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62) Paintball punk
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chester Coyote is a talented paintball player, but his best friend and team captain, Cora Ramirez, finds that Chester will not follow her orders and is turning the rest of the team against her, alienating his friends and risking the state paintball championship.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Description
"When James Quinn and Vernor Stanton reunite at the scene of many a carefree childhood summer, Stanton marks the occasion by shooting his friend in the heart. The good news is that the bullet is made of wax. The bad news is that the Mephistophelian Stanton wants Quinn to help him wreak havoc upon this genteel enclave of weekend sportsmen: 'May I predict that this is not going to be the usual, boring, phlegmatic summer?'"--Cover p. [4].
Author
Series
Owen Foote volume 2
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When eight-year-old Owen and his best friend Joseph join a neighborhood soccer league, they not only face a test of their game skills but also of their friendship.
65) Bump
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about a heroic young girl--who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler--learning to find courage and fight for what she loves. Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds' Track series! MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts--like her dad not being around anymore--don't go away. Now her mom needs to work...
66) Magic muddle!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Airy Fairy doesn't want to participate in a physical fitness contest.
68) All that remains
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Three novellas explore the effects of death on young lives.
70) Wingman on ice
Author
Pub. Date
[1964]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Tod Baker is sure his new hockey stick will improve his game significantly. But when his team loses, he realizes good stickhandling requires hard work and practice. He puts his new stick in the closet with a vow not to use it until he deserves it. But will it be this year, or next?
72) Losers take all
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Forced to join a sports team with his ragtag band of anti-athletic friends, Jack starts a rebel soccer team that is secretly dedicated to avoiding victory and undermining his school's jock culture, with unexpected results.
73) Full court flash
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Dash the Flash grew nearly a foot last year, and now, taller than everyone else, he is out-jumping defenders and sinking big shots, but his teammates are getting frustrated with Dash putting on a one man show. Dash has some work to do to prove he's not all Flash and no substance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby internment camp.
76) The singles game
Author
Formats
Description
"The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears Prada--a dishy tell-all about a beautiful tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes headlines on and off the court. Charlotte "Charlie" Silver has always been a good girl. She excelled at tennis early, coached by her father, a former player himself, and soon became one of the top juniors in the world. When she leaves UCLA--and breaks...
77) Jinxed!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chad is thrilled to be a batboy for the Pine City Porcupines, even though the team is not doing well, his fellow batboy is less than thrilled about the job, and his favorite player seems to be jinxed.
78) The perfect one
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Cami and Isa are very different sisters. Cami always wants to be perfect. She worries about it every single day! She follows all the rules, does all her homework on time, and never makes a fuss. Isa, on the other hand, is confident everything she does is perfect, even when it's most definitely not. Her drawing on the wall? Perfect. Her bowling ball bouncing into the other lane? Perfect-er. When the two sisters face their own challenges at the first...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A re-imagining of a true story, The Invisible Mile is a novel about the capacity of the human mind and body when stretched to their absolute limits, written in prose that calls to mind the works of Marilynne Robinson and John Banville, as well as Colson Whiteheads National Book Award-winning novel The Underground Railroad. In 1928, the Ravat-Wonder cycling team became the first English-speaking peloton to compete in the Tour de France. The riders,...
80) Fighting tackle
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.