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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the coach of her championship softball team asks Raisa Kumar to teach a new recruit, Annie, how to pitch she is eager to help, especially since she hopes to be a coach herself someday; but when the team's other pitcher turns up with a broken arm, teaching Annie takes on a new urgency--and Raisa's efforts at coaching seem to be frustrating Annie rather then helping her.
3) Jump serve
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ella and Laura, dismayed when two of the meanest girls from a rival volleyball team switch to their team, try to figure out a way to turn Beth and Gretchen into real team players.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When budget cuts lead to the elimination of Delano Middle School's girl soccer team, Melina Stern and the other seventh and eighth graders are invited to try out for the high school varsity team--but the older players clearly do not want the middle schoolers around, and the girls are having trouble playing as a team.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Ana Flores has never really taken to sports, but when she observes the women's softball team practice at the college where her mother is going to teach, she is intrigued and decides to try out for a local team; unfortunately it is harder than it looks--but with some help from one of the college girls, Caitlin, and Mali, a pitcher who is mad she only made second team, Ana gets to work on her catching, and Mali works on her attitude,...
Author
Series
Gym shorts volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
340L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry and his basketball teammates, the Bats, take on the Tigers, and Henry learns a lesson about working as a team.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grader Tamaya Jackson is captain on her gymnastics team, but she sometimes feels like her coach spends a lot more time with the other gymnasts, and that she is expected to do more with less help--and an interview with the local TV station only makes matters worse when it focuses on her and makes her teammates jealous, so somehow Tamaya and the others must pull it all together because a regional competition is coming up fast.
9) Digging deep
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blake Easton has never played organized sports, so when he makes the local traveling baseball team as a bench player he is thrilled; and when the team's star second baseman (and all around annoyance) Kyle, breaks his foot in the very first game the coach calls on Blake to fill in--but Blake is not sure he can perform as well as Kyle, and even less sure that he can trust Kyle's helpful advice.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jo is disappointed when she is not placed on the Red Angels in the summer softball league--but when she is offered the chance to switch teams, Jo has to decide if she will leave her friends and play for the "winning" team--or win with the Sonics.
12) Soccer show-off
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gina tries to be the star of the soccer team at her new school, but her teammates do not like her showoff moves"--Title verso page.
13) Basketball break
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
220L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lucas loves basketball, but he repeatedly takes shots that are either too far away or from a bad spot, and the whole team is mad at him--will a benching remind him that sometimes he has to pass the ball?
14) Tappy's team
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When he joins a baseball team, Tappy discovers that teamwork is more important than being a star.
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