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Word
Title 15 Minutes
Author Young, Steve
Number Lang IL 107287 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25051 N N
Abby the Bad Sport
Martin, Ann M.
19874
EN
Abner & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
86479
About the B'nai Bagels
Konigsburg, E.L.
The Accidental Cheerleader
RV -
LS -
MG
4.9
3.0
F
23251
N
EN
MG
4.2
5.0
F
34035
54088
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
McCoy, Mimi
112581
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
Addicted to Her
Lynch, Janet Nichols
137065
EN
UG
4.6
Adventure in the Bear Tooth Mountains
Tuitel, Johnnie
80487
EN
MG
4.5
N
-
-
-
Erin and Abby have to learn to get along so the team will not suffer. Book #110.
N
N
-
-
N
With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
34259
N
N
-
-
-
Mark Setzer thought he had enough aggravation studying for his Bar Mitzvah and losing his best friend. It's the last straw when his mother becomes the new manager of his Little League baseball team and his older brother becomes the coach.
F
29744
N
N
-
-
-
When shy Sophie's best friend, Kylie, signs them both up for cheerleading tryouts, it's Sophie who lands in the spotlight, and Kylie ends up as the mascot. Soon, Sophie feels torn between her best friend and her fellow cheerleaders. Book #1
9.0
F
59719
N
N
-
-
-
After falling obsessively in love, highschool wrestler Rafael Montoya must choose between a reckless young woman and responsibilities to his family and future. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.
3.0
F
21866
N
N
-
-
-
At Eagle Mount, Johnnie learns how people with disabilities can enjoy all sorts of winter sports. However, this isn't the only discovery that he and his friends make. The coauthor is Sharon Lamson. Book #5
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VP Description N Seventh-grader Casey Little is always late until he discovers a magic watch that takes him back in time, a trick he uses both on and off the football field.
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Word
Title After All, You're Callie Boone
Author Mack, Winnie
Number Lang IL 140678 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 6.0 F
Count Book RP 41816 N N
After Summer
Earls, Nick
87405
EN
Against All Odds
Dixon, Franklin W.
11301
Against the Boards
Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
Airball: My Life in Briefs
Harkrader, Lisa
The Alaskan Adventure
RV -
LS -
UG
4.9
8.0
F
51557
N
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
29344
100059
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
102137
EN
MG
4.4
6.0
Dixon, Franklin W.
19738
EN
MG
4.4
Alecia's Challenge
Diersch, Sandra
40373
EN
MG
Alien Game
Dexter, Catherine
31516
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
An Australian teenager feels bored while vacationing at his mother's beach house and is worried about passing his final examinations until he meets an attractive local girl.
N
N
-
-
-
At the steeplechase, the champion horse disappears, and the Hardy Boys investigate.
25871
N
N
-
-
-
Peter has made it onto a AAA Bantam team and is now playing hockey in Edmonton. But this shy boy from the Northwest Territories is having a hard time adjusting to his new life.
F
42160
N
N
-
-
-
To help prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is the father he has never known, uncoordinated Kansas seventhgrader Kirby Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain of the basketball team.
4.0
F
28893
N
N
-
-
-
The Hardys are in Alaska for the Iditarod race. Book #138.
4.9
4.0
F
27504
N
N
-
-
-
Life is changing too quickly for Amanda. A new school, a new stepfather, Connor has a girlfriend and Anne is quitting the soccer team. What is the world coming to?
4.8
6.0
F
42131
N
N
-
-
-
As the students at her school become increasingly caught up in the annual game of Elimination, Zoe grows more and more convinced that the new girl in her eighth-grade class is not what she seems.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Word
Title Alison on the Trail
Author Connor, Catherine
Number Lang IL 11403 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 1.0 F
Count Book RP 8719 N N
Alison Rides the Rapids
Alexander, Nina
27721
EN
All In
Polak, Monique
109359
All-In
Hautman, Pete
All-Mars All-Stars/The Dream Team
All-Star Pride
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
2.0
F
10481
N
EN
UG
4.6
5.0
F
33258
115390
EN
UG
4.7
5.0
F
Korman, Gordon
65908
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
Brouwer, Sigmund
34966
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
N
-
-
-
Alison is always up for a good adventure. She finds herself in training as a Junior River Guide on a whitewater rafting trip. But when the Senior Guide falls overboard, how will Alison rescue her and make sure the others are safe?
N
N
-
-
-
Todd's not much of a student, but he's a mean poker player. He's always had a thing for Claire, but Claire likes nice things. If Todd wants to date her, he'll need cash. Soon, a weekly poker game turns into a costly and dangerous obsession.
30752
N
N
-
-
-
Having won thousands of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Denn Doyle hits a losing streak after falling in love with a young casino card dealer named Cattie Hart.
F
26184
N
N
-
-
-
Chipmunk Adelman has a hunch discrimination is in the offing when Alexia Colwin doesn't make the all-star team. Before his investigation goes far, the entire all-star team comes down with food poisoning and the Marsers have to fill in! Book #2
F
26549
N
N
-
-
N
When seventeen-year-old Hog Burnell goes to Russia to play in an all-star series, he discovers that money is more important than hockey to the series promoter, which forces Hog to make some difficult and dangerous decisions.
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VP Description N Magic Attic Club adventure starring the energetic and athletic Alison. Alison finds herself leading a group of weary and lost campers.
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Title All-Star Season
Author Yavin, T.S.
Anything to Win
Miklowitz, Gloria D.
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
Buchanan, Paul
Apocalypse
Bowler, Tim
Arabian Challenge
Word
Number Lang IL 114790 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37071 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - After competing both in the Jewish school they attend and on the baseball field, ninth-grader Reuven and his younger brother Avi find that teamwork is better than competition.
6031
EN
UG
4.6
5.0
F
33337
N
N
-
-
N
To increase his chances of winning a college scholarship, a talented high school quarterback risks his health by taking anabolic steroids to gain weight.
27621
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
21041
N
N
-
-
-
Willie challenges his rival to an invention contest, the loser of which must ask the principal to transfer him to the other middle school in town. The coauthor is Rod Randall.
101381
EN
MG+
4.3 14.0
F
94699
N
N
-
-
-
Fifteen-year-old Kit and his parents must ground their sinking sailboat on a rocky island inhabited by a primitive sect who believe the stranded family has been sent by the devil.
Bentley, Karen
19522
EN
MG
4.6
6.0
F
41721
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy and Ashleigh are racing against each other in Arabia's Dubai Cup. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #22.
Arby Jenkins
Hambrick, Sharon
46163
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
30670
N
N
-
-
-
Arby will give the Honor Address at graduation, but first he has to survive spring baseball season, give an oral report on World War II, and figure out his strange neighbor.
Arby Jenkins, Mighty Mustang
Hambrick, Sharon
46165
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
29668
N
N
-
-
-
When he catches Stuart breaking camp rules, Arby decides what to do about this kid who has become his nemesis.
Arthur Ashe and Me
Boyer, Allen B.
65810
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
22864
N
N
-
-
N
Why has champion Faith Long decided not to play tennis anymore? Can the ghost of Arthur Ashe convince her to play again?
As the Eagle Goes
Schraff, Anne
16574
EN
UG
4.2
1.0
F
6195
N
N
-
-
N
Jim's grandfather wants him to help erase the shame of Jim Thorpe's disqualification.
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Title Ashleigh's Dream
Author Campbell, Joanna
Ashleigh's Farewell
Bentley, Karen
Astra
Platt, Chris
Atalanta, The Fastest Runner in the World
Galloway, Priscilla
The Aurora County All-Stars
Wiles, Deborah
Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Word
Number Lang IL 19505 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 6.0 F
Count Book RP 42267 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Can Samantha convince her father that she's ready to ride again? Book #5.
19517
EN
MG
4.9
6.0
F
42162
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy must help get Glory back on track before the dreams of championship are lost. This series was created by Joanna Campbell. Book #17.
139092
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
40100
N
N
-
-
-
Forbidden to ride after her mother's death in a riding accident, thirteen-yearold Lily nurses her mother's beloved horse, Astra, back to health, hoping that someday Astra will win the Tevis Cup endurance race.
40422
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
12114
N
N
-
-
-
This story is about Atalanta, a runner and hunter, who lived long ago in Greece.
115906
EN
MG
4.5
6.0
F
44566
N
N
-
-
N
Twelve-year-old House Jackson uncovers secrets about an old man and the history of baseball in his small Mississippi town in Aurora County that could drastically change their county's plans for their anniversary pageant.
Gutman, Dan
36037
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
29788
N
N
-
-
N
Joe and his father travel back in time to discover whether Babe Ruth really did call the shot before his most-famous home run.
Babes in the Woods
Lynch, Chris
45290
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
21064
N
N
-
-
-
The members of the He-Man Women Haters Club go on a camping trip with Steven's father and uncle.
Backup Goalie
Maddox, Jake
120150
EN
MG
4.1
1.0
F
4888
N
N
-
-
-
Jamie thought everything was perfect on his hockey team, but when the goalie is injured, Jamie has to step in to the unfamiliar position.
Backup Soccer Star
Hughes, Dean
10752
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
21858
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Kim is a star in softball, basketball, and volleyball; but when she begins playing soccer, she fears she will let the team down.
Bad Boy
Wieler, Diana
10103
EN
UG
4.7
7.0
F
46295
N
N
-
-
-
An honest look at teenage sexuality and the world of amateur hockey.
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Word
Title The Bad Luck Filly
Author Leonhardt, Alice
Number Lang IL 43303 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP 35946 N N
Balancing Act
King, Donna
129074
EN
Balancing Act
Kelly, Bernadette
137970
Ball Don't Lie
Peña, Matt de la
Ballet Bug
RV -
LS -
MG
4.4
3.0
F
20271
N
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
16916
102348
EN
UG
4.7 10.0
F
McDonnell, Christine
54092
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
A Ballplayer's Choice
Lengel, Reed
58905
EN
MG
4.6
Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases
Mercado, Nancy E.
120545
EN
MG
The Basement Baseball Club
Kelly, Jeffrey
5056
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old gymnast Carli has to choose between her Olympic dreams and her obligations to her family when her parents tell her she needs to spend less time in the gym and more time working on their Colorado ranch.
N
N
-
-
-
When Annie Boyd overschedules herself for two important events, she has to figure out a way to make both commitments work.
69844
N
N
-
-
-
Seventeen-year-old Sticky, who lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles, is headed for the pros but is unaware of the many dangers, including his own past, that threaten his dream.
F
18267
N
N
-
-
-
When Bea becomes interested in ballet, she starts taking classes, auditions for The Nutcracker, and makes a new best friend, but also must cope with some nasty classmates, and a possible conflict between playing hockey and dancing.
5.0
F
32729
N
N
-
-
N
A Little League baseball player is confronted with an ethical dilemma when his birth certificate is altered to allow him to play in a league for younger players.
4.9
5.0
F
36587
N
N
-
-
-
This anthology includes ten stories about baseball from some of the most acclaimed authors of stories for young readers.
4.8
6.0
F
41662
N
N
-
-
N
The Roader team members spend the summer trying to beat their local rivals in sandlot baseball.
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VP Description - Melanie wants to help train a spoiled filly, named Perfect Image, and be the first one to race her. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #42.
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Title Bases Loaded
Author Hughes, Dean
The Basket Counts
Christopher, Matt
The Basket Counts
Word
Number Lang IL 31154 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20253 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N Because Gloria chews out her team members whenever they mess up, she sets the tone for fighting which in turn causes the coach to quit and leave the future of the team in question.
5354
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
13567
N
N
-
-
N
Long practice improves Mel's value as a basketball player, but how does he surmount the prejudice of a teammate?
Adoff, Arnold
46318
EN
MG
4.6
0.5
F
1560
N
N
-
-
-
This book describes the movement and feel of the game of basketball.
Basketball (or Something Like It)
Baskin, Nora Raleigh
85619
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
29874
N
N
-
-
N
Hank, Nathan, Jeremy, and Anabel deal with the realities of middle school basketball, including family pressure, a series of coaches with very different personalities and agendas, and what it means to be a team and a friend.
Batter Up!
Maddox, Jake
120151
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
5127
N
N
-
-
-
Caleb has always batted with the same wood bat, but when the other team accuses Caleb of tampering with the bat, he is forced to use an aluminum bat.
Battle Drift
Strasser, Todd
105927
EN
UG
4.6
6.0
F
39847
N
N
-
-
-
Kennin's gaining popularity with the gearheads, and the word on the street is all about his sweet driving skills. Everyone wants a piece of him, but to go legit, he's got to give up the illegal tsuisos--and the major cash involved with them.
Battle of the Bands
Buchanan, Paul
27623
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
19231
N
N
-
-
-
Willie must examine his Christian values when his attempts to win the Battle of the Bands don't work out the way he planned. The coauthor is Rod Randall.
The Battle of the Cheerleaders
Suzanne, Jamie
19445
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
29392
N
N
-
-
-
The girls find themselves in the middle of a battle with the boys over basketball and cheerleading. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
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Word
Title Battlecry Forever!
Author Campbell, Joanna
Number Lang IL 54605 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 6.0 F
Count Book RP 41734 N N
Beanball
Fehler, Gene
120778
EN
Beauty Queens
Bray, Libba
144241
Beckoning Lights
Hughes, Monica
The Bells on Finland Street
Cook, Lyn
Benjy the Football Hero
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Best of the Best
Green, Tim
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.4
2.0
F
16904
N
EN
UG
4.4 15.0
F
105103
40423
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
67486
EN
MG
4.1
7.0
5355
EN
MG
4.0
143902
EN
MG
4.8
N
-
-
-
This book relates, from diverse points of view, events surrounding the critical injury of popular and talented high school athlete Luke "Wizard" Wallace, when he is hit in the face by a fastball.
N
N
-
-
-
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.
22602
N
N
-
-
-
When Jule and Jack go on their father's grade ten field trip they encounter a strange beckoning light. With their ESP they "talk" about what they've seen and wonder if they were overheard.
F
48659
N
N
-
-
-
Elin dreams of being the most wonderful figure skater in the world. Her family is unable to afford skates or lessons, and she must find a way to earn the money she needs.
4.0
F
30461
N
N
-
-
N
Benjy discovers that brains work better than brawn when it comes to beating the other fourth-grade class' football team.
7.0
F
48528
N
N
-
-
-
Determined to play in the Little League World Series, twelve-year-old Josh struggles to concentrate on his game and be the team's leader while also trying to cope with his parents' divorce. Book #3
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VP Description - Leslie is determined to prove to everyone that her horse Battlecry can be trained to win a race, but when Leslie gives him a chance to prove his worth, she winds up losing him forever.
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Title Betrayal: Week 6
Author Wallens, Scott
Better Than Best
Lewis, Beverly
Between Sundays
Word
Number Lang IL 65270 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 7.0 F
Count Book RP 45842 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Reed faces a big dilemma when he is offered the starting quarterback spot on the Boston College team--a position coveted by his brother, T.J.
42730
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
17470
N
N
-
-
-
Filled with competition fever, Jenna and her gymnastics teammates lose sight of their goal to work as a unit.
Kingsbury, Karen
138295
EN
UG
4.7 15.0
F
98882
N
N
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-
-
Aaron Hill is the millionaire star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Megan Gunn takes care of Cory, whose dying mother left him in Megan's care. Just as Megan prepares to adopt Cory, he becomes convinced Aaron is his real father.
Beverly Hills Maasai
Walters, Eric
143465
EN
MG
4.5
8.0
F
54171
N
N
-
-
-
It's the ultimate clash of cultures when Nebala, a Maasai warrior, leaves behind Kenya and with two fellow Maasai cross the world to compete in a marathon in Beverly Hills, California.
Bicycle Madness
Kurtz, Jane
73515
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
18835
N
N
-
-
-
In the late nineteenth century, Lillie gains friendship and help with a spelling bee from a neighbor, Frances Willard, who braves criticism to speak about women's rights and learn to ride a bicycle.
The Big Audition
Lowell, Melissa
18954
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
26655
N
N
-
-
-
Jill and Amber are both competing for the lead role in the holiday production of the Nutcracker on Ice, and their friendship could suffer.
The Big Show
Trembath, Don
70426
EN
MG
4.9
3.0
F
21863
N
N
-
-
N
After learning how to cope with conflict, young love and responsibility, Charlie, Sidney and Jeffrey are now learning about trial by fire and getting the job done.
The Big Snapper
Holubitsky, Katherine
110023
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
23885
N
N
-
-
-
Eddie loves fishing with Granddad and listening to his tall tales, but when his grandfather becomes seriously ill, Eddie must find ways to cope with the changes in his world.
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Word
Title The Big Sundae
Author Horton, Randy
Number Lang IL 16576 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 1.0 F
Count Book RP 6529 N N
The Big Swim
Fagan, Cary
136865
EN
The Big Time
Green, Tim
139564
Big-League Break
Freeman, Mark
The Bike Tour Mystery
Keene, Carolyn
The Billion Dollar Soccer Ball/Now Is the Time for Running
Williams, Michael
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
2.0
F
16060
N
EN
MG
4.8
7.0
F
49734
5356
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
79580
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
146533
EN
UG
4.3
7.0
N
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-
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Ethan, whose goal is to survive summer camp and emerge with at least one positive experience, meets his new cabin mate, Zachary, an unusual boy who does not seem to care about the Big Swim, a camp event in which a select few try to swim across the lake.
N
N
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-
-
Agents and lawyers come knocking after Troy leads his football team, the Atlanta Falcons, to the Georgia State Championship, but his life gets complicated when one of the lawyers turns out to be the father he never knew. Book #4
31454
N
N
-
-
N
Three high school seniors work their way through major league training to become baseball players.
F
30326
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy, Bess, and George are all geared up for a bike tour in Ireland, looking forward to spectacular scenery, romantic ruins, local entertainment and at the end of the day, cozy inns. But it isn't long before they realize that they're riding with danger.
F
52309
N
N
-
-
-
When their village in Zimbabwe is attacked, Deo and his mentally disabled brother go on the run, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money. After facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
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Title Birth of the Pack
Author Popescu, Petru
Black and White
Volponi, Paul
The Black Stallion's Steeplechaser Farley, Steven
Word
Number Lang IL 120158 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 9.0 F
Count Book RP 62199 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When sixteen-year-old Lily and her friends start up a girls' soccer club at their high school and name their team The Weregirls, they soon discover some unusual things about themselves as they become drawn into the age-old struggle between good and evil.
