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Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Michael Lewis helps tell the tale of one incredible young man who went from living on the tough urban streets to becoming a promising football talent. Through this incredible story he also documents the tactics and practices being used in football from the NFL all the way down to school sports.
1463) Tom Brady
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Before he was winning Super Bowls, Tom Brady was just a high school athlete with a good arm. Follow along as he throws himself into football and goes from warming the bench to lighting up the field! Introduce little ones to the life of a true game changer in this adorable board book biography that's perfect for baby ballers!
1464) Chance of an lifetime
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
After earning her journalism degree, Tara Bentley is impatient to escape the confines of her Alabama hometown. However, jobs are scarce, and Tara must settle for a job at the Harper's Corners Herals, under the tutelage of an embittered ex-NFL star.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It is August 1961, John Kennedy is president, and America is about to lose its innocence. On the west side of Evansville, Indiana, the Reitz High School Panthers football team practices in the heat of the day, led by their fierce coach, Earl Doggett, who chomps on antacids, never rewards for good behavior, and enforces hellish punishment for mistakes. Tony Reavis is an honor student and Eagle Scout who lives with his family in suburbia. Ray Moon lives...
1466) Problem solved
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Perry attends a Christian sports camp in Hilton Head, South Carolina, he comes face-to-face with racism and jealousy as the police accuse him of a crime he did not commit and his new teammates resent his skills on the football field.
1467) Still in the game
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the football player's journey from one challenge to the next, sharing the deeper story behind the headlines that prepared him to help his daughter fight cancer.
1470) Change the game
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 390L
Language
English
Description
High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB as a baseball pitcher, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted prospect. Everyone from his parents to his teachers and coaches are in agreement on his future. Colin feels differently. Colin isn't excited about baseball. In the words of five-time all-star MLB player Adam Jones, "Baseball is a white man's game." Colin looks up to...
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