to begin moving forward"--...
4) Rivals
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Josh looks forward to facing a true rival in the Baseball Hall of Fame tournament, but first he and his friends Jaden and Benji put themselves at great risk trying to expose the truth about a conspiracy to bribe the head umpire.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball, but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
6) Gym candy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Mick Johnson works hard for a placement on the varsity team during his freshman year, and decides to use steroids in order to hold onto his edge, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
7) High heat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school sophomore and star pitcher Shane Hunter's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart when his father, owner of a Lexus dealership, is arrested for money laundering.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For as long as he can remember Curtis Pith has wanted to become a chef. When the host of his favorite cooking show announces a kids-only final season, Curtis sees his chance. And more than wanting to be a chef, Curtis sees a chance to meet his biological father, Lucas Taylor, the Super Chef himself. A cross between Willy Wonka and Master Chef, this book is full of delicious food, teamwork and a wonderful tale of a young boy trying to find his place...
9) Ironman
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Series
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
10) Kid owner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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"--
11) 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"--
12) Final season
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd...
13) The crossover
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 750L
Language
English
Description
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks...The court is SIZZLING. My sweat in DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces 12-year-old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. Josh has basketball in his blood, but he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse in this fast and furious novel. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lenny loves baseball. And not just playing baseball -- he loves reading about it, too. Lenny thinks the more he knows, the better he'll play ... and he needs all the help he can get! But it's not until he comes across some interesting information in his Big Book of Baseball Facts -- Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, two of the best hitters in baseball history, failed most of the time! -- that Lenny realizes his odds are pretty good! With renewed determination...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him -- and ultimately saved his life.
16) Babe & me
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
17) Slider
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Language
English
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Description
Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off the New England coast, the nation's best college players gather to play the most important baseball of their lives. Jack Faber is a young hotshot pitcher with an unhittable slider and a rocket for a fastball. He plays for the fabled Seapuit Seawolves and dreams of making the Big Show. But a new coach, the scowling Bruno Riazzi, a former pro catcher, resents the kid's celebrity status and decides...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A deeply personal and inspiring memoir from one of the most celebrated and influential names in British sport. With his unforgettable medal-winning performance in the 2012 London Olympics, double world champion Tom Daley captured the heart of the nation. This year's Games in Tokyo will be his fourth, and Tom is embarking on them with a renewed sense of perspective about what matters in life. Over the years, we have watched Tom go from strength to...
19) A child's walk in the wilderness: an 8-year-old boy and his father take on the Appalachian trail
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Language
English
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Description
Imagine a 7-year-old boy asking his father if they can hike the entire Appalachian Trail, and then imagine that the father says yes. Paul Molyneaux is the author of The Doryman's Reflection and Swimming in Circles. He writes about commercial fishing for the New York Times and other publications and won a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship to study sustainable fisheries in India, Chile, and Iceland. He and his family live in Maine and Mexico.
20) Together we ride
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Language
English
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Description
Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.
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