87550
EN
UG
4.9
6.0
F
41013
N
N
-
-
-
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and racial slurs.
17759
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
34110
N
N
-
-
-
Alec Ramsay tries to hold on to his love of racing and his steeplechaser Black Storm when both are threatened under different circumstances. Book #21
555
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
28519
N
N
-
-
N
A thrilling story of a teenage girl's first running in the Iditarod--the challenging long-distance dog sled race held every year in Alaska.
Black Star, Bright Dawn
O'Dell, Scott
Blind Date
Poulsen, David A.
136966
EN
UG
4.1
2.0
F
16396
N
N
-
-
-
Curt, a star defenseman for the Lawrence High hockey team, is surprised to learn his blind date, Judy Baird, is actually blind. He is won over by her enthusiasm for the game, never suspecting she is keeping some disturbing secrets. Book #2
Blind Mountain
Thomas, Jane Resh
110625
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
16193
N
N
-
-
-
Unsure of himself and annoyed at having to spend a day climbing a Montana mountain with his bossy father, twelve-year-old Sam must become the guide on their perilous journey down when his carelessness temporarily blinds his father.
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Word
Title Blind Spot
Author Fabry, Chris
Number Lang IL 120760 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37863 N N
The Blizzard on Blue Mountain
Gregory, Kristiana
127745
EN
Blockade Billy
King, Stephen
138342
Blowing Bubbles with the Enemy
Jackson, Alison
Blue Hills Robbery
Kahrimanis, Leola
Blue Ice
Blue Lightning
RV -
LS -
MG
4.1
2.0
F
12848
N
EN
UG
4.9
4.0
F
24454
10274
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
5803
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
Salata, Estelle
51943
EN
MG
4.6
Russell, Barbara Timberlake
17760
EN
MG
4.7
N
-
-
-
Cousins Jeff, David, and Claire, working at a Blue Mountain ski resort over winter break, investigate when items are stolen from the chalet while a blizzard has blown into town. Book #5
N
N
-
-
-
George "Granny" Grantham recounts the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, who was called in to fill a spot for the New Jersey Titans in the spring of 1957. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence.
30165
N
N
-
N
N
When a girl is refused a spot on the boys' basketball team, the whole school takes sides.
F
31308
N
N
-
-
-
Excited to be finally taking a longplanned camping trip to Mill Creek where their grandfather grew up, Jason and his cousin Devin soon find their pleasure turning to fear when they encounter a gang of robbers.
4.0
F
25560
N
N
-
-
N
Nick joins the neighborhood team in a minor tournament, and discovers that what they lack in skill, they make up for in guts. When they get a sponsor and coach, Nick has a chance to make a difference with his new team.
4.0
F
26895
N
N
-
-
-
When a bolt of lightning provides twelveyear-old Calvin with an out-of-body experience, he meets the spirit of the father he never knew and brings a troubled ghost named Rory back to the living.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title BMX Tunnel Run
Author Withers, Pam
Boarder Patrol
Thomas, Erin
Body Check
Hirschfeld, Robert
Bongo Fishing
Word
Number Lang IL 122870 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 7.0 F
Count Book RP 44839 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Fifteen-year-old friends Jake and Peter take time from racing to investigate an underground maze of old mining tunnels and get drawn into riding and racing underground. Book #9
137572
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
25289
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Ryan dreams of being a professional snowboarder, but when his cousin gets involved with criminal activity, he is forced to choose between his family and a great career opportunity. The plot contains mild profanity and violence.
73832
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
26252
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Brent Mullen discovers that the new assistant hockey coach is teaching the defensemen on his team illegal moves to help them win at any cost. This series created by Matt Christopher.
Hurd, Thacher
142866
EN
MG
4.7
7.0
F
44697
N
N
-
-
-
California middle-schooler Jason Jameson has a close encounter of the fun kind when Sam, a bluish alien from the Pleiades, arrives in a 1960 Dodge Dart spaceship and invites Jason to go fishing.
Boot Camp
Walters, Eric
113390
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
30810
N
N
-
-
-
Nick and Kia learn that teamwork can be more important than talent. The coauthors are Jerome Williams and Johnnie Williams III. Book #9
Born to Trot
Henry, Marguerite
11590
EN
MG
4.9
7.0
F
49081
N
N
-
-
N
As he learns about the famous Hambletonian, sire of the American trotter, young Gib White dreams of some day having his own filly become a champion trotter.
The Boxer
Karr, Kathleen
42815
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
27291
N
N
-
-
-
Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in late nineteenthcentury New York City.
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Word
Title A Boy Called Twister
Author Schraff, Anne
Number Lang IL 136621 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 4.0 F
Count Book RP 29283 N N
The Boy in the Dress
Walliams, David
134653
EN
Boy Toy
Lyga, Barry
116397
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Ritter, John H.
The Boyfriend League
Hawthorne, Rachel
Boys Against Girls
Suzanne, Jamie
Boys in Control
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
RV -
LS -
MG
4.2
3.0
F
22585
N
EN
UG
4.5 15.0
F
100808
70572
EN
MG
4.4
7.0
F
120726
EN
UG
4.3
7.0
9706
EN
MG
4.3
74690
EN
MG
4.8
N
-
-
-
Dennis, who has a lonely home life but leads the soccer team at school in scoring, is convinced by his friend Lisa to embrace his inner fashion sense and wear a dress to school, but when he does, he endangers his chances of playing in the Final Cup.
N
N
-
-
-
After years of fighting his way past memories of the teacher who molested him, 18-yr-old Josh gets help in coping with his molester's release when he tells his friends the truth. The plot contains profanity and graphic sexual references.
51362
N
N
N
N
N
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes his team can win with the secrets of a disgraced former player, Dante Del Gato.
F
50992
N
N
-
-
-
Tomboy Dani has decided that this is the summer to become more feminine in order to attract a boyfriend.
3.0
F
20686
N
N
-
-
-
The girls determine to teach the new, chauvinistic teacher that they are just as capable as the boys. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
4.0
F
30242
N
N
-
-
N
Once again the Hatford brothers and the Malloy sisters find themselves pitted against each other when embarrassing pictures of the boys turn up in the girls' basement and the boys try to figure out how to get them back.
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Title Bradley and the Billboard
Author Farrell, Mame
The Brave
Lipsyte, Robert
Breakaway
Word
Number Lang IL 32927 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 7.0 F
Count Book RP 47295 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When thirteen-year-old Brad, a baseball hero, gets a job as a fashion model, he must come to terms with his ideas of what it is to be a real guy.
6907
EN
UG
4.2
5.0
F
35215
N
N
-
-
N
Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman. Sequel to The Contender.
Yee, Paul
41758
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
31675
N
N
-
-
-
Kwok-ken Wong tries for a university soccer scholarship as he struggles through poverty and the hardship of farm life.
Breakaway
Little, Kimberley Griffiths
36623
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
37363
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Luke dreams of becoming a great soccer player. When he finds an old discarded soccer ball and learns that his father is a professional soccer player, he's sure his dream is about to become reality.
Breakaway
Montalbano, Andrea
137989
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
F
32361
N
N
-
-
-
When seventh-grade soccer star LJ befriends Tabitha, who could not be more different from her, LJ learns to curb her competitive nature, which has been slowly alienating her friends.
Breaking the Ice
Lowell, Melissa
18955
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
27812
N
N
-
-
-
Nikki soon realizes that being a member of the Silver Blades skating club is going to be tougher than she thought, and she will have to work twice as hard to stay on top.
Breaking Trail
Bell, Joanne
89141
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
28959
N
N
-
-
N
As Becky and her family travel to their cabin, she trains her own dog team to race in hopes of making her father happy.
Breathing Not Required
Bossley, Michele Martin
40376
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
21973
N
N
-
-
N
Getting ready for the synchronized swimming meet proves a real challenge for Gracie, Laura and their teammates in more ways than one.
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Word
Title Breathless
Author Warman, Jessica
Number Lang IL 132884 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 12.0 F
Count Book RP 82538 N N
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
Messner, Kate
132762
EN
Brunettes Strike Back
Scott, Kieran
107131
Buck Fever
Willis, Cynthia Chapman
Buddies
RV -
LS -
MG
4.2
7.0
F
48454
N
EN
MG+
4.4
9.0
F
61031
134541
EN
MG
4.5
8.0
F
Park, Barbara
75013
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
Buddies for Life
Marx-Smith, Kaarin
65812
EN
MG
4.3
Bug Boy
Luper, Eric
134203
EN
MG+
N
-
-
-
Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization, and her grandmother's declining health seem to keep her from finishing.
N
N
-
-
-
Still the only non-blonde on her Florida cheerleading squad, sixteen-year-old Annisa makes some decisions about how far she will go to fit in with her team while also staying true to herself.
52796
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteenyear-old sister are trying to cope in a family strained by their mother's travels and their father's disappointment that Joey is more interested in drawing deer than hunting them.
F
32243
N
N
-
-
-
A thirteen-year-old goes to camp yearning to be popular, but is hampered by an unattractive cabin mate who wants to be her friend.
2.0
F
12296
N
N
-
-
N
Josh has tried everything to win his dad's approval, but so far nothing has worked. Will things change when the two become scuba diving buddies?
4.7 10.0
F
66064
N
N
-
-
-
In 1934 Saratoga, New York, just as fourteen-year-old Jack Walsh finally realizes his dream of becoming a jockey, complications arise with an unexpected visit from his father and a man who wants him to "fix" a race. The plot contains profanity.
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Title Bull Catcher
Author Carter, Alden R.
Bull Rider
Williams, Suzanne Morgan
Cairo Kelly and the Mann
Word
Number Lang IL 25233 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 9.0 F
Count Book RP 64955 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Bull and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress from ninth grade through high school in their small Wisconsin town.
128271
EN
MG
4.1
9.0
F
60390
N
N
-
-
-
When his older brother, a bull-riding champion, returns from the Iraq War partially paralyzed, 14-year-old Cam takes a break from skateboarding to enter a bull-riding contest in hopes of winning the $15,000 prize and motivating his depressed brother.
Butcher, Kristin
58317
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
36658
N
N
-
-
-
A crisis arises heading into the playoffs when the league imposes a mandatory certification exam on all of the umps. Mann point-blank refuses. The boys cook up schemes, ratcheting up the stakes each time, in an effort to get Mann back behind the plate.
Call for Courage
Snelling, Lauraine
10561
EN
MG
4.2
6.0
F
39259
N
N
-
-
-
After her history-making Kentucky Derby win, Trish believes she can go on to win the triple crown of thoroughbred racing but untold adversity and near tragedy may stop her progress.
Camp Alien
Service, Pamela F.
127343
EN
MG
4.9
3.0
F
20053
N
N
-
-
-
Young alien agent Zack, surly Galactic Patrol Cadet Vraj, and shy human camper Opal team up to find some Duthwi eggs before the eggs hatch and cause a planetwide disaster, while the Gnairt, who were smuggling the eggs, try to retrieve them. Book #2
Camp Duck Down
Stine, Megan
83062
EN
MG
4.0
2.0
F
12416
N
N
-
-
-
While on a camping trip, Jeffrey takes a dare from Max to search for Bigfoot, but they find more than they bargained for in a spooky, dark cave in the woods. The coauthor is H. William Stine. Book #5
Carmen's Crystal Ball
Johns, Linda
109778
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
20811
N
N
-
-
-
Carmen Bernstein finds a crystal ball and a mysterious message that provoke her to begin investigating the dog races in her town. Book #7
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Title The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals
Author Dixon, Franklin W.
The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game
Erickson, John R.
The Case of the Missing Cutthroats George, Jean Craighead
Word
Number Lang IL 19714 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 32560 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Joe and Frank investigate imitation name-brand sporting goods. Book #114.
43460
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
22370
N
N
-
-
N
Hank the Cowdog challenges the coyote brothers to the Deadly Ha-Ha Game. Winning the game demands iron will and steely determination. Book #37
42816
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
26200
N
N
-
-
-
After Spinner Shafter catches a cutthroat trout in the Snake River, she and her cousin, Alligator, search the nearby mountains to determine where the endangered fish came and from and how it survived.
The Case of the Photo Finish
Keene, Carolyn
6756
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
30366
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy investigates when several people begin having similar 'accidents' in association with the International High School Track and Field Games.
The Case of the Trail Mix-Up
Burns, Laura J.
102733
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
F
33675
N
N
-
-
-
When one of their classmates goes missing during the seventh-grade camping trip, Orville and Agatha set out to find him. The coauthor is Melinda Metz. Book #3
Catching Spring
Olsen, Sylvia
79608
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
18685
N
N
-
-
-
In 1957, Bobby, a First Nations boy, longs to enter a fishing derby, but he has no boat, no money, and he has to work on the day of the derby.
Catching Waves
Peters, Stephanie True
106868
EN
MG
4.9
2.0
F
14470
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Kai Ford, a good surfer who respects the power of the sea, unfortunately does not always have the same respect for the privacy of other people. This series was created by Matt Christopher.
Cathy's Book: If Found Call (650)266-8233
Stewart, Sean
113349
EN
UG
4.9
7.0
F
46963
N
N
-
-
-
Cathy's decision to try and find out what caused her boyfriend, Victor, to break up with her draws her into a mystery, and she uses her journal to record what she learns. The coauthor is Jordan Weisman. Book #1
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Title Caught in the Web
Author Dower, Laura
The Cave
Karr, Kathleen
Cave of the Dark Wind: A Never Land Book
Word
Number Lang IL 57359 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 4.0 F
Count Book RP 29175 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When Madison enters a spooky story contest on her favorite Web site, things get trickier than tricky. Book #4
12396
EN
MG
4.2
5.0
F
34202
N
N
-
-
-
As Christine and her brother explore the cave on their father's property, they find the cave might be their family's salvation during the Depression in South Dakota.
Barry, Dave
117124
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
22329
N
N
-
-
-
While Peter is away from the island, the Lost Boys explore a mysterious cave, despite Shining Pearl and Little Scallop's warning that it is a dangerous place, inhabited by a creature known as the Goat Taker. The coauthor is Ridley Pearson. Book #2
Center Field
Lipsyte, Robert
136230
EN
UG
4.2
7.0
F
52122
N
N
-
-
-
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to play in the big leagues one day, but he is distracted by a player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
Center Ice
Lowell, Melissa
18957
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
27189
N
N
-
-
-
Tori is sure she will win a medal in the next major skating competition if only her mother will get her this new skating dress, but her mother seems to have lost interest in Tori's skating.
Champion Rose
Williams, L.E.
27720
EN
MG
4.4
1.0
F
9902
N
N
-
-
-
Everyone expects Rose to lead her soccer team to victory and the state Championship, but no one on the team is taking the game seriously.
Champion's Spirit
Bentley, Karen
19520
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
40651
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy has to find a way to make Wonder's Champion behave, or he won't be able to race. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #20.
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Title Change of Heart
Author Byrd, Sandra
Changed Behavior!
Flynn, Quentin
The Charioteer of Delphi
Word
Number Lang IL 66640 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 3.0 F
Count Book RP 21570 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Lucy and Serena are enjoying a week of swimming, kayaking, and the annual competition for the Golden Pig's Foot award, but Lucy faces a tough choice when she discovers a shocking secret about another camper.
55391
EN
MG
4.6
0.5
F
3187
N
N
-
-
-
Geena, the captain of the school's mixed soccer team, is not happy. It's bad enough trying to play a good game of soccer wearing shirts that have embarrassing colors, but Geena and the team also have to deal with a difficult coach.
Lawrence, Caroline
119137
EN
MG
4.9
8.0
F
52451
N
N
-
-
-
Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's house, where they befriend the young charioteer, Scopas, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a campaign to sabotage one of the rival racing factions. Book #12
Chasing AllieCat
Davis, Rebecca Fjelland
142165
EN
UG
4.0
8.0
F
58948
N
N
-
-
-
Sadie, a lonely 16-yr-old, finds friendship and excitement in off-road biking. Friendship turns to mystery when one of them disappears soon after finding a badly beaten priest in the woods. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence.
Chasing the King (Home Run)
Stein, Joshua
113096
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
25617
N
N
-
-
-
Jason Skidder's life is turned upside down after his parents announce they are moving to Brazil, and Jason wonders if his dream of playing professional soccer will ever come true.
Checkered Flag
Fabry, Chris
125133
EN
MG
4.9
7.0
F
44008
N
N
-
-
-
At seventeen, Jamie Maxwell turns to God while becoming the youngest driver to qualify for a NASCAR event. At the same time, her foster brother Tim Carhardt seeks revenge for the death of his father. Book #4
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Checkered Flag Cheater
Author Weaver, Will
Number Lang IL 137068 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 6.0 F
Count Book RP 42276 N N
The Chicken Doesn't Skate
Korman, Gordon
17283
EN
The Chief
Lipsyte, Robert
12476
Chive
Barre, Shelley
Choosing Sides
Cooper, Ilene
Chrissa Stands Strong
Casanova, Mary
Cindy's Heartbreak
Cindy's Honor
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
6.0
F
38753
N
EN
UG
4.4
5.0
F
36342
11049
EN
UG
4.4
6.0
F
5261
EN
UG
4.4
6.0
129075
EN
MG
4.5
Bentley, Karen
19519
EN
MG
Bentley, Karen
19523
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Wild things happen at the South Middle School when Milo's science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team's mascot and their only chance for a winning season.
N
N
-
-
-
A teenage boxer and his police sergeant mentor need a hero to help them realize their dreams.
43782
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Chive, homeless because his parents have lost their farm and are looking for work in the city, strikes up an unusual friendship with eleven-year-old Terry and competes with him in a skateboard competition.
F
38963
N
N
-
-
N
Jonathan doesn't want his father to think he's a quitter, but middle school basketball--under the lash of a gung-ho coach--is turning out to be anything but fun.
3.0
F
21656
N
N
-
-
-
Chrissa had a good summer, practicing for swim team tryouts. Then her world is shaken when she and her friends get mean text messages, and there is an accident at the pool.
