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22) Between Sundays
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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Two men and the game they love. A woman with a heart for the lonely and lost, and a boy who believes the impossible. Thrown together in a season of self-discovery, they're about to learn lessons in character and grace, love and sacrifice. Because in the end, life isn't defined by what takes place on the first day of the week, but by how we live it between Sundays.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"A revised Team Spirit Football edition featuring the Denver Broncos that chronicles the history and accomplishments of the team. Includes access to the Team Spirit website which provides additional information and photos"--Provided by publisher.
24) Football genius
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Football genius novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
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Recently orphaned, eleven-year-old Cathy Benson feels she has been dropped into a cultural and intellectual wasteland when she is forced to move from her academically privileged life in California to the small town of Kersey in the Texas Panhandle where the sport of football reigns supreme. She is quickly taken under the unlikely wings of up-and-coming gridiron stars and classmates John Caldwell and Trey Don Hall, orphans like herself, with whom she...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
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Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising...
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Chicago Stars volume 8
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Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired as his bodyguard, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Explores the life and career of quarterback Peyton Manning, including his high school and college career, his rise to stardom in the NFL, and his remarkable achievements with the Indianapolis Colts"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
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When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team-and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again-coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 80 percent of the city underwater, many wondered, Will the city ever come back? And with their stadium transformed into a makeshift refugee camp, forcing...
32) Draft day
Pub. Date
2014
Description
On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
33) Gym Candy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has every really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold on to his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
34) The eleventh man
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Driven by the memory of a fallen teammate, TSU's 1941 starting lineup went down as legend in Montana football history, charging through the season undefeated. Two years later, the "Supreme Team" is caught up in World War II. Ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's various lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine hungry for heroes. He is to chronicle...
35) Dino-football
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a football game at the Lava Dome on Mega Bowl Sunday.
36) 80 for Brady
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns.
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Pub. Date
c2002
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From Red Grange to Samurai Mike Singletary, historically the NFL's best personalities have been Chicago Bears, and each one of them speaks about their best days, worst memories, and other hard subjects-like George 'Papa Bear' Halas-in this compilation. Bears fans may know the scores and statistics throughout Chicago's existence, and now they will know the stories behind the games.
38) Touchdown kid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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ory 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, hes 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...
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Asserting that the 1977 AFC champion Denver Broncos were the tipping point for the transformation of Denver, Colorado, from an outpost city with an inferiority complex to today's sports and entertainment mecca, award-winning author Terry Frei provides an intimate look at both a professional sports team and the city it brought together at a time of a great change. Frei offers profiles of catalyst coach Red Miller and such legendary players as Randy...