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1) Deadline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
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.
3) 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.
4) Payback time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he's determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
5) 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...
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Jackson has a rough start in middle school, with bullies on the bus, few classes with his friends, and changes at home but some good teachers, meeting a girl, joining a club, and playing football soon turn things around.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cory has always been passionate about football. But life for him and his single mom has been hard, making it difficult for Cory to play. And though Cory is a good kid, he's constantly surrounded by negative influences. But when the coach from an elite private school with one of the best football programs in the country recognizes his talents on the field, Cory is presented with an unbelievable opportunity. Cory knows that football could be his ticket...
8) Gutless
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies from physical contact. When his issues get him cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates. Now a target for bullying, Brock struggles to overcome his fears and discovers that, in his own way, he is brave enough."-- Provided by publisher.
9) Why we fly
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Description
Told from alternating points of view, Chanel and Eleanor's rocky start to senior year gets more complex when the cheerleading team kneels for the national anthem and each girl grapples with the consequences.
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new football coach arrives at school and with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game -- Publisher.
11) Pop
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.
12) Top prospect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
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"--
13) Reality check
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
After a knee injury destroys sixteen-year-old Cody's college hopes, he drops out of high school and gets a job in his small Montana town; but when his ex-girlfriend disappears from her Vermont boarding school, Cody travels cross-country to join the search.
14) Full impact
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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?
15) The big game
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
18) Game change
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the first string quarterback is injured a week before the state championship game, Zeb Holloway finds himself starting and realizing he may have a future outside his rural New Hampshire town.
19) Dinged
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
20) Defending Taylor
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taylor, a senator's daughter, was captain of the soccer team and contender for valedictorian at her private school, but gets kicked out, sent to a rival high school, and soon she is falling for her brother's friend Ezra.
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