4.8
6.0
F
40178
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy is devastated to find out Storm has a disease that will spread to all the other horses unless he is destroyed. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #19.
4.6
5.0
F
35707
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy has an accident and will not be able to ride her horse in her first race. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #23.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Claim to Fame
Author Suzanne, Jamie
Claire
Marlowe, Dan
Clay's Way
Word
Number Lang IL 9711 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20512 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - The Wakefield Twins compete when their school has a 60s dance and contest. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
8806
EN
UG
4.0
0.5
F
3317
N
N
-
-
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Persian Prince was a rather tired racehorse, but Claire thought he might have one more race in him.
Mastbaum, Blair
86114
EN
UG
4.3 10.0
F
72082
N
N
-
-
-
Sam, a 15-year-old wanna-be punk rocker, goes on a reckless odyssey when he lusts after Clay, a 17-year-old surfer.
The Climb
Brin, Susannah
17191
EN
UG
4.3
1.0
F
7846
N
N
-
-
N
John has always dreamed of climbing a mountain in Alaska, but when he fires the guide who is to help him complete the climb, John must do it on his own.
Climb On! Dynamic Strategies for Teen Success
Beede, John R.
105175
EN
UG
4.3
3.0
F
21014
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Anna, troubled by her broken home, meets Jeremy, who turns her on to rock climbing as a way of offering new ways of thinking about how to make positive changes.
Close Call
Snelling, Lauraine
10563
EN
MG
4.4
6.0
F
42204
N
N
-
-
-
As Trish continues her horse-racing successes and her struggles with her faith, she faces some mysterious, anonymous threats.
Close Out
Strasser, Todd
79620
EN
UG
4.3
7.0
F
48954
N
N
-
-
-
The summer is hot, and so is action out on the line-up. There's a big competition coming up, with some serious burrito money attached. For everyone it's a chance to close out the summer as a champion.
Cobra Threat/Cobra Strike
Brouwer, Sigmund
40648
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
24385
N
N
-
-
-
After discovering tainted water in the creek near his grandmother's cabin in the Kentucky Hills, senior Roy Linden slowly uncovers a connection between his high school team's new star quarterback, his own football future, and the source of the pollution.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Coco Grimes
Author Stolz, Mary
Comeback of the Home Run Kid
Christopher, Matt
The Competition
Lowell, Melissa
The Competition for Gaby
Jones, Jen
Competitive Edge
Dixon, Franklin W.
The Contender
Lipsyte, Robert
Cool as Ice
Corner Kick
Word
Number Lang IL 8694 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 2.0 F
Count Book RP 14589 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Thomas talks his grandfather into driving all the way across Florida to meet Coco Grimes, an old man who remembers Negro League baseball; but the actual encounter proves to be bittersweet.
109033
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
15105
N
N
-
-
-
After badly spraining his ankle just before the summer baseball season begins, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Charlie Comet who helps him compensate for the injury by learning to switch-hit.
18959
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
23709
N
N
-
-
-
Tori is looking forward to going to Lake Placid for a competition but is having some family problems that may affect her competition.
145363
EN
MG
4.9
2.0
F
13184
N
N
-
-
-
Gaby Fuller is excited when she is invited to join an all-star dance team, but her friends on cheer team are starting to wonder about her ability to handle both.
19811
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
28952
N
N
-
-
-
Frank and Joe have jobs at the Olympics in Atlanta and realize someone is trying to sabotage the entire spectacle.
5262
EN
UG
4.5
5.0
F
36119
N
N
-
N
N
Alfred Brooks wants something better than the inevitable crime and drugs of Harlem.
Mantell, Paul
48321
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
26140
N
N
-
-
-
Two friends try to prove that size and race do not matter when playing hockey or any other sport. This series created by Matt Christopher.
Swan, Bill
82180
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
26392
N
N
-
-
-
As the star of his school soccer team and avid chess player, Michael Strike sees a new student from the Middle East as a rival both on and off the soccer field.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Courage to Ride
Author Kelly, Bernadette
Number Lang IL 134675 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 2.0 F
Count Book RP 16703 N N
Courting Disaster
Keene, Carolyn
9871
EN
Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl
Feinstein, John
115985
Cowboy Cool
Poulsen, David A.
Crane
Stone, Jeff
Crane's Rebound
Jackson, Alison
Cricket Man
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
RV -
LS -
MG
4.3
6.0
F
40190
N
EN
MG+
4.9 10.0
F
70250
136967
EN
UG
4.7
2.0
F
114114
EN
MG
4.8
8.0
6664
EN
MG
4.3
125953
EN
MG+
4.4
N
-
-
-
The worlds of professional tennis and the Broadway musical combine as these intrepid detectives protect their clients from death threats.
N
N
-
-
N
Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie Thomas investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie is fired from his co-anchor job on a groundbreaking teen sports show.
13840
N
N
-
-
-
Alex and Kelly find their friendship strained when Alex learns that Kelly has an unexpected connection with the leader of a dangerous local gang. The plot contains violence. Book #4
F
52490
N
N
-
-
-
In China in the mid-seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Hok, disguised as a boy for most of her life, must now assume her proper identity as a girl and try to save her brothers' lives by entering the notorious Jinan City Fight Club. Book #4
3.0
F
22267
N
N
-
-
N
Eleven-year-old Les sets out for basketball camp to discover a whole load of predicaments.
6.0
F
41920
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Kenny secretly calls himself Cricket Man after a summer of rescuing creatures from his family's Maryland pool, which gives him more self-confidence and an urge to be a hero, especially for his depressed sixteen-year-old neighbor.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Crime in the Cards
Author Dixon, Franklin W.
Crisis Maximus!
Flynn, Quentin
55392
EN
MG
4.7
1.0
F
4288
N
Crossing Jordan
Fogelin, Adrian
47147
EN
MG
4.5
7.0
F
45942
Crossover
Rud, Jeff
122443
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
Crossover Dribble
Farris, P.J.
124524
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
Cup Crazy
Korman, Gordon
65911
EN
MG
4.8
The Curse of the Golden Heart
Suzanne, Jamie
25658
EN
MG
49954
EN
MG
The Curse of the Horrible Hair Day Myers, Bill
Number Lang IL 45340 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 4.0 F
RV -
LS -
N
-
-
-
Dad agrees to go on a family camping trip and finds himself hilariously out of place in the wilderness, stumbling from one crisis to another.
N
N
-
-
N
Cass meets her new African-American neighbor, and despite their families' prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running and a pact to read Jane Eyre.
25477
N
N
-
-
-
Kyle is a rising basketball star, but his interest in theater causes huge problems both on and off the court.
F
34693
N
N
-
-
-
Joe would be happy playing basketball morning, noon, and night. While looking forward to a summer of basketball camp, Joe finds himself forced to reexamine his priorities when the family farm has some trouble.
4.0
F
28572
N
N
-
-
-
The Stars from Mars hockey team tries to win a league cup. Book #4
4.2
5.0
F
31734
N
N
-
-
-
Jessica and Elizabeth dive into the mystery of an old pirate ship. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
4.2
3.0
F
19397
N
N
-
-
-
When the Midvale Tigers start flubbing plays after a mysterious woman curses the new football field, the whole town is hit by paranoia. The Tigers' coach hires Bloodhounds, Inc. to find out who or what has a hold on everyone.
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VP Description - When thieves disrupt a major card game tournament, Frank and Joe start playing for real. Book #165.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
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Word
Title Curve Ball
Author Danakas, John
Number Lang IL 60328 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 7.0 F
Count Book RP 45301 N N
Curveball
Wallace, Rich
113797
EN
Cut Back
Strasser, Todd
78881
Cutting Edge
Keene, Carolyn
Cutting It Close
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
2.0
F
15492
N
EN
UG
4.5
7.0
F
51462
11255
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
Crook, Marion
40379
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
Daddy Says
Shange, Ntozake
66808
EN
MG
4.8
Damage
Jenkins, A.M.
53806
EN
UG
Danger on the Diamond
Dixon, Franklin W.
6810
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Seventh-grade baseball player Eddie Ventura listens to the sports announcer's voice in his head and gets into trouble when he writes a series of articles for the school paper. Book #9
N
N
-
-
-
The Spazz wants to be in the local competition, but he can't do it without Kai. Kai knows there's no way Spazzy can win against Lucas, the local hero. But Kai would never let a brah down, unless maybe, he wins the competition himself.
30238
N
N
-
-
-
When a skater takes a hard fall, Nancy knows the final score could be murder.
F
26544
N
N
-
-
-
To succeed in becoming Canada's greatest amateur barrel racer, Jayleen needs to a find someone who really believes in her talent.
5.0
F
32767
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Lucie-Marie and her older sister Annie Sharon attempt to deal with the death of their mother in a rodeo accident, while hoping to follow in her footsteps as championship riders.
4.9
6.0
F
39426
N
N
-
-
N
Seventeen-year-old football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression that has drained his interest in life, thinks he has found relief in a girl who seems very special.
4.2
4.0
F
30914
N
N
-
-
-
Frank and Joe have signed up for a Bayport baseball camp run by ex-major leaguers Spike Nolan and Zeke "Fireball" Horner. Book #90.
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Word
Title The Dangerous Canoe Race
Author Roddy, Lee
Dangerous Games
Keene, Carolyn
9874
EN
A Dangerous Ride
Anderson, Mary Newhall
51466
Danny, the Champion of the World Dahl, Roald
Number Lang IL 11908 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 5.0 F
Count Book RP 31640 N N
RV -
LS -
MG
4.4
6.0
F
39684
N
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
36480
5007
EN
MG
4.7
6.0
F
VP Description - Twelve-year-old Josh and his friends face danger and come to a greater understanding of the importance of winning and losing when their challenger to an outrigger canoe race in the Hawaiian islands tries to win by any means.
N
-
-
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An urgent message draws Nancy Drew and her friends to the International Championship Games in California. The Hardy Boys show up at the games to help beef up security--and uncover a scandal.
N
N
-
-
-
Ashleigh wants to try jumping and competing in horse shows. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #6.
40084
N
N
-
N
N
A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.
Dark Horse
Siamon, Sharon
101825
EN
MG
4.2
5.0
F
32712
N
N
-
-
-
Becky Sanderson enters her first endurance challenge, the Wildflower 50. She and her mom's chestnut mare, Windy, must race 50 grueling miles over rough, steep mountain trails. Becky is confident she can do it, especially with the help of her friend, Rob.
Dead in the Water
Stevenson, Robin
122444
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
26364
N
N
-
-
-
Simon, having signed up for a cruising course so he can become a solo delivery skipper, learns about foul weather sailing, teamwork, and environmental protection. The plot contains mild references to drinking and drug use.
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Word
Title Dead Is So Last Year
Author Perez, Marlene
Dead Is the New Black
Perez, Marlene
128168
EN
The Dead Sox
Stone, Tom B.
25797
Dean Duffy
Powell, Randy
Dear Mrs. Ryan, You're Ruining My Jones, Jennifer B. Life
Deep Zone
Green, Tim
Number Lang IL 130037 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 6.0 F
Count Book RP 41673 N N
RV -
LS -
UG
4.5
6.0
F
42263
N
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
21358
14898
EN
UG
4.6
6.0
F
39563
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
145764
EN
MG
4.9
7.0
N
-
-
-
Dealing with her first boyfriend and suddenly being pressed into service as a substitute cheerleader, 17-year-old Daisy, daughter and sister of psychics, attempts to help her mother discover who is attacking teenage girls. Book #1
N
N
-
-
-
The Grove Hill All-Stars baseball team can't see the ball and can't hit the ball when they play the Belville All-Stars. Grove Hill is scared as the field of dreams becomes the field of screams.
40286
N
N
-
-
N
After suffering an injury and becoming a has-been baseball player, Dean tries to figure out what to do with the rest of his life.
F
26308
N
N
-
-
-
In an effort to get his mother to stop writing about him in her books, fifthgrader Harvey and his best friend decide to try to make a romantic connection between her and their school principal.
F
49840
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old football stars Troy White and Ty Lewis are eager to face each other in a 7-on-7 tournament being held at the Super Bowl in Miami, unaware that bad choices made by members of their families will put both boys in danger. Book #5
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Word
Title Deflection!
Author Swan, Bill
Number Lang IL 85772 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25904 N N
Desert Courage
Schraff, Anne
54369
EN
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball
Ritter, John H.
128925
Devil's Bridge
DeFelice, Cynthia
The Diamond Champs
Christopher, Matt
The Diamond War
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Diego, the Tornado
Dimes to Dollars
RV -
LS -
UG
4.6
3.0
F
20139
N
EN
MG
4.7
9.0
F
57990
8516
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
6310
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
10767
EN
MG
4.4
Masannek, Joachim
144297
EN
MG
Thomas, Teri
118957
EN
UG
N
-
-
N
An accident on the way to a camping trip forces Mike and his stepbrother to work together to save themselves and their father.
N
N
-
-
-
In 1881, the scrappy, rough-and-tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of notorious outlaw Billy the Kid and a quick-witted twelveyear-old orphan to win a big game against the National League Champion Chicago White Stockings.
18159
N
N
-
-
N
Twelve-year-old Ben must cope with the loss of his father, who died the year before, and his mother's overprotectiveness when he enters the annual Striped Bass Derby on Martha's Vineyard.
F
15525
N
N
-
-
N
An aura of intrigue surrounds a baseball coach obsessed with the idea of turning a bunch of handpicked beginners into champions in one season.
3.0
F
23142
N
N
-
-
-
A new baseball diamond threatens a grove of magical trees.
4.3
3.0
F
24332
N
N
-
-
-
Fabio, the son of a famous Brazilian soccer player, turns the Wild Soccer Bunch into a club team and challenges the Furies to a game. Book #2
4.0
1.0
F
4181
N
N
-
-
-
Two young campers set themselves up for adventure when they decide to find a fortune in newly minted dimes stolen from a stagecoach one hundred years earlier.
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Word
Title Dirt Bike
Author Kropp, Paul
Number Lang IL 8757 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 1.0 F
Count Book RP 10306 N N
Dirt Bike Racer
Christopher, Matt
216
EN
Dive Right In
Christopher, Matt
64314
DogBreath Victorious
Henry, Chad
Dogwolf
RV -
LS -
MG
4.0
4.0
F
27368
N
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
23013
36492
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
Carter, Alden R.
10950
EN
UG
4.9
8.0
Doppelganger
Stahler Jr., David
106834
EN
UG
Double Dare
Dower, Laura
75827
EN
MG
N
-
-
N
Ron finds a dirt bike which he fixes up and races while getting to know an old man who raced bikes himself.
N
N
-
-
-
Forced to quit gymnastics to avoid serious injury, twelve-year-old Traci tries to fill the void in her life by taking up diving. The text is by Robert Hirschfeld.
40847
N
N
-
-
-
DogBreath, Tim's alternative Seattle grunge rock band, enters a major battle of the bands contest, but is beaten by The Angry Housewives.
F
52791
N
N
-
-
-
Fifteen-year-old Pete, who is part Chippewa, spends a difficult summer fighting fires that threaten the northern Wisconsin forest, while also hunting an equally threatening creature believed to be part dog and part wolf.
4.5 10.0
F
69824
N
N
-
-
-
When a sixteen-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human life, and it is nothing like what he has seen on television.
4.0
F
32393
N
N
-
-
-
A friendly competition between Fiona and Madison and Egg and Chet to see who can design the best Web site, results in Egg getting so angry he threatens to bow out of their friendship. Book #14
5.0
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Title Double Dutch
Author Draper, Sharon M.
Double Fake
Wallace, Rich
Double Twist
King, Donna
Dr. Amelia's Boredom Survival Guide
Word
Number Lang IL 59351 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 7.0 F
Count Book RP 44912 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town, cope with Randy's missing father, Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies, and a secret Delia is too embarrassed to share.
86798
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
18557
N
N
-
-
N
It's summer time, a time to hang out and have fun for Calvin and his friend, Zero. They look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league and helping their team go into the finals. Book #4
112050
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
17713
N
N
-
-
-
After an accident puts Patrick out of action, Laura's dreams are shattered. Scott is a natural talent but has no training. Laura has just two weeks to turn him into the perfect partner.
Moss, Marissa
41269
EN
MG
4.4
1.0
F
5629
N
N
-
-
-
While waiting for her sister's medical appointment, a bored Amelia creates a handwritten book of fifty suggestions for passing the time.
Dream Pony
Leigh, Susannah
25935
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
25387
N
N
-
-
-
-HVV$GDPVORYHVULGLQJHVSHFLDOO\DW 6DQG\/DQH:KHQWKHVW\OLVK 5\FKHVWHU5LGLQJ6WDEOHVRSHQVLW GRRUVVRPHWKLQJKDSSHQVWKDWWHVWVKHU OR\DOW\WR6DQG\/DQH
Dreams of Gold
Kirby, Lynn
53132
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
26242
N
N
-
-
-
Jamie, a talented African-American skater with dreams of winning many titles, will do anything to be like the national champion Brianna Hill, but then she realizes that Christ is the only real role model.
Duel on the Diamond
Hallowell, Tommy
608
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
21446
N
N
-
-
N
Four junior high school friends find that their "war" with another clique of boys is costing their baseball team a championship season.
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Word
Title Dungeon of Doom
Author Dixon, Franklin W.
Number Lang IL 6813 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 4.0 F
Count Book RP 31035 N N
Dunk Under Pressure
Wallace, Rich
105949
EN
DupliKate
Cheva, Cherry
133770
Eagle's Wings
Snelling, Lauraine
An Early Winter
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
2.0
F
15510
N
EN
UG
4.9
7.0
F
50089
10564
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
F
Bauer, Marion Dane
46301
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
Echoes in the Wind
Lewis, Beverly
42334
EN
MG
4.5
Elizabeth's New Hero
Suzanne, Jamie
9714
EN
MG
4.4
N
-
-
N
Free-throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game, the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player. Book #7
N
N
-
-
-
When she wakes up one morning to find her double in her room, seventeen-yearold Kate, already at wit's end with college applications, finals, and extracurricular activities, decides to put her to work.
33334
N
N
-
-
-
Because her father is ill, without telling her parents, horse-loving Trish earns money after school at the race track, where trouble begins when one of her mounts is in a mysterious accident.
F
23158
N
N
-
-
-
When Tim's grandfather develops Alzheimer's disease, Tim tries to restore and save him by taking him out for a fishing adventure at the lake, but the outing turns into a disaster.
4.0
F
25207
N
N
-
-
-
A skating accident during Christmas vacation helps fourteen-year-old Merry reassess her feelings for Jon, her high school classmate, and Levi, the elder son of her Amish neighbors.
3.0
F
17550
N
N
-
-
-
While the Wakefields are hosting an East German gymnast, he decides to defect. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Emergency Quarterback
Author Wallace, Rich
Word
Number Lang IL 102129 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 2.0 F
Count Book RP 15965 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season, and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback. Book #5
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case Sobol, Donald J. of the Secret Pitch
10662
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
10447
N
N
-
-
N
The ten-year-old Sherlock Holmes of Idaville solves ten baffling, new cases.
End of the Race
Anderson, Laurie Halse
68933
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
24725
N
N
-
-
-
After treating an injured greyhound at her grandmother's veterinary clinic, fourteen-year-old Maggie learns about the abuse of greyhounds in the dogracing industry and vows to put a stop to it.
The End of the Trail
Dixon, Franklin W.
46295
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
25438
N
N
-
-
-
Hiking the Appalachian trail with their friends, the Hardys hit a snag when daredevil Biff gets hurt. Book #162.
Endurance Ride
Bryant, Bonnie
19647
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
28807
N
N
-
-
-
The Saddle Club is participating in a new kind of horseback riding activity, endurance riding.
The Enforcer
Swan, Bill
122066
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
24291
N
N
-
-
-
Jake Henry's hockey team, having lost its coach, tries to get used to the way his replacement, who is Jake's grandfather, coaches.
The English Roses: Good-bye Grace?
Madonna
124174
EN
MG
4.8
2.0
F
10528
N
N
-
-
-
Grace has always loved soccer, but when her family life begins to fall apart, even her love for the game cannot help her. She turns to her friends, the English Roses, to get her through the tough times. Book #2
Exit Strategy
Potter, Ryan
137361
EN
UG
4.7 10.0
F
66776
N
N
-
-
-
Seventeen-year-old Zach and friends are desperate to leave their hometown of Blaine, Michigan, after graduation, but plans go awry when Zach uncovers a steroid scandal. The plot contains profanity and drug and alcohol use.
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Word
Title Extreme Edge
Author Kellerhals-Stewart, Heather
Number Lang IL 117050 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 4.0 F
Count Book RP 26047 N N
Extreme Stunt Dogs
Casanova, Mary
118510
EN
Face Off
Ulrich, Maureen
141870
Face Off
Forsyth, Chris
Face-Off
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
3.0
F
18247
N
EN
UG
4.3 10.0
F
71677
41293
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
Christopher, Matt
5349
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
The Face-off Phony
Korman, Gordon
65921
EN
MG
4.3
The Faces of Fear
Hughes, Monica
42413
EN
UG
4.8
Facing the Giants
Wilson, Eric
143466
EN
UG
N
-
-
-
When a super-size truck carrying the stars of Hollywood's AMAZING EXTREME STUNG DOGS shows up in Pembrook, Kito thinks there's something really weird about the owner. Book #5
N
N
-
-
-
Jessie can handle the tough action of the brand-new Xtreme girls' hockey league, but a bad decision at a party makes navigating high school as a freshman much more difficult. The plot contains sexual situations and violence.
20964
N
N
-
-
-
This high-action hockey novel pits Mitch against his buddy Zack for a spot on a select team.
F
14974
N
N
-
-
N
Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped for his fear of the puck.
4.0
F
26668
N
N
-
-
-
The Stars from Mars hockey team tries to break their lengthy losing streak. Book #3
7.0
F
44329
N
N
-
-
-
Devasted by her recent accident, Joan is searching for a new reality. She thinks she has found one with her new friend "Whizkid" but they are finding the new game too real and dangerous, and the only way out is confront their fears.
4.4 11.0
F
73415
N
N
-
-
-
Coach Grant Taylor, facing a crisis at work, on the football field, and at home, decides to turn everything over to God, hoping to wrest some victory from his failure of a life.
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Word
Title Fairway Phenom
Author Mantell, Paul
Number Lang IL 73833 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 24041 N N
Fakie
Varrato, Tony
122784
EN
Fall Line
Sherman, M. Zachary
146397
Falling
Wilhelm, Doug
False Start
Diersch, Sandra
Family Dinner
Cutler, Jane
Fantasy Baseball
Gratz, Alan
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.7
4.0
F
24910
N
EN
MG
4.8
2.0
F
14459
115823
EN
UG
4.0
7.0
F
100060
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
5935
EN
UG
4.4
143887
EN
MG
4.3
N
-
-
-
Alex Miller and his mother have moved from one place to another and changed their identities repeatedly since his testimony put a man in prison, but he really puts himself to the test when he decides to pose as a skateboarder in Virginia Beach.
N
N
-
-
-
In Summit County, Colorado, fourteenyear-old Amy Kestrel is known as a daring snowboarder, but when she and her best friend Jimmy run afoul of the operatives of the Collective, they need the help of the Revolution. Volume #3
53208
N
N
-
-
-
Fifteen-year-old Matt's life has been turned upside down, first when the brother he idolizes turns to drugs and then when a visit to a chat room leads him to a classmate who he likes very much but cannot trust with his family secret.
F
23694
N
N
-
-
-
Caitlynn makes a deal with her grandfather to join a swim team if he'll stay and watch all her practices. But after Grandpa has a stroke, Caitlynn doesn't want to keep up her end of the deal.
3.0
F
19471
N
N
-
-
-
Uncle Benson cooks up a storm to lure Rachel's busy family into an unusual communal meal.
8.0
F
55082
N
N
-
-
-
A twelve-year-old boy wakes up in Ever After, where he is recruited by Dorothy to play first base for the Oz Cyclones in the Ever After Baseball Tournament.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Farm Team
Author Weaver, Will
The Fast and the Furriest
Behrens, Andy
Fast Break
Word
Number Lang IL 10649 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 8.0 F
Count Book RP 55434 N N
RV -
LS N
VP Description N With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.
136269
EN
MG
4.6
6.0
F
42552
N
N
-
-
-
The overweight and unathletic son of a famous former football star discovers that his equally fat and lazy dog is unexpectedly and obsessively interested in competing in dog-agility contests.
Coldwell, Michael
41294
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
24372
N
N
-
-
-
Jeff makes the school basketball team and soon realizes he can't solve every problem with fast moves on the court.
Fast Finish
Swan, William
40382
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
29775
N
N
-
-
-
This is a story of a young athlete, Noah, who must overcome the past in order to succeed.
Fat Camp Commandos
Pinkwater, Daniel
49781
EN
MG
4.8
1.0
F
8115
N
N
-
-
-
Ralph, Sylvia, and Mavis are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible.
Fifteen Love
Corbet, Robert
69569
EN
UG
4.5
6.0
F
40549
N
N
-
-
-
Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player, each relate their feelings about each other, school, friends, and family troubles as they struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen.
Fight for Your Right
Mantell, Paul
75442
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
12771
N
N
-
-
-
On the baseball diamond, Morgan Hudson can definitely hold her own with her male buddies. So why does her cousin Nick give her a hard time when she decides to go out for the boys' baseball team? This book is based on the series created by Gordon Korman.
Fighting El Fuego (Home Run)
Birle, Pete
113097
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
25269
N
N
-
-
-
Francisco Diaz, whose anger frequently gets the best of him, gets help from his parents and a psychologist, who encourage him to learn to box to deal with this temper.
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Word
Title Fighting Tackle
Author Christopher, Matt
Number Lang IL 13942 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 3.0 F
Count Book RP 23427 N N
Fill My Empty Heart
Baer, Judy
10711
EN
The Final Cut
Bowen, Fred
29424
The Finnish Line
Gerber, Linda
Flip City
Hermann, Spring
Flip Turn
Polak, Monique
Float and Sting! One Round with Muhammad Ali
Fly Away
RV -
LS -
UG
4.4
4.0
F
26818
N
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
14573
121983
EN
UG
4.7
6.0
F
5362
EN
MG
4.6
8.0
82182
EN
MG
4.5
Miller, Davis
131072
EN
MG
Rock, Nora
138921
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Mr. Cartwright, the new practice teacher, is everyone's idol. He is also manipulating Lexi's friends and needs to be stopped.
N
N
-
-
-
After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not.
44210
N
N
-
-
-
Ski jumper Mo Clark goes to Finland with the Scholar Athlete Exchange Program, trying to get away from her famous and accomplished family and seeking equality in her male-dominated sport.
F
57990
N
N
-
-
N
Four girls whose family lives are difficult compete in gymnastics for their gym Flip City, the place where they feel most at home.
3.0
F
23760
N
N
-
-
-
When her family situation takes a grim turn, swimmer Victoria finds help, in and out of the pool, from the person she least expects.
4.6
1.0
F
3842
N
N
-
-
-
Davis Miller is a puny, little mouse at Mount Tabor High School. After years of being bullied, the sickly teen decides to become a boxer. One day, he gets a chance to spar with his hero, Muhammad Ali, a bout that will change his life.
4.2
4.0
F
25323
N
N
-
-
-
Marnie is forced into a leadership role on her competitive cheerleading team, but it is harder than she imagined to keep the Soar Starlings, and herself, aloft.
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Word
Title Flying Feet
Author McCann, James
Flying High, Pogo!
Foland, Constance M.
62882
EN
Follow the Dream
Lewis, Beverly
40649
Football Double Threat
Peters, Stephanie True
Football Fugitive
Christopher, Matt
Football Genius
Green, Tim
Foul Play
Costello, Emily
Foul Play (Hardy Boys Undercover Dixon, Franklin W. Brothers)
Number Lang IL 137573 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 3.0 F
Count Book RP 21581 N N
RV -
LS -
MG
4.3
3.0
F
21872
N
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
17952
124560
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
5363
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
115892
EN
MG
4.8
20072
EN
MG
119487
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Pogo's been picked to go to summer gymnastics camp! The only problem is, neither of her parents can afford to pay for it.
N
N
-
-
-
Sixth grader Livvy prays for guidance when her grandmother's constant mothering threatens to interfere with Livvy's dream of becoming an Olympic skater.
16103
N
N
-
-
-
Feeling guilty after accidentally breaking his friend's leg, Rocky Fletcher takes on extra duties at school, from selling chocolate bars and managing his injured friend's student council campaign to playing both offense and defense on the football team.
F
15953
N
N
-
-
-
Representing a pro football player whom his son admires brings a lawyer closer to his young son.
7.0
F
47643
N
N
-
-
N
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. Book #1
4.1
4.0
F
25921
N
N
-
-
-
Tess learns that there is more to playing soccer than just winning.
4.0
5.0
F
32284
N
N
-
-
-
Joe and Frank infiltrate Pinnacle College's top-seeded football team to investigate rumors that someone on the inside is being bribed to throw the championship game. Book #19
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Title Four of a Kind
Author Sherlock, Patti
The Fox Steals Home
Christopher, Matt
Foxy
Word
Number Lang IL 70879 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 6.0 F
Count Book RP 38376 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Andy has only one dream: to drive a draft horse team in a pulling contest.
218
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
24596
N
N
-
-
N
Already troubled by his parents' divorce, Bobby Canfield is further distressed when he learns that his father, who coached him in running bases, intends to move away.
Griffith, Helen V.
44287
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
27187
N
N
-
-
-
Camping in the Florida Keys with his parents, Jeff finds an abandoned, mistreated dog that he desperately wants for his own.
Freaky
Beller, Jasmine
112576
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
32778
N
N
-
-
-
The Hip Hop Kidz have made it to the National Hip Hop Championships, but there are distractions, including a romance for Emerson, a reunion between Devane and a long-lost friend, and sabotage from a rival team. Book #3
Free Baseball
Corbett, Sue
103765
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
35523
N
N
-
-
N
Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his father, a famous Cuban outfielder.
Free Fall
Sweeney, Joyce
14766
EN
UG
4.5
8.0
F
55685
N
N
-
-
-
While trapped in a cave in a Florida forest, two brothers reveal to each other and their friends the truth about their previously hidden feelings.
Free Radical
Murphy, Claire Rudolf
59165
EN
UG
4.4
6.0
F
43435
N
N
-
-
-
In Fairbanks, Alaska, fifteen-year-old Luke is stunned when his mother confesses that she is wanted by the FBI for her role in the death of a student during an anti-Vietnam War protest thirty years ago.
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Word
Title Frostbite
Author Mead, Richelle
Number Lang IL 122152 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 12.0 F
Count Book RP 78482 N N
Frozen Rodeo/Better Latte Than Never
Clark, Catherine
65320
EN
Frozen Stiff
Shahan, Sherry
32686
Full Court Fever
Bowen, Fred
Full Court Press
Walters, Eric
Full House
Full-Court Press
RV -
LS -
UG
4.4
9.0
F
61364
N
EN
MG
4.8
5.0
F
33011
20265
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
42406
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
Hautman, Pete
117627
EN
UG
4.7
Hafer, Todd
110063
EN
MG
4.8
N
-
-
-
High-school junior Peggy Fleming Farrell finds herself without a car, working at the Gas 'n Git, and fantasizing about a boyfriend.
N
N
-
-
N
Cousins Cody and Derek take a kayak trip in Alaska and find themselves battling the raw elements of an untamed wilderness.
14565
N
N
-
-
-
With help from a new student and inspiration from an old magazine article, the players on Michael's basketball team hope to overcome their shortness and win their game against the eighthgraders.
F
25383
N
N
-
-
-
Nick and Kia try to convince their teammates that only teamwork will take them to the championship game. Book #2
6.0
F
39637
N
N
-
-
-
From an Internet poker scheme gone wrong to a midnight game with the Devil, from a show of poker ineptitude in front of a girlfriend's family to the scholarship game to pay for college, these stories reveal how poker can affect and imitate teenage life.
4.0
F
25841
N
N
-
-
-
An eighth-grade basketball player finds his training, both physical and spiritual, put to the test too soon after his mother's death. Book #2
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Word
Title Gabriel's Horses
Author Hart, Alison
Number Lang IL 113743 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37328 N N
Gabriel's Triumph
Hart, Alison
116714
EN
Galaxy X
Dixon, Franklin W.
130744
Game
Myers, Walter Dean
Game 1: Porkopolis/Magic in the Outfield
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
6.0
F
38964
N
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
31068
119931
EN
MG+
4.9
6.0
F
Long, Loren
113493
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
Game 2: The River City/Horsin' Around
Long, Loren
118071
EN
MG
4.4
Game 3: The Windy City/Great Balls of Fire
Long, Loren
121375
EN
MG
Game Day
Marlowe, Dan
8821
EN
UG
N
-
-
-
A thirteen-year-old newly freed slave faces the challenges of freedom and horse racing as he pursues his dream of becoming a famous jockey in Civil War Kentucky and New York. Book #2
N
N
-
-
-
Frank and Joe travel to California to determine who is trying to sabotage the new X Games theme park, but numerous suspects make it a difficult case to crack. Book #28, Book #1 in the Galaxy X Trilogy
42246
N
N
-
-
-
Drew wants nothing more than to play college basketball after high school, but his coach thinks he's playing only for himself and not the team.
F
11286
N
N
-
-
-
In the late 1800s, three children secretly carrying a baseball that has strange powers and belonged to their late father must raise money to pay off their family's debt. The coauthor is Phil Bildner.
3.0
F
18264
N
N
-
-
-
When the children grip the magic baseball, thoroughbred horses, all Kentucky Derby winners, appear and have an effect on the outcome of the game. The coauthor is Phil Bildner.
4.8
3.0
F
19916
N
N
-
-
-
Graham, Griffith, and Ruby Payne have the magic baseball in Chicago, with fireballs, burning bats, and a huge kicking cow appearing on the field. The coauthor is Phil Bildner.
4.6
0.5
F
3244
N
N
-
-
-
Tom's first day in pro football found him in a position he'd never played.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title The Game of Sunken Places
Author Anderson, M.T.
Game Plan for Disaster
Dixon, Franklin W.
Game, Set, and Match
King, Donna
Get out of My Face
Word
Number Lang IL 79707 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 8.0 F
Count Book RP 56111 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure. Book #1
6816
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
35352
N
N
-
-
-
The championship game is on the line, and a notorious gambler is calling the shots. Book #76.
112052
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
19140
N
N
-
-
-
Since Carrie was old enough to hold a tennis racket, her dad has been training her to be the best. Now she's 12 and a star player with split-second reactions and a powerful backhand. But Carrie's tired of having to choose between her friends and tennis.
Masterton, David
5937
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
F
33683
N
N
-
-
N
Fifteen-year-old Kate finds her adjustment to her new twelve-year-old stepbrother, who is obnoxious and antagonistic, made even more difficult when they have to help each other survive on a dangerous wilderness journey.
Ghost Brother
Adler, C.S.
5014
EN
MG
4.2
5.0
F
32604
N
N
-
-
N
Wishing to be like his older but dead brother, who often materializes to give Wally advice and support, Wally enters a skateboarding competition and finally gains the confidence to be himself.
Ghost Cave
Steiner, Barbara
18767
EN
MG
4.3
6.0
F
38467
N
N
-
-
-
In pursuit of a reward for the discovery of an Indian burial site, Marc and his friends get lost in a cave inhabited by a ghost.
The Gift of the Sacred Dog
Goble, Paul
9768
EN
MG
4.2
0.5
F
983
N
N
-
-
-
The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people.
Girl at Sea
Johnson, Maureen
115824
EN
UG
4.4 12.0
F
80413
N
N
-
-
-
High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job and a potential first kiss to take a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht in Italy.
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Word
Title The Girls Take Over
Author Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Number Lang IL 64035 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 30235 N N
Give Me a Break
Dower, Laura
87148
EN
Glory in Danger
Bentley, Karen
19516
Glory's Triumph
Bentley, Karen
Go Big or Go Home
Hobbs, Will
Go for the Glory
Snelling, Lauraine
Go Long!
Barber, Tiki
RV -
LS -
MG
4.2
5.0
F
32165
N
EN
MG
4.6
6.0
F
41988
19515
EN
MG
4.7
6.0
F
121111
EN
MG
4.7
6.0
10569
EN
MG
4.2
124041
EN
MG
4.9
N
-
-
-
Things in Far Hills start to get frosty when Madison's dad and stepmother take her on a ski trip to Big Mountain and allows her to take along one friend. Book #18
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy must find out who is trying to hurt Glory and herself. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #16.
42956
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy must get over her fear that she might cause her horse to be hurt if Glory is ever to race. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #15.
F
40162
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.
6.0
F
39324
N
N
-
-
-
After a string of wins, Trish breaks her arm; and since the horse Trish and her father have entered in the Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby won't tolerate another rider, it seems they're going to miss the greatest opportunity of their lives.
5.0
F
31876
N
N
-
-
-
When Coach Spangler leaves at the start of their second year of junior high, thirteen-year-old twins Tiki and Ronde wonder if his replacement, Mr. Wheeler, can coach the Eagles to another winning season. The coauthors are Ronde Barber and Paul Mantell.
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VP Description N The Hatford boys and the Malloy girls are ready to outdo one another again in this contest-filled adventure.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Goal Line
Author Barber, Tiki
Number Lang IL 145503 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33105 N N
Goalkeeper in Charge
Hirschfeld, Robert
67165
EN
Going for Gold
Schraff, Anne
52942
Going for the Gold
Lowell, Melissa
Going Places
RV -
LS -
MG
4.2
3.0
F
24163
N
EN
UG
4.3
3.0
F
20110
18969
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
Hurcomb, Fran
126475
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
Going to the Sun: Glacier National Park
Graf, Mike
136789
EN
MG
4.6
Gold Dust
Lynch, Chris
41785
EN
MG
4.6
N
-
-
-
Shy Tina Esparza is upset when her soccer coach decides that she should be the goalkeeper, a position in which she will be too noticeable. Text is by Robert Hirschfeld.
N
N
-
-
N
Keely, Olympic hopeful, struggles with an eating disorder as she tries to please her gymnastics coach and her father.
23765
N
N
-
-
-
Jill is going to a famous figure-skating training center in Colorado, but the training is much tougher than Jill had expected.
F
21667
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Jess and her friends try to start an all-girls hockey league in their small town, but an unknown vandal threatens to ruin their chances before the team can even get off the ground.
3.0
F
21932
N
N
-
-
-
Twins James and Morgan and their parents explore the history, unusual geology, plants, and animals of Glacier National Park, where they learn about the threat climate change poses to the glaciers there. Book #8
7.0
F
45189
N
N
-
-
N
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school. He is hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
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VP Description - When identical twin brothers Ronde and Tiki Barber grow at different rates the summer before their last year at Hidden Valley Junior High, their relationship, both on and off the football field, changes. The coauthor is Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Gold Medal Horse
Author Bryant, Bonnie
Gold Medal Murder
Keene, Carolyn
The Golden Glove
Bowen, Fred
Good Luck, Ivy
Yee, Lisa
The Gorillas of Gill Park
The Grand Canyon Doesn't Scare Me
Word
Number Lang IL 19633 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25204 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - The Saddle Club works with a horse that they feel could be a real champion, but his owner does not agree.
138460
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
36042
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy, Frank, and George start an investigation to determine who is sending gold-medalist Scott Trevor death threats before he competes in the swimming events at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The coauthor is Franklin W. Dixon. Super mystery #4
17567
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
13003
N
N
-
-
-
When a twelve-year-old shortstop loses the glove that magically helped him make fantastic catches, he wonders whether it was the sole secret of his success.
118242
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
F
11913
N
N
-
-
-
The only place Ivy feels at home is at gymnastics, but this year, the gymnastics tournament is on the same day as the annual Ling family reunion. With her brother's help, Ivy realizes she can take charge of her own life.
Gordon, Amy
69685
EN
MG
4.7
9.0
F
58287
N
N
-
-
N
While spending the summer before seventh grade with his aunt, Willy Wilson finds his first friends ever in the colorful characters who all love the neighborhood park owned by an eccentric old man.
Fertig, Dennis
63575
EN
MG
4.7
1.0
F
5923
N
N
-
-
-
Beth Nevarez has never flown in an airplane before. She hasn't hiked or camped in the Grand Canyon, either. Find out what Beth learns about herself on her trip to Arizona. You'll find out something surprising about her friend Lizzie Lopat, too!
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Grand Slam
Author Hughes, Dean
The Great Bike Race
Stinson, Kathy
The Great Googlestein Museum Mystery
Word
Number Lang IL 32732 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 19833 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Just as Thurlow feels that he may be able to lead the Scrappers singlehandedly to the season championship, an injury sidelines him and threatens to take away their victory.
103024
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
16285
N
N
-
-
-
Matt is determined to win the town's bike race. Not only is he super fast, but he really needs the first prize, an awesome new mountain bike, to replace his old bike. But Matt's pals all think they can win, too. Can they all stay friends after the race?
Van Leeuwen, Jean
69249
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
31579
N
N
-
-
-
Three adventurous mice escape from their home at Macy's department store and spend an exciting week in the Guggenheim Museum, creating a sensation in the art world.
Great Lengths
Diersch, Sandra
31168
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
25120
N
N
-
-
-
Troy Aitken has just joined the Vancouver club, and Jessie Cameron and her friends are in awe of him. Then the rumors begin to surface. Should Jessie turn against Troy on the basis of gossip alone or should she uncover the truth for herself?
The Great Quarterback Switch
Christopher, Matt
11414
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
16143
N
N
-
-
N
Twelve-year-old Michael, confined to a wheelchair after an accident, uses mental telepathy to communicate football plays to his quarterback twin brother Tom, then suddenly finds himself on the field in his brother's place.
The Great Receiver
Eulo, Elena Yates
127040
EN
MG
4.8
9.0
F
62551
N
N
-
-
-
Returning to high school in the fall, brainy Joey Eastland, the football team's water boy, is determined to reinvent himself by becoming a star player who the girls find attractive.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Ridge Runner Rescue
Author Graf, Mike
Number Lang IL 136434 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20227 N N
The Great Wide Sea
Herlong, M.H.
125937
EN
The Greatest Skating Race: A WWII Story from the Netherlands
Borden, Louise
78014
The Green (Home Run)
Reichman, Justin
Gridiron Scholar
Gutman, Bill
The Grizzly
Johnson, Annabel
Gym Candy
Deuker, Carl
The Half-Pipe Kidd
Acheson, Alison
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.1
9.0
F
66550
N
EN
MG
4.9
1.0
F
4391
113112
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
9215
EN
UG
4.1
3.0
56307
EN
MG
4.9
117053
EN
UG
31222
EN
MG
N
-
-
N
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea.
N
N
-
-
N
During World War II, a ten-year-old boy helps two children ice skate past German soldiers and escape to Belgium.
22605
N
N
-
-
-
When class clown Jason Green is influenced by a golfer at the local country club and takes up the game himself, he learns that believing in yourself enough to be yourself is the hardest thing to do.
F
17871
N
N
-
-
-
A high school football All-American discovers a new life off the football field, says goodbye to his cheerleader girlfriend, and becomes an overachiever.
4.0
F
28619
N
N
-
-
-
When David's father arrives to take him on a weekend fishing trip, he is tense and frightened because he scarcely knows him. The coauthor is Edgar Johnson.
4.6
9.0
F
63932
N
N
-
-
-
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick. He works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year and then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, with disastrous results.
4.1
4.0
F
29099
N
N
-
-
-
Tony Jones, the world's best bicycle freestyler, is coming to town. What is he going to think of a bike freak who's also a poet?
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Hard Ball
Author Weaver, Will
Hardcourt Comeback
Bowen, Fred
Hardcourt Upset
Bee, Clair
Hat Trick
Word
Number Lang IL 28795 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 7.0 F
Count Book RP 47587 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - A fourteen-year-old Minnesota farm boy has to figure out how to get along with the arch-rival in his love life and on the baseball diamond, and both boys must learn how to deal with the unfair expectations of their fathers.
135864
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
18288
N
N
-
-
-
Seventh-grade basketball star Brett is used to being good, if not the best, at everything he does, but after finding one thing he cannot do, he loses confidence and starts making mistakes.
65787
EN
UG
4.8
7.0
F
45528
N
N
-
-
-
Forced by a knee injury to sit out part of the basketball season, Chip Hilton watches in dismay as his team suffers through a losing streak, while his friend Soapy is suspected of robbery. Text updated by Randall Farley and Cynthia Bee Farley.
Mack, W.C.
140142
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
38049
N
N
-
-
-
J.T.'s blades are sharp, his body is strong, and he's determined to play against the biggest team in the league, no matter what his coach says. But a new player and trouble in Math class may ruin J.T.'s plans.
The Haunted Shortstop: True Ghostly Sports Stories
Zullo, Allan
145465
EN
MG
4.8
5.0
F
32207
N
N
-
-
-
This collection of stories features athletes who have been haunted by spirits, based in part on the files of noted ghost hunters.
Haunting at Home Plate
Patneaude, David
43405
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
31622
N
N
-
-
N
After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.
Have Wheels, Will Travel
Mazer, Anne
47411
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
21093
N
N
-
-
-
Abby's sick of being the only Hayes with hand-me-downs. She wants some Rollerblades of her own, but first she will have to earn some money, which isn't as easy as it sounds. Book #4
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Hazardous Heights
Author Schraff, Anne
Number Lang IL 55749 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 3.0 F
Count Book RP 19462 N N
Hazards of the Half-Court Press
Bly, Stephen
66918
EN
Head Games: A Pretty Tough Novel
Mikulski, Keri
142495
Head Over Heels
Mantell, Paul
Headlock
RV -
LS -
MG
4.0
4.0
F
30946
N
EN
MG+
4.3
8.0
F
58850
75444
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
Sweeney, Joyce
110557
EN
UG
4.1
6.0
Heads or Tails?
Kelly, Bernadette
137971
EN
MG
4.5
Heart of a Champion
Deuker, Carl
8571
EN
UG
4.2
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Cody and his friends look for divine help when they face problems which divert their attention from the end-of-the-summer basketball tournament.
N
N
-
-
-
A gorgeous all-star on the basketball court, Taylor is calm, cool, and collected, but off the court, the prospect of walking a fashion runway and a boyfriend decision between a basketball dynamo or a sweet math nerd has her jittery. Book #3
13382
N
N
-
-
-
Nick tries to warn Coleman that his girlfriend is only using him to do her homework, but Coleman refuses to listen until Nick uses the magic jersey to transform himself and Coleman into skateboard champion Tony Hawk and BMX star Dave Mirra.
F
45492
N
N
-
-
-
High school senior Kyle is determined to become a professional wrestler but his dream is threatened by a loved one's illness and the dramatic reappearance of a long-absent relative.
2.0
F
16531
N
N
-
-
-
When someone starts cutting off horses' tails in Ridgeview, Annie Boyd and her friends from riding club know they have to do something to stop the thief.
8.0
F
53041
N
N
-
-
N
Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Heart to Heart
Author Perelman, Helen
Number Lang IL 119957 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 18037 N N
Heartland
Hale, Jane
36457
EN
Heather and the Pink Poodles
Engle, Marion
27722
Heather Takes the Reins
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper
Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
8.0
F
52227
N
EN
MG
4.8
1.0
F
9265
11418
EN
MG
4.6
1.0
F
Korman, Gordon
27742
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
High Heat
Deuker, Carl
67225
EN
UG
High Survival
Keene, Carolyn
9879
EN
High-Five
Alfonsi, Alice
103485
EN
N
-
-
-
Thomas Scott tries to solve the mystery of the new kids on the block and in the process discovers a best friend doesn't always have to be a boy.
N
N
-
-
-
Heather and the Pink Poodles have just finished singing and the audience is loudly applauding. Only one more act to beat, and the Poodles go to New York and perform live on TV! Can the Poodles win and get a chance to meet teen heart throb Robbie Starbuck?
9221
N
N
-
-
N
Heather falls in love with Adagio, a gentle, old horse that balks at stadium jumping. Can Heather prepare him for the dressage competition?
F
15178
N
N
-
-
-
When Hilary "borrows" her brother's ancient football jersey, she finds herself inside the body of one of the roughest, toughest players in football - Junior Seau.
4.2 10.0
F
72949
N
N
-
-
N
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.
MG
4.9
7.0
F
44117
N
N
-
-
-
A wilderness trek designed to sharpen survival skills becomes a desperate fight for life.
MG
4.8
2.0
F
13058
N
N
-
-
-
Lizzie discovers she's got a talent for rhythmic gymnastics, and she decides to compete for the regional competition. Kate, a classmate, has a trick up her sleeve to take the show away from Lizzie. Book #21.
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Word
Title The Highest Stand (Home Run)
Author Campbell, Tonie
Number Lang IL 113113 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25421 N N
Hill Hawk Hattie
Clark, Clara Gillow
70200
EN
Hitmen Triumph
Brouwer, Sigmund
119489
Hockey Dreams (Home Run)
Conrad, Gil
The Hockey Machine
Holding
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
4.0
F
29858
N
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
22894
113100
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
Christopher, Matt
5368
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
Nicholson, Lorna Schultz
128537
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
N
-
-
-
Angry and lonely after her mother dies, eleven-year-old Hattie pretends to be a boy and joins her father on a adventurefilled rafting trip down the Delaware River in the late 1800s to transport logs from New York to Philadelphia.
N
N
-
-
-
Nolan is pumped to be playing on the same hockey team as his twin brother, Nathan, but he finds out that Nathan is involved in some very dangerous issues, which will affect them both for the rest of their lives.
24423
N
N
-
-
-
This book chronicles the ambition and drive of Wayne Miller who, despite his small stature, followed his dream of becoming a professional hockey player.
F
18733
N
N
-
-
N
Abducted by a "fan" and forced to become a member of a professional junior hockey team, thirteen-year-old star center Steve Crandall quickly realizes that he must play not only to win but to survive.
F
23788
N
N
-
-
-
Josh, Sam, and Peter are together for their last summer at hockey camp, and this time, they're on the same team. Josh is certain that nothing could be better until he discovers that his card shark cousin, Troy, is gambling with the team's success.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Holding at Third
Author Zinnen, Linda
Number Lang IL 77178 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 4.0 F
RV -
LS -
The Hole in the Hill
Belcher, Angie
50907
EN
MG
4.3
0.5
F
2688
N
N
-
-
-
When Leo and Derek go exploring, they fall through a hole down to a secret world of caverns and passageways.
Home Base
Peers, Judi
42262
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
19492
N
N
-
-
-
Dan and his friends launch an exhaustive search for his father's baseball cards, hidden somewhere on his grandparents' farm.
Home Court Advantage
Diersch, Sandra
55661
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
29643
N
N
-
-
-
Debbie is a foster child who feels that nobody really loves or trusts her. She scrapes by at school, has few close friends, and can't seem to control her temper. The only time she feels good about herself is when she's playing basketball.
Home Ice
Vandervelde, Beatrice
85773
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
25011
N
N
-
-
-
Tori is staying with family near Toronto while her parents deal with troubles back home. To keep a sense of normalcy, she joins the Rangers, the worst hockey team in the league.
Home of the Brave
Long, Loren
137830
EN
MG
4.9
6.0
F
37535
N
N
-
-
-
Having suffered great losses in New Orleans, the members of the Payne family return to their Baltimore home, where they have a final showdown with the Chancellor's men. The coauthor is Phil Bildner. Book #6
Home Run Hero
Hughes, Dean
29382
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
21109
N
N
-
-
-
The players on this summer league baseball team, the Scrappers, have some talent, but Wilson is discouraged because they have an attitude problem and trouble working together as a team.
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Count Book RP 30520 N N
VP Description - When thirteen-year-old Matt's older brother Tom is moved to a different hospital to receive a "last resort" treatment for his cancer, Matt tries to adjust to a new home and school, a new baseball team, and his feelings about his brother.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title The Home Run Kid Races On
Author Christopher, Matt
Home Team
Walters, Eric
Home to the Sea
Word
Number Lang IL 136679 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 18748 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Sylvester improves his baseball skills while being coached by a man who bears a striking resemblance to baseball great Ty Cobb. Text by Stephanie Peters.
137574
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
27469
N
N
-
-
-
Against all odds, Nick and Kia set out to persuade the Toronto Raptors' community relations department to send players to visit their school. The coauthors are Jerome Williams and Johnnie Williams III. Book #10
Aaron, Chester
83717
EN
MG+
4.9
6.0
F
37953
N
N
-
-
-
Marian is becoming a mermaid, not in her imagination but for real, as she rescues stranded sea mammals and hears voices calling her to the sea.
Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
26738
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
23417
N
N
-
-
N
A baseball fan discovers a special baseball card worth more than just money.
Hook Shot Hero
Peters, Stephanie True
143963
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
18786
N
N
-
-
-
When Tim Daniels, now fourteen, returns to Camp Wickasaukee, he serves as mentor to three rookie basketball players, continues to work on keeping his short stature from getting in his way, faces a bully, and gets help from NCAA player Dick Dunbar.
Hoop City (Touchdown)
Blumenthal, Scott
68832
EN
UG
4.9
5.0
F
34199
N
N
-
-
-
Tony Hope's dream that he and his twin brother Mike will someday appear together as players on a National Basketball Court is shattered when Mike is paralyzed in a shooting accident. The coauthor is Brett Hodus.
Hoop Girlz
Bledsoe, Lucy Jane
64320
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
25299
N
N
-
-
-
When eleven-year-old River, who is crazy about basketball, is not chosen to play in the tournament set up in the town of Azalea, Oregon, she decides to organize a team of her own and accepts the help of her older brother.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Hoops
Author Myers, Walter Dean
Number Lang IL 766 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 7.0 F
Count Book RP 49976 N N
The Hoopster
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
68778
EN
Horse Games
Bryant, Bonnie
19616
Horse in the House
Baglio, Ben M.
Hostage
Myers, Edward
Hot Shot
House of Sports
RV -
LS -
UG
4.9
6.0
F
41261
N
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
29697
63660
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
18814
EN
UG
4.8
6.0
Peters, Stephanie True
135336
EN
MG
4.2
Russo, Marisabina
57590
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Andre Anderson has a bright future as a basketball star until he is viciously attacked in a hate crime, causing him to question everything he once believed in. Book #1
N
N
-
-
-
The Saddle Club is excited about a new sport, polocrosse; but Stevie's drive to win the competition may cost her her friendships.
29067
N
N
-
-
N
Since Sam Western sold his riding stables and turned the land into a campsite, campers are telling stories of a ghostly horse and rider passing through the campsite and vanishing into the night air! Can Mandy and James figure out what's really going on?
F
39588
N
N
-
-
-
While hiking with a group teens in the Utah desert, Alyssa and Rob attempt to foil the plans of a fossil-stealing kidnapper.
3.0
F
21129
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Julian was star center on an undefeated basketball team before moving to a new town, where he quickly gets on the wrong side of the starting center, whose father happens to be their coach. This series was created by Matt Christopher.
4.9 10.0
F
65966
N
N
-
-
-
Through a series of triumphs and tragedies at home, at school, and on the basketball court, plus time reluctantly spent with his elderly grandmother, twelve-year-old Jim Malone learns that there is a lot more to life than basketball.
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VP Description N Seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson hopes that basketball will be his ticket out of the Harlem ghetto.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title How I Fell in Love & Learned to Shoot Free Throws
Author Ripslinger, Jon
How to Ruin Your Life: And Other Lessons School Doesn't Teach You
McTighe, Carolyn
The Hunter
Word
Number Lang IL 77534 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 7.0 F
Count Book RP 46804 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Danny is infatuated with Angel, the best female basketball player in the state of Iowa. He has no idea that Angel is hiding a shocking family secret.
141051
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
11187
N
N
-
-
-
The friendship between nine-year-old Penelope Jane and her schoolmate Katie is threatened when P.J., anxious to show off her running skills at the annual school track meet, slows down to let her non-athletic friend catch up and ends up losing the race.
Schraff, Anne
40082
EN
UG
4.5
1.0
F
9901
N
N
-
-
N
Greg's dream is to play baseball someday, so he practices every chance he gets. Every now and then he notices a man watching him from the fence. Will Greg and his friend Tommy figure out what the strange man wants?
Husky in a Hut
Baglio, Ben M.
86692
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
23947
N
N
-
-
N
During a search for two of the tourists, Nanook, the lead dog, is badly injured. The dog is moved to a secluded hut where Mandy must care for her.
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader
Scott, Kieran
86278
EN
MG+
4.7 10.0
F
65636
N
N
-
-
-
As a brunette on the all-blonde cheerleading squad at her new Florida high school, sophomore Annisa Gobrowski tries to fit in with her popular teammates without losing the friendship of Bethany, the only other non-blonde at the school.
Ice Attack
Vandervelde, Beatrice
69549
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
27444
N
N
-
-
-
Alex and Bill used to be an unbeatable combination on the Lakers hockey team. Now that they are enemies, Alex is thinking about quitting.
Ice Dreams
Scudamore, Beverly
78002
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
25212
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Maya is a talented figure skater, just as her mother was before she died four years ago. Despite pressure from her family to keep skating, Maya tries to pursue her passion for hockey.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Ice Magic
Author Lowell, Melissa
Ice Magic
Christopher, Matt
The Ice Princess
Lowell, Melissa
Ice Warrior
Riddell, Ruth
The Ice-Cold Case
Dixon, Franklin W.
Icebreaker
Word
Number Lang IL 18971 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 4.0 F
Count Book RP 26091 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Martina has always wanted to skate in the Ice Capades; so when she lands a role in a television special, it is a dream come true.
421
EN
MG
4.8
2.0
F
16265
N
N
-
-
N
A young hockey player finds a game in the attic that seems to predict the success or failure of his team.
18972
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
18617
N
N
-
-
-
Tori's favorite skating star is in town, and Tori soon realizes she is not the sweet champion everyone thinks.
7045
EN
UG
4.6
5.0
F
31567
N
N
-
-
-
When his mother's remarriage moves him from sunny California to snowy Minnesota, twelve-year-old Rob feels totally out of place until he discovers iceboating, which he hopes will be the means to prove himself to his highly competitive father.
19748
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
31592
N
N
-
-
-
The Hardys go to Pineview Lake for ice fishing but try to help solve the problem of many break-ins in the area. Book #148.
Barwin, Steven
116370
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
24042
N
N
-
-
-
Greg has trouble dealing with his new stepsister at home, and when she joins his hockey team, things get worse. Book #88
If Wishes Were Horses
Kelly, Bernadette
134676
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
15779
N
N
-
-
-
Everything changes in Annie Boyd's life when her family moves to Ridgeview. Annie isn't sure she'll fit in and wonders if she'll finally get a horse.
Imani in Never Say Goodbye
Hardrick, Jackie
110909
EN
UG
4.1 10.0
F
68538
N
N
-
-
-
High school senior Imani has dreams of getting into college on a basketball scholarship. However, a broken wrist and the deception of a teammate propels her into a world of bad choices that takes everything she and her boyfriend can muster to overcome.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Imitate the Tiger
Author Cheripko, Jan
The Importance of Being Gordo
Thomas, Rich
Impulse
Word
Number Lang IL 20116 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 7.0 F
Count Book RP 51964 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - A high school football player has to face his collapsing world brought on by his drinking problem.
87333
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
14454
N
N
-
-
-
Lizzie and Miranda prepare to rescue Gordo from the land of killer dwarfs when he becomes so obsessed with a game called Dwarflord that he's quit studying and begins to fail. In Part 2, Gordo makes a film from his hidden camera videos.
Sherman, M. Zachary
146398
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
14465
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Dylan, known as Slider, prefers skateboarding in New York to going to school. But when he gets mixed up in the search for the Artifact, he needs the help of the Revolution to save himself, his family, and his friend Julie. Volume #2
In It to Win It
Morgan, Melissa J.
141331
EN
MG
4.1
5.0
F
33293
N
N
-
-
-
Forced to attend the annual Walla Walla camp reunion, unsociable Peter finds himself falling for Natalie and tries to impress her by joining the Powder Puff football matchup against Camp Talamini, where the boys dress as cheerleaders. Book #25
In the Clear
Carter, Anne Laurel
47900
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
27450
N
N
-
-
-
After recovering from polio, Pauline dreams of playing hockey. Her father has made a rink in the backyard, but will Pauline be able to overcome her fears and break free from her mother to realize her dream?
In the Language of Loons
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie
18770
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
23358
N
N
-
-
N
During the summer that Arlis spends with his grandparents in Vermont, his grandfather teaches him about loons, cross-country running, and responsibility.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title In the Loop
Author Harper, Suzanne
Number Lang IL 129225 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33104 N N
In the Spotlight
Lowell, Melissa
18973
EN
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lord, Bette Bao
229
Indo Dreaming
Grant, Neil
Inexcusable
Lynch, Chris
Inline Skater
Interference
RV -
LS -
MG
4.9
4.0
F
25604
N
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
26776
110558
EN
UG
4.2
8.0
F
101889
EN
UG
4.9
5.0
Hirschfeld, Robert
48332
EN
MG
4.7
Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
82184
EN
MG
4.0
N
-
-
-
Danielle has just won the lead role in the Silver Blades Ice Show and feels her hard work has finally paid off, but is the pressure more than she can handle?
N
N
-
N
N
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and makes friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
57498
N
N
-
-
-
In this sequel to RHINO CHASERS, Goog flies north chasing the ghost of his dead friend. He hooks up with Niagara, a young American hunting his own illusions, and together they set off on a wild, gritty, surf odyssey.
F
36282
N
N
-
-
-
High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong. The plot contains mature themes and sexual situations.
3.0
F
19269
N
N
-
-
N
Cris must choose between "aggro" skating and roller hockey, which also means choosing between his old friends and some new ones.
3.0
F
22520
N
N
-
-
-
Josh has finally made it to an elite hockey team, but no one knows that he has type 1 diabetes or that his undiagnosed illness is getting more serious by the day.
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VP Description - When Miley gets a chance to headline at a large rodeo in rural Texas, she and her friends are invited to join in on the cowboy lifestyle, and she wonders whether she should trade in her fame for a more Southern way of life.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Invisible Lines
Author Amato, Mary
Number Lang IL 134386 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 7.0 F
RV -
LS -
Island Rose
Williams, L.E.
27718
EN
MG
4.2
1.0
F
8115
N
N
-
-
-
Rose finds herself on a tropical island. She has entered a surfing contest and Haku is determined to beat Rose and win the contest. But when Haku catches a wave and disappears no one else seems to notice. Can Rose save him and risk losing the contest?
It's Magic!
Sinclair, Jay
66629
EN
MG
4.7
2.0
F
13196
N
N
-
-
-
Nick Lighter isn't too thrilled when he inherits an old football jersey from his grandfather. Especially, since Grandpa gave Nick's cousin, Morgan, a cool football autographed by the '67 Packers, and she's a girl.
Jackie and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
40653
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
28887
N
N
-
-
N
Joe uses his special ability to travel through time to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier.
Jake Drake, Know-It-All
Clements, Andrew
51897
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
12670
N
N
-
-
N
Jake Drake wants to win the grand prize in the school's first science fair. He wants to beat the know-it-alls Marsha and Kevin, but to beat them means he has to become a know-it-all himself.
Jason & Kyra
Davidson, Dana
79338
EN
UG
4.7 11.0
F
74145
N
N
-
-
-
Kyra Evans, a smart, less than popular high-schooler, begins to fall for Jason Vincent, a popular basketball star.
Jelly Belly
Smith, Robert Kimmel
272
EN
MG
4.1
F
31228
N
N
-
-
N
It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At 4 feet 8 inches tall, he weighs 109 pounds and keeps growing wider.
4.0
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Count Book RP 46917 N N
VP Description - Coming from a poor, single-parent family, 7th-grader Trevor must rely on his intelligence, artistic ability, quick wit, and soccer skills to win friends at his new Washington, D.C., school, but popular, rich Xander seems determined to cause him trouble.
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Word
Title Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire
Author Ferber, Brenda A.
Number Lang IL 130664 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 7.0 F
Count Book RP 45801 N N
Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets
Luper, Eric
144412
EN
Jeremy's Song
Poulsen, David A.
136968
Jersey Tomatoes are the Best
Padian, Maria
Jessi's Gold Medal
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
6.0
F
39995
N
EN
UG
4.7
2.0
F
13474
143274
EN
MG+
4.2 11.0
F
Martin, Ann M.
19305
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
Jessica's First Kiss
Suzanne, Jamie
25488
EN
MG
4.0
Jester in the Backcourt
Hallowell, Tommy
7733
EN
MG
4.4
N
-
-
-
When sixth-grader Jeremy needs money to repair the damage he did to his father's boat, he and his best friend dress up as girls and infiltrate the Cupcake Cadet troop in an attempt to win prize money in the Windjammer Whirl model sailboat contest.
N
N
-
-
-
Violinist Jeremy is not very popular with the rest of the student body, but when Brad Murray, a first baseman on the school baseball team takes time to get to know him, the two boys discover they have more in common than they thought. Book #3
80070
N
N
-
-
-
When fifteen-year-old best friends Henry and Eva leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her long-cherished dreams of the future to the test.
F
26339
N
N
-
-
-
Jessi is honored when she is asked to participate in a synchronized swimming competition. Book #55.
5.0
F
38729
N
N
-
-
-
The girls are going on a camping week with their class, and it's the perfect setting for a little romance. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
3.0
F
19681
N
N
-
-
N
Nick has to learn to control his antics on the basketball court if the Alden Panthers are going to win the championship.
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Title Jim & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Author Gutman, Dan
Joey Pigza Loses Control
Gantos, Jack
Johnny Long Legs
Christopher, Matt
Jump
Carbone, Elisa
Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Glenn, Mel Poems
Word
Number Lang IL 120214 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 6.0 F
Count Book RP 38802 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Stosh and his longtime enemy, Bobby, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead, they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the Giants.
45124
EN
MG
4.9
7.0
F
45926
N
N
-
-
N
Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the father he has never known. Dad insists that Joey stop taking his medication, and Joey loses control as he tries to help his baseball team. Book #2
477
EN
MG
4.0
2.0
F
14561
N
N
-
-
N
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
138110
EN
UG
4.6
9.0
F
59594
N
N
-
-
-
Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey.
43261
EN
UG
4.9
2.0
F
15570
N
N
-
-
-
This book tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers, and coaches.
110748
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
22151
N
N
-
-
-
Reese, her grandpa, and her friend find themselves in danger when they desperately try to save a band of wild mustangs from the slaughterhouse.
Jumper
Bossley, Michele Martin
Just for Kicks
Rayner, Robert
82185
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
29042
N
N
-
-
-
A friendly soccer match becomes serious and less fun when adults get involved. It's up to the kids to reclaim the spirit of the sport.
Just Run
Loughead, Deb
146754
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
22045
N
N
-
-
-
When someone tries to sabotage the boys' relay team and Daisy suspects that her own team may be involved, she tries to sort it all out before the city championship meet.
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Word
Title Karate Kick
Author Peters, Stephanie
Number Lang IL 131208 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 3.0 F
RV -
LS -
The Karate Mouse
Stilton, Geronimo
135299
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
8790
N
N
-
-
N
Geronimo gets caught up in the World Karate Championships, thanks to the efforts of Bruce Hyena and Shorty Tao, Bruce's sporty cousin. Geronimo only has a week to become champion material. Book #40
Kayak Combat
Howling, Eric
144122
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
23560
N
N
-
-
-
Cody is about to find out what it's like to no longer be the best kayaker in his club and learn a few lessons about competition along the way.
Kaz
Warrick, Jackie
43876
EN
MG
4.8
1.0
F
4922
N
N
-
-
-
Kaz is eleven years old and feels like a klutz. She dreams of playing basketball for the Cobras basketball team, but her school tryouts aren't as successful as she hoped. But watching her favorite player inspires her to keep trying.
Keisha to the Rescue
Reed, Teresa
14679
EN
MG
4.9
2.0
F
10116
N
N
-
-
-
Keisha's thrilled to be a lifeguard at an exclusive country club. But some of the other lifeguards seem more interested in acting cool than guarding lives.
Kentucky Dreamer
Snelling, Lauraine
10580
EN
MG
4.2
6.0
F
41868
N
N
-
-
-
Having won the Santa Anita Derby, Trish and her horse look forward to competing in the Kentucky Derby until a series of misfortunes interferes with their dream.
Kevin, the Star Striker
Masannek, Joachim
143891
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
26028
N
N
-
-
-
Kevin and his Wild Bunch teammates challenge Mickey and his gang to a soccer game that will determine the rights to play on the soccer field. Book #1
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Count Book RP 19710 N N
VP Description - While training for his green belt in karate, Cole Richards also learns some important lessons about jealousy, competition, respect, and motivation. This series was created by Matt Christopher.
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Word
Title The Key to the Golden Firebird
Author Johnson, Maureen
Number Lang IL 78844 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 10.0 F
Count Book RP 70380 N N
Kick
Myers, Walter Dean
142169
EN
Kicker
Bossley, Michele Martin
114175
Kickoff
King, Donna
Kickoff to Danger
Dixon, Franklin W.
Kickoff!
The Kid Coach
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.7
5.0
F
36699
N
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
21328
113722
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
55201
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
Barber, Tiki
119700
EN
MG
4.3
Bowen, Fred
17573
EN
MG
4.0
N
-
-
-
Told in their separate voices, thirteenyear-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew Kevin's father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges. The coauthor is Ross Workman.
N
N
-
-
-
When electronic threats and sabotage seem set to derail the soccer season, Izzy and Julia have to find out the truth.
23289
N
N
-
-
-
After moving from sunny Florida to an army base in England, outgoing Tyra hopes to fit in by playing soccer for the school team, but the girls' team is terrible, and the coach is too focused on the boys' team to do anything about it.
F
28449
N
N
-
-
-
Frank and Joe investigate hazing in the Golden Boys clique, where the pranks are spinning into the danger zone. Book #170.
5.0
F
32154
N
N
N
-
N
Twelve-year-olds Tiki and Ronde try out for the junior high football team and hope to not only get a spot, but also to be a part of the starting lineup. The coauthors are Ronde Barber and Paul Mantell.
2.0
F
13881
N
N
-
-
N
When they lose their coach, Scott and his teammates decide that he should try his hand at coaching, but it takes teamwork and the efforts of a player they call Brian to produce a winning season.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Author The Kid from Courage (Home Run) Berman, Ron
Word
Number Lang IL 113114 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 4.0 F
Count Book RP 24872 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When small town boy Bryan Berry develops an unlikely friendship with an old tennis coach, he discovers that old school values haven't gone out of style and wonders if his dreams of tennis stardom are that farfetched.
Kidnapped in Sweden
MacGregor, Roy
20471
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
22015
N
N
-
-
-
The hockey team goes to the first-ever International Goodwill Pee Wee Tournament, and learns the differences between European and North American hockey and meet some new friends.
Knucklehead
Press, Skip
16589
EN
UG
4.3
1.0
F
6212
N
N
-
-
-
Wilbert learns how to pitch a knuckleball, and his new life seems better.
Kristy and the Copycat
Martin, Ann M.
19324
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
24853
N
N
-
-
-
Kristy's little sister Karen wants to be just like her,so she begins to mimic everything Kristy does. Book #74.
Kristy and the Haunted Mansion
Martin, Ann M.
19359
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
28199
N
N
-
-
-
Kristy's softball team spends the night in a haunted mansion.
Kristy and the Missing Child
Martin, Ann M.
19354
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
27284
N
N
-
-
-
Kristy is determined to find Jake even though he's been missing for two days.
Kristy at Bat
Martin, Ann M.
108050
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
28049
N
N
-
-
-
Kristy is excited about going to a baseball camp, but when she learns that she will be playing second string, she is not sure that she wants anything to do with baseball. Book #129
Lacrosse Face-Off
Peters, Stephanie True
103768
EN
MG
4.7
2.0
F
14898
N
N
-
-
N
Eleven-year-old Garry, embarrassed when his unathletic brother joins his lacrosse team, faces a bigger problem when the team bully turns on both of them. This series was created by Matt Christopher.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Lacrosse Firestorm
Author Peters, Stephanie True
Last Chance for First
Hazuka, Tom
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Feinstein, John
The Last-Place Sports Poems of Korman, Gordan Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems about Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes)
Word
Number Lang IL 121473 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 2.0 F
Count Book RP 15692 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Garry sabotaged Michael's chances of becoming the league's top scorer last season, so now Michael is taking his revenge. He's got plenty of opportunity, too, for the Rockets are taking part in a weeklong lacrosse tournament held at an overnight camp.
126469
EN
UG
4.6 12.0
F
79078
N
N
-
-
-
Robby needs a scholarship for soccer to attend college, but with the team's cocaptain suspended for underage drinking, he must do all he can to lead his team to the state championship. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.
85215
EN
MG
4.8
9.0
F
59719
N
N
-
-
N
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
30608
EN
MG
4.9
1.0
F
7696
N
N
-
-
-
This book is a collection of poems about winning, losing, and being a good sport. The coauthor is Bernice Korman.
Lay-ups and Long Shots: An Anthology of Short Stories
Bruchac, Joseph
122755
EN
MG
4.7
2.0
F
13409
N
N
-
-
-
This book provides a collection of nine short stories about middle-schoolers and sports written by various authors, including David Lubar, Lynea Bowdish, and Terry Trueman.
Leap
Zalben, Jane Breskin
112431
EN
MG+
4.5
9.0
F
58888
N
N
-
-
-
In the midst of the usual teenaged angst over romantic relationships and figuring out their place in the world, childhood friends Krista and Daniel reconnect when, in the sixth grade, Daniel is temporarily paralyzed.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Leap of Faith
Author Kelly, Bernadette
Leap of Faith
Bossley, Michele Martin
41297
EN
Leap, Frog
Cutler, Jane
64505
Leon and the Champion Chip
Kurzweil, Allen
The Life of Me (Enter at Your Own Winkler, Henry Risk)
Lights Out!
Dower, Laura
Lily Speaks!
Rue, Nancy
Number Lang IL 134677 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 2.0 F
Count Book RP 16334 N N
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
4.0
F
24680
N
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
F
32857
102551
EN
MG
4.9
9.0
F
122006
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
75831
EN
MG
4.0
110045
EN
MG
4.7
N
-
-
-
When her injury gets worse, Amy begins to worry she'll miss the novice Canadian skating championship.
N
N
-
-
-
Edward and his new friend Charley prepare for the First Annual Mark Twain Memorial Jumping Frog Contest.
58810
N
N
-
-
-
Employing scientific methods learned in Mr. Sparks's class, fifth-grader Leon competes in a potato chip contest and takes revenge against Lumpkin the bully.
F
34258
N
N
-
-
-
Hank must decide whether to attend Tae Kwon Do or an after school reading program run by his favorite teacher, and when he meets an interesting girl at Reading Gym, he gets into a complicated situation that even has him lying to his father. Book #14
4.0
F
31622
N
N
-
-
-
Madison's view of herself and her school changes after an enlightening field trip to Jasper Woods with her seventh grade class. Book #12
5.0
F
32232
N
N
-
-
-
What started as a friendly speech contest among classmates and friends turns into an all-out winner-take-all competition. When Lily encounters the pain and disappointment of competition, she ultimately learns that winning isn't everything. Book #10
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VP Description - Annie Boyd never thought she'd be able to take part in an all-day riding event, but her best friend, Reese, convinces her to sign up. When her father says she can't, Annie's even more determined to go and prove to her dad that she can do it.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Lily's Church Camp Adventure
Author Rue, Nancy
Number Lang IL 110047 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33152 N N
Living Legend
Leonhardt, Alice
43290
EN
Lizzie McGuire: When Moms Attack!
Ostrow, Kim
84889
Locals Only (Home Run)
Birle, Pete
Long Shot
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
5.0
F
35817
N
EN
MG
4.0
2.0
F
12702
113103
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
Walters, Eric
54265
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
Long Shot
Stine, Megan
8918
EN
MG
4.6
Long Shot for Paul
Christopher, Matt
5372
EN
MG
4.0
N
-
-
-
Ever since Christina won her first race, she has been feeling pressure to live up to her mother's reputation as a great jockey. But after a disappointing finish in her next race, Christina decides there is no way she can meet such expectations. Book #39.
N
N
-
-
-
Middle-school student Lizzie McGuire is worried when she learns that her mother, whom she sometimes finds embarrassing, is going to chaperone the class camping trip.
26112
N
N
-
-
-
A short time after Toby Hardin learns that he made the starting lineup on the German soccer team, his dad announces that the family is moving to Florida. Once there, Toby has tough decisions to make as he tries to fit in with the locals.
F
27296
N
N
-
-
-
When Nick and Kia try out for the rep team they played for the previous year, they assume they will make the grade. That is, until they meet the new coach. Book #4
4.0
F
29250
N
N
-
-
-
The seventeen-year-old Three Investigators become involved in tracking down a basketball scandal when Pete receives a corrupt offer from a local college.
2.0
F
17053
N
N
-
-
N
Glenn tries to help his mentally challenged brother make the basketball team.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Long Shot (Home Run)
Author Fowler, Marie
The Long Way Around (Home Run) Hand, Jimmie
Long-Arm Quarterback
Christopher, Matt
Look Both Ways: A Midnight Twins Mitchard, Jacquelyn Novel
Word
Number Lang IL 113110 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 4.0 F
Count Book RP 24877 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Brittany Bristol has always been told she was too petite to play basketball, but she is determined to prove everyone wrong.
113115
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
24592
N
N
-
-
-
Twenty-two-year-old Matt Devon dreams of a second chance at playing football after a bad decision ruins his chances for the future.
34971
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
19342
N
N
-
-
N
Twelve-year-old Cap Wadell wants to play on a "real" football team, but his middle school in a small Texas town does not have enough players-until his grandfather revives interest in the game of six-man football.
129806
EN
MG+
4.3
9.0
F
62215
N
N
-
-
-
When psychic twin Mallory Brynn starts seeing images of a white wildcat in her dreams, she tries to figure out the connection of her images to an injured cheerleader and her Native American friend Eden. Book #2
Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story
Pinkwater, Daniel
78842
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
22691
N
N
-
-
-
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that once terrorized local citizens.
Lord of the Deep
Salisbury, Graham
52614
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
F
32575
N
N
-
-
N
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches Mikey about fishing, taking risks, and making sacrifices.
Losing Is Not an Option
Wallace, Rich
70856
EN
UG
4.7
5.0
F
32311
N
N
-
-
-
This is nine episodes in the life of a young man, from sneaking into his tenth football game in a row with his best friend in sixth grade to running his last high school race, the Pennsylvania state championships.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title The Lost Scrolls: Air
Author Mason, Tom
Number Lang IL 114003 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 1.0 F
Count Book RP 8447 N N
Love on the Lifts
Hawthorne, Rachel
106003
EN
Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports
Carter, Alden R.
106217
The Luck of the Miss L.
Kingman, Lee
The Lucky Baseball: My Story in a Japanese-American Internment Camp
Lieurance, Suzanne
Lucky Horse
Bryant, Bonnie
Lucy Doesn't Wear Pink
Rue, Nancy
RV -
LS -
UG
4.2
7.0
F
49392
N
EN
MG+
4.0
8.0
F
55123
621
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
132639
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
32782
EN
MG
4.6
131212
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
While Kate and her girlfriends use her aunt's condo in Snow Angel Valley, her brother and his college roommates show up for the same week. There may be the chance of finding unexpected love on the slopes.
N
N
-
-
-
This book is a collection of stories about high school students from one end of the social spectrum to the other.
37310
N
N
-
-
N
Eleven-year-old Alec's dream of winning an upcoming rowing race is endangered when a near-fatal boating accident shakes his confidence.
F
34055
N
N
-
-
-
In 1942 after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, twelve-year-old baseball-loving Harry Yakamoto and his family are forced to move to an internment camp, where they must learn to survive in the desert of California under the watch of armed guards.
4.0
F
29498
N
N
-
-
-
While Carole and her father go camping together, Lisa and Stevie take care of Carole's horse but neglect their own horses. Meanwhile, Carole and her dad are having all kinds of bad luck on their camping trip.
4.2 10.0
F
71082
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Lucy loves soccer and caring for her dad, who was blinded by the bomb that killed her mom. She loses control, though, when a teacher takes over her soccer games, and the housekeeper starts teaching Bible lessons. Book #1
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Lucy out of Bounds
Author Rue, Nancy
Lucy Takes the Reins
Suzanne, Jamie
Lucy's Perfect Summer
Rue, Nancy
Made You Look
Roberts, Diane
The Magic Box
Word
Number Lang IL 131213 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 9.0 F
Count Book RP 64335 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Eleven-year-old tomboy Lucy feels betrayed by everyone when a bobcat stalks the neighborhood, her friend Mora suddenly becomes boy-crazy about Lucy's best friend, and the town considers selling the soccer field where she plays. Book #2
9729
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
26366
N
N
-
-
-
Elizabeth tries to persuade a former riding champion to ride in a regional jumping championship. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
131214
EN
MG
4.4
8.0
F
52119
N
N
-
-
-
Facing up to a cheater at an elite soccer day camp and some difficult events at home help eleven-year-old Lucy do some growing up during a summer which, while very different from the one she imagined, turns out to be just right. Book #3
74984
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
31931
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve-year-old Jason's dream of being a contestant on a cool game show is jeopardized by his family's trip to California -- a cross-country nightmare in an embarrassing camper with annoying siblings and a copycat nemesis.
Cossi, Olga
113534
EN
MG
4.3
8.0
F
56452
N
N
-
-
-
A high school basketball player's smoking may disqualify her from the big game.
Making the Cut
Skuy, David
141871
EN
MG
4.4
7.0
F
51594
N
N
-
-
-
For teenage hockey player Charlie Joyce, a summer hockey program promises to provide the opportunity of a lifetime. Book #3
Making Waves
Kelly, Bernadette
137972
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
16287
N
N
-
-
-
When the Ridgeview Riding Club kids travel to Seahorse Stables, nothing happens like Annie Boyd thought it would.
Making Waves
Keene, Carolyn
11278
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
30920
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy finds that clear sailing can lead into rough seas--when murder muddies the waters.
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Word
Title Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym)
Author Martin, Ann M.
Number Lang IL 19309 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 4.0 F
Count Book RP 27137 N N
The Maltese Dog
Capeci, Anne
20276
EN
The Mammoth Hunters
Griffiths, Susan
50621
Man-to-Man
Swan, Bill
Margaret's Moves
Rabe, Berniece
Martial Law
RV -
LS -
MG
4.4
4.0
F
27556
N
EN
MG
4.8
0.5
F
2947
134491
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
624
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
Dixon, Franklin W.
105490
EN
MG
4.1
Mascot Madness!
Griffiths, Andy
128542
EN
MG
Match Point
Cruise, Robin
16592
EN
UG
N
-
-
N
When other players on the basketball team suspect Joe of playing the practical jokes that are destroying their morale, Wishbone helps his pal find the real culprit. Book #6
N
N
-
-
-
Muggs is the worst mammoth hunter in the village.
25749
N
N
-
-
-
Everyone says Michael's not tough enough for lacrosse. When tension breaks out between teams and one team accuses the other of racist behavior, he realizes that he is tough after all--he's the only one brave enough to speak the truth.
F
22253
N
N
-
-
N
Nine-year-old Margaret, confined to a wheelchair by spina bifida, longs for a new, lightweight "sportsmodel" chair so that she can speed around as fast as the athletic brother with whom she has an ongoing rivalry.
4.0
F
27574
N
N
-
-
-
The Hardy brothers investigate injuries to students at the Rising Phoenix Martial Arts Center to see if they are connected and if someone at the school is to blame. Book #9
4.5
4.0
F
30048
N
N
-
-
-
Northwest Southeast Central faces Northwest West Academy in an athletic competition, but when NSC's new mascot is announced, the Bananas wonder how well they will fare against NW's attack dog mascot and their exprofessional wrestling coach. Book #3
4.8
1.0
F
6338
N
N
-
-
N
Emily learns to enjoy tennis through her mother's urgings.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Maverick Mania
Author Brouwer, Sigmund
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in Korman, Gordon America
Word
Number Lang IL 40654 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 3.0 F
Count Book RP 23087 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - The disappearance of his soccer team's leading scorer during the championship finals leads sixteen-year-old Matt to investigate and entangles him in a possible kidnapping.
72349
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
24566
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Max Carmody feels he has met his destiny when he sees an announcement for "The Funniest Kid in America" contest, but his quest to create a video that will get him into the running turns into a comedy of errors.
Mayfield Crossing
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
8538
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
15534
N
N
-
-
N
When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for drawing people together.
Me, Dad, and Number 6
Jennings, Dana Andrew
14425
EN
MG
4.0
0.5
F
1077
N
N
-
-
-
A father, his friends, and his six-year-old son rebuild an old car together and drive it in races.
Meet Julie, an American Girl
McDonald, Megan
118247
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
F
14547
N
N
-
-
-
Julie tries to make the best of the new move by joining the school's basketball team, but the coach won't allow girls to play. She learns that it is up to her to make positive changes in her new school and her new life. Book #1
Meet Kaya, an American Girl
Shaw, Janet
62893
EN
MG
4.2
1.0
F
9915
N
N
-
-
N
In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Perce Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble.
Megan's Balancing Act
Korman, Susan
16908
EN
MG
4.4
1.0
F
7880
N
N
-
-
-
Megan discovers the thrill of being a gymnast with star talent.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Melanie's Last Ride
Author Leonhardt, Alice
Number Lang IL 41153 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37424 N N
Melanie's Treasure
Estes, Allison
19525
EN
Mermaid Park
Mayall, Beth
89335
Mexican WhiteBoy
Peña, Matt de la
Mickey & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
5.0
F
33966
N
EN
UG
4.9
9.0
F
60191
124044
EN
UG
4.3
9.0
F
Gutman, Dan
68470
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
Midnight Lightning
Parsons, John
50606
EN
MG
4.7
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
Coerr, Eleanor
7683
EN
MG
4.3
N
-
-
-
Melanie feels that everything she does is wrong when she goes to live on Whitebrook Farm. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #25.
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Amy escapes family difficulties by immersing herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show.
65712
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
F
28418
N
N
-
-
N
When Stosh travels back in time to 1944, he meets the Milwaukee Chicks, one of the only all-female professional baseball teams in the history of the game.
1.0
F
3892
N
N
-
-
-
Nicky is sure he is going to die of embarrassment in the go-cart he and his father are building.
2.0
F
10527
N
N
-
-
N
Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title The Million Dollar Goal
Author Gutman, Dan
Number Lang IL 72355 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 4.0 F
Count Book RP 29419 N N
The Million Dollar Kick
Gutman, Dan
57150
EN
The Million Dollar Shot
Gutman, Dan
26736
The Million Dollar Strike
Gutman, Dan
Miracle at the Plate
Christopher, Matt
Miracle on 49th Street
Lupica, Mike
Miss Little's Losers
Rayner, Robert
Miss Popularity Goes Camping
Sedita, Francesco
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
5.0
F
36274
N
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
19775
87183
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
11427
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
110893
EN
MG
4.7
78004
EN
MG
129894
EN
MG
N
-
-
N
Thirteen-year-old Whisper, who hates sports, is torn when she gets a chance to win a million dollars by kicking a goal against a local soccer hero.
N
N
-
-
N
Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.
30327
N
N
-
-
N
Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
F
14815
N
N
-
-
N
Skeeter is the best batter in the league but seems to be all thumbs when fielding or trying to make friends.
8.0
F
56784
N
N
-
-
N
After her mother's death, twelve-yearold Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics.
4.5
4.0
F
26824
N
N
-
-
-
The Brunswick Valley School soccer team has not won a game all season long. When their coach resigns, the only person who will coach them is Miss Little ... their former kindergarten teacher!
4.3
4.0
F
25930
N
N
-
-
-
With a little luck, a lot of pluck, and her supportive best friend, Etoile, Cassie may conquer the wilderness and teach her classmates a thing or two about camping in style. Book #17
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Word
Title The Missing Manatee
Author DeFelice, Cynthia C.
Number Lang IL 86251 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33307 N N
Missing on Castaway Island
Biggar, Joan Rawlins
17877
EN
The Mitford Snowmen: A Christmas Story
Karon, Jan
57605
Mixed-Up Doubles
Eulo, Elena Yates
Monkey
Stone, Jeff
Moon Dancer
Moon Runner
RV -
LS -
MG
4.4
5.0
F
35656
N
EN
MG
4.7
0.5
F
1660
67938
EN
UG
4.6
6.0
F
100596
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
Rostkowski, Margaret I.
14479
EN
MG
4.6
Marsden, Carolyn
85831
EN
MG
4.4
N
-
-
-
Megan and Peter discover someone hiding in the woods near their campground and learn to work together to solve the mystery of the missing person.
N
N
-
-
-
A swirling snowfall brings the residents of Mitford to Main Street for a snowmanbuilding contest, and the spirit of competition comes alive.
38291
N
N
-
-
-
With the help of an unlikely new friend, ninth grader Hank tries to adjust to his parents' recent divorce and works toward his dream of being a successful tennis player.
F
38161
N
N
-
-
-
After soldiers of the new Emperor, led by Ying, engage in a fierce battle with the warrior-monks, Malao the "monkey" and his brothers rely on the ancient arts to help set things right.
5.0
F
32678
N
N
-
-
-
Miranda, a nature-loving, athletic fifteenyear-old, goes on a backpacking trip to look for Indian paintings in the canyons of southern Utah, where she feels a mystical connection to the women who were there before her.
2.0
F
12386
N
N
-
-
N
When Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete friend Ruth, she thinks she must choose between running and friendship.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights
Author Myers, Walter Dean
Number Lang IL 48129 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 5.0 F
Count Book RP 32186 N N
Motocross Brother (Touchdown)
Hado, Eric
118860
EN
Motor Mouth
Evanovich, Janet
110011
The Mount
Emshwiller, Carol
Mountain Bike Mania
Christopher, Matt
Mountain Cabin Mystery
Anderson, Max Elliot
Mountaintop Rescue
Nesbit, Jeff
RV -
LS -
MG
4.3
5.0
F
34432
N
EN
UG
4.4 11.0
F
76073
86820
EN
UG
4.4
9.0
F
34970
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
108917
EN
MG
4.2
11923
EN
MG
4.5
N
-
-
-
Jason changes in many ways when he spends the summer in Iowa getting reacquainted with his dad, bonding with his brother, and learning to ride motocross.
N
N
-
-
-
Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby and Sam Hooker find themselves implicated for murder after they help a friend out of a tight situation. Book #2
65945
N
N
-
-
-
Earth has been taken over by the Hoots, otherworldly beings with superior intelligence. Humans have become the Hoots' racing mounts. In the mountains, though, wild humans lurk, plotting to rise up against the Hoots and take back the world they lost.
F
25778
N
N
-
-
N
Sixth-grader Will is looking for an afterschool activity, but when he joins the mountain biking club, his old friendships and values are challenged. The creator of this series is Matt Christopher.
3.0
F
24225
N
N
-
-
-
While on a long awaited, wilderness camping trip, curiosity and a Kodak moment cause Scott and his friends to leave the trail and become separated from the rest of the campers.
5.0
F
37427
N
N
-
-
-
While on a climbing trip with his stepfather, Josh Landis decides that he must try to rescue two young eagles from their almost-inaccessible mountaintop eyrie.
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VP Description - The Elks are trying to win a trip to Japan by coming out on top of a special baseball tournament with visiting international teams. But communication is a problem, even within their own team.
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Title Mud Run
Author Swan, Bill
Mudville
Scaletta, Kurtis
Murphy and Mousetrap
Olsen, Sylvia
Mutant Mammoths of Montana
Word
Number Lang IL 71250 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 23421 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When Matt is too late to register for his new school's hockey team, he decides to join the cross-country running club. At first no one is running with the pack, until the new coach demonstrates that tough competitors know the value of teamwork.
128821
EN
MG
4.2
9.0
F
61813
N
N
-
-
-
For twenty-two years since a fateful baseball game against a rival town, it has rained in Moundville, so when the rain finally stops, twelve-year-old Roy, his friends, and foster brother Sturgis dare to face the curse and form a team.
88790
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
18596
N
N
-
-
-
When Murphy, his mother, and their cat, Mousetrap, move back to the reserve, Murphy is sure that both he and the cat are going to be miserable.
Rand, Johnathan
118513
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
24150
N
N
-
-
-
On a camping trip with their family at Montana's Glacier National Park, Beth and Reese, two ordinary kids from Montana, defend themselves against a gigantic mutated monster. Book #20
My 13th Season
Roberts, Kristi
102538
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
28971
N
N
-
-
-
Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl.
My Dog, My Hero
Byars, Betsy
46311
EN
MG
4.1
1.0
F
6444
N
N
-
-
N
A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero. The coauthors are Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers.
My Life as a Human Hockey Puck
Myers, Bill
11925
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
21241
N
N
-
-
-
Wally McDoogle as team mascot for the Middletown Super Chickens is calamity enough until he is also thrown in to play goalie.
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Title My Life as a Skysurfing Skateboarder
Author Myers, Bill
My Life as a Stupendously Stomped Soccer Star
Myers, Bill
My Little Everest
Culver, Dan
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard
Word
Number Lang IL 60758 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 3.0 F
Count Book RP 17873 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Wally's disaster-ridden preparation for a skateboarding championship, his Little Buddy's entry in a model car derby race, and his work on his latest superhero story combine to teach him a lesson about winning.
107517
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
17320
N
N
-
-
-
Enabled by an overactive imagination to make his every wish come true, Wally becomes the world's greatest soccer player, but he soon realizes that God's plans for himself and the world may be better than his own. Book #26
40635
EN
MG
4.8
1.0
F
4842
N
N
-
-
-
While hearing about an expedition to climb Mount Everest, a young boy learns from his uncle what true courage is all about.
Winkler, Henry
102132
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
25715
N
N
-
-
N
When Papa Pete suggests that Hank take up Ping-Pong, he decides to give it a try but keeps it top secret, as he thinks the other kids will tease him about it not being a "real" sport. The coauthor is Lin Oliver. Book #9
My Underrated Year
Powell, Randy
5374
EN
UG
4.6
6.0
F
41346
N
N
-
-
-
The new twins at school pose threats to Roger's chances of playing varsity football and making the tennis team.
The Mystery at Bob-White Cave
Kenny, Kathryn
86353
EN
MG
4.6
7.0
F
45017
N
N
-
-
-
While vacationing at her uncle's lodge in the Ozark Mountains, Trixie and the Bob -Whites explore caves looking for the ghost cave fish, a rare species wanted by a national science magazine.
Mystery at Crestwater Camp
Dennis, Jeanne Gowen
68397
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
29900
N
N
-
-
-
In journal entries, the four members of the Q-Crew describe their investigation of the practical jokes and sabotage preceding the big competition at a Christian band camp. The coauthor is Sheila Seifert.
The Mystery of the Aspen Bandits
Montgomery, Dan
49957
EN
UG
4.4
4.0
F
30042
N
N
-
-
-
While visiting a ski resort with her father and friends, Kim tracks the thieves behind a series of robberies.
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Word
Title The Mystery of the Wagner Whacker
Author Romain, Joseph
Number Lang IL 41704 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 8.0 F
Count Book RP 56285 N N
Necessary Roughness
Lee, Marie G.
18448
EN
Necking with Louise
Book, Rick
41696
Need for Speed
Rees, Elizabeth M.
Never Blame the Umpire
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
7.0
F
44316
N
EN
UG
4.5
6.0
F
43886
75445
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
Fehler, Gene
136016
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
Never Say Quit
Wallace, Bill
10906
EN
MG
4.1
The New Girl
Krulik, Nancy
119768
EN
MG
New Year's Evil
Keene, Carolyn
9886
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Korean-American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, and faces new obstacles with his strict father and racism.
N
N
-
-
-
The seven linked stories chronicle the most significant year in this robust but sensitive teenager's life.
13475
N
N
-
-
-
Elliott, disappointed by his failure to make the track team, learns some lessons when a magic jersey lets him step into the body of track star Michael Johnson and race in a world-class event. This book is based on the series created by Gordon Korman.
F
31486
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Kate is having a wonderful summer, playing baseball and taking a poetry class, until her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, causing Kate to struggle to keep her faith and trust in God.
5.0
F
33591
N
N
-
-
-
Soccer team rejects seven of its own team members.
4.3
3.0
F
20399
N
N
-
-
-
Jenny and Addie's school is holding a fund-raising carnival, and they make a bet that each of them will raise more money than the other, with the loser wearing pajamas to school. The competition gets even hotter with the arrival of a new girl. Book #4
4.9
6.0
F
39696
N
N
-
-
-
Quebec City is where Frank, Joe, Nancy, and Bess cross paths as they work on different cases.
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Word
Title Newspaper Caper
Author Anderson, Max Elliot
Number Lang IL 108918 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 3.0 F
RV -
LS -
Nick's a Chick
Selman, Matty
66633
EN
MG
4.4
1.0
F
9767
N
N
-
-
-
Nick has zero respect for the WNBA, that fake girly basketball league that his cousin Morgan likes so much. That is, until the jersey jumps on Nick and transforms him into star WNBA center, Lisa Leslie. This book is based on the series created by Gordon.
Night Hoops
Deuker, Carl
40657
EN
UG
4.5
8.0
F
54849
N
N
-
-
N
While trying to prove that he is good enough to play on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
Night of the Pompon
Jett, Sarah
75160
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
32733
N
N
-
-
-
Jendra MacKenzie investigates bizarre events surrounding the cheerleaders at her school.
Nighty-Nightmare
Howe, James
282
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
15678
N
N
-
-
N
When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.
No Arm in Left Field
Christopher, Matt
11430
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
14124
N
N
-
-
N
A young black boy faces special problems when he moves to a small town and joins the local baseball team.
No Contact
Diersch, Sandra
131304
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
25838
N
N
-
-
-
Debbie has a hard time connecting with her adoptive mother and wishes her mother could be more like her coach, who knows everything about hockey.
No Easy Out
Hughes, Dean
31240
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
18858
N
N
-
-
-
Adam, a pitcher for the Scrappers, feels a lot of pressure when they have a shot at the championship, particularly when he has to pitch against his cousin on a rival team.
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VP Description - Tom Stevens convinces his friends to get in shape for football by delivering newspapers, but they may wind up front -page news in the very paper they deliver.
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Word
Title No Fear
Author Hughes, Dean
Number Lang IL 32447 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20956 N N
No Girly-Girls Allowed!
Sinclair, Jay
66634
EN
No Guys Pact
Lewis, Beverly
66645
No Lifeguard on Duty
Johnson, Lissa Halls
No More Dead Dogs
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
2.0
F
12486
N
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
F
34570
88187
EN
UG
4.6
8.0
F
Korman, Gordon
48259
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
No Right Turn
Trueman, Terry
106145
EN
UG
4.7
No Turning Back
Baer, Judy
10730
EN
UG
4.3
N
-
-
-
When Morgan tries on the jersey and is transformed into Cobi Jones of the L.A. Galaxy, she learns that sometimes a girl's got to be strong if she wants to score big. This book is based on the series created by Gordon Korman.
N
N
-
-
-
While trying to earn money to help a friend attend church camp, fourteenyear-old Holly and several other girls have fights with the boys in their lives, causing all kinds of trouble during the week at camp.
52618
N
N
-
-
-
Two weeks of surfing in California expose Tyler to new friends, new music, and new influences that distance him from the Brio girls, Allen, and his commitment to God.
F
37355
N
N
-
-
N
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play. He becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
4.0
F
29658
N
N
-
-
-
After three years of wanting only to be invisible, sixteen-year-old Jordan begins to recover from his father's suicide and start living again when a neighbor's vintage Corvette Stingray opens up new possibilities for him.
4.0
F
30490
N
N
-
-
-
Lexi and her friends learn to deal with their pain when Chad's depression leads to tragedy.
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Title No Way Out
Author Ruckman, Ivy
Word
Number Lang IL 31391 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 6.0 F
Count Book RP 40915 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Hiking along the Virgin River in Utah, nineteen-year-old Amy, her brother, and five friends battle a flash flood.
A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love Scott, Kieran
115264
EN
MG+
4.6
9.0
F
61873
N
N
-
-
-
When the Sand Dune High cheerleading squad goes coed, Annisa and the rest of the team must learn to get along without turning the season into a battle of the sexes.
North Star
Oldfield, Jenny
125737
EN
MG
4.9
2.0
F
14513
N
N
-
-
-
Krista's magical pony, Shining Star, is caught up in a plot to steal two famous racehorses, and it is up to Krista to track down North Star, the only horse who can help Shining Star. Book #9
North Woods Poachers
Anderson, Max Elliot
108919
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
27611
N
N
-
-
-
Andy Washburn is tired of taking the same old vacation every summer and vows to make this summer different. In the end, Andy learns the concepts of family tradition and that God loves justice while He hates injustice.
Northern Star
Nicholson, Lorna Schultz
109225
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
26635
N
N
-
-
-
It seems Peter's star just keeps rising. This young hockey hero from the Northwest Territories is the top player in his league, being pursued by agents, and something of a celebrity. But all this attention isn't all it's cracked up to be. Book #84
Nothin' but Net
Mantell, Paul
73837
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
24975
N
N
-
-
N
When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes. This series created by Matt Christopher.
Now We're Talking
Hughes, Dean
29952
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
19914
N
N
-
-
-
Ollie loses his self-confidence as a pitcher when his weird habit of talking to himself on the mound signals his pitches to the batters and draws the anger of some of his teammates.
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Word
Title Nutty Can't Miss
Author Hughes, Dean
Number Lang IL 331 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 4.0 F
Count Book RP 29374 N N
Off Season
Walters, Eric
68909
EN
Off Sides
Lenhard, Elizabeth
84824
Off the Rim
Bowen, Fred
Offside
RV -
LS -
MG
4.0
4.0
F
28635
N
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
21920
25215
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
Beveridge, Cathy
75931
EN
UG
4.7
9.0
Offside!
Diersch, Sandra
60338
EN
MG
4.4
Oh, Buoy!
Lantz, Francess
77939
EN
MG+
4.1
Oh. My. Gods.
Childs, Tera Lynn
122414
EN
MG+
N
-
-
-
Nick and Kia are just beginning to get the hang of life in the wilderness when a raging forest fire threatens to destroy Ned's home and cut off their escape. Book #6
N
N
-
-
-
Carmen and Juni must track down a dangerous villian before the big match between the Scottish and American allstar teams is canceled.
15193
N
N
-
-
-
Unhappy with his inability to score for his middle school basketball team, Chris takes lessons from his friend Greta's mother, who played in high school, and develops a good sense of teamwork.
F
58122
N
N
-
-
-
A fifteen-year-old hockey player inadvertently creates a dependency amongst his teammates on a cold remedy which they think is a performance enhancer.
4.0
F
27010
N
N
-
-
-
Alecia, a soccer player for the great Vancouver team, the Burrards, struggles to find out what makes new team member Lexi so difficult before her behavior destroys the team.
5.0
F
35796
N
N
-
-
-
Isobel tries to impress her new boyfriend by proving that she deserves to be sponsored by a major surf company.
4.8 10.0
F
64613
N
N
-
-
-
When her mother suddenly decides to marry a near-stranger, Phoebe, whose passion is running, soon finds herself living on a Greek island and completing her senior year at an ancient high school where the students and teachers are all descended from gods.
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Word
Title Oil King Courage
Author Brouwer, Sigmund
Olympic Dream
Christopher, Matt
11559
EN
Olympic Dreams
Snelling, Lauraine
41155
Olympic National Park: Touch of Graf, Mike the Tide Pool, Crack of the Glacier
Number Lang IL 133962 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 4.0 F
Count Book RP 31337 N N
RV -
LS -
MG
4.9
5.0
F
30590
N
EN
MG
4.1
5.0
F
34717
136436
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
VP Description - Reuben and Gear find out more than they ever bargained for about teamwork, about the North, and about a dangerous family secret.
N
-
-
N
When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling, he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect.
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old DJ needs God's help in achieving her dream of getting a horse and competing as a show jumper in the Olympics.
20065
N
N
-
-
-
Twins James and Morgan and their parents explore the history, unusual geology, famous sites, plants, and animals of Olympic National Park. Book #5
The Olympics: Smitty II
Gutman, Bill
9223
EN
UG
4.1
2.0
F
16418
N
N
-
-
-
Val tries out for the Olympic team and finds that competition at the top can be downright dangerous, both on and off the court.
On the Devil's Court
Deuker, Carl
7017
EN
UG
4.9
9.0
F
57483
N
N
-
-
N
Struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and his failure to make the basketball team in his new school, 17year-old Joe Faust finds himself willing to trade his soul for one perfect season of basketball.
On the Edge
Lowell, Melissa
20648
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
23344
N
N
-
-
-
Tori is getting ready to skate in the nationals and if she wins she will go on to the Olympics, but Tori has a secret their is something wrong with her health.
On the Line
Bowen, Fred
32240
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
15443
N
N
-
-
-
Worried that his inability to make free throws is making his junior high basketball team lose games, Marcus learns an unconventional underhand shooting method from a friendly custodian but is not sure he wants to use it.
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Word
Title On the Run
Author Coleman, Michael
Number Lang IL 78843 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 7.0 F
Count Book RP 47690 N N
On the Sidelines
Costello, Emily
20088
EN
One for All
Coleman, Evelyn
65830
One Good Punch
Wallace, Rich
One-Handed Catch
Auch, MJ
Only the Best
Lewis, Beverly
RV -
LS -
MG
4.0
3.0
F
23089
N
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
11558
117876
EN
UG
4.5
3.0
F
109088
EN
MG
4.2
8.0
28080
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
N
-
-
-
Fiona wants to play soccer so much that she plays without her parent's permission and with no regards to her allergy condition.
N
N
-
-
-
Tessa's big dream is to race on a track team with sighted kids. All she needs is a good guide runner to keep her running straight. Her best friends, Bailey and Phyllis, are willing to help her out but problems erupt between the three best friends.
20539
N
N
-
-
-
Eighteen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything.
F
58908
N
N
-
-
-
After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixthgrader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
F
18292
N
N
-
-
-
Just as Jenna is getting psyched up for the biggest gymnastics meet of her life, her parents receive word that their dreams to adopt are about to come true. But the adoption date is the same day as the meet. Jenna has to decide what to do.
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Word
Title Open Ice
Author Hughes, Pat
Number Lang IL 103323 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 8.0 F
RV -
LS -
Orcas Around Me: My Alaskan Summer
Page, Debra
24985
EN
MG
4.0
0.5
F
2715
N
N
-
-
-
A young boy describes his summers spent fishing for salmon with his parents and younger brother off the southeastern coast of Alaska.
Our Time on the River
Brown, Don
68897
EN
UG
4.8
4.0
F
28994
N
N
-
-
-
Two brothers take a river trip by canoe in advance of the elder brother being shipped out to Vietnam.
Out at Second
Peters, Stephanie
142731
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
17011
N
N
-
-
-
When a key player on the Grizzlies baseball team is hit on the head by a ball while practicing with his friends, they must decide whether to keep his injury a secret even after he starts behaving strangely.
Out in the Cold
Kirby, Lynn
53140
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
26478
N
N
-
-
-
While trying to keep up with her friends in the field of competitive ice-skating, Shannon struggles to trust God with her problems.
Out of Bounds
Gunnery, Sylvia
82191
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
24615
N
N
-
-
-
When Jay is forced to switch schools after a house fire, he must choose either to give up the basketball season or play alongside his rival at his new school.
Out of His League
Flynn, Pat
124485
EN
UG
4.6
8.0
F
54504
N
N
-
-
-
In a small west Texas town, an Australian exchange student becomes a star on the football field and soon finds himself torn between the lure of America and the ties that bind him to his home in Australia. The plot contains sexual situations.
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Count Book RP 58335 N N
VP Description - Hockey has been Nick Taglio's life since he was five years old, so when a massive concussion benches him, possibly for good, everything seems to fall apart, including his schoolwork, his family relationships, his friendships, and his love life.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Out of the Mist
Author Snelling, Lauraine
Number Lang IL 10582 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 5.0 F
Count Book RP 38076 N N
Out of the Pocket
Konigsberg, Bill
125280
EN
Out Standing in My Field
Jennings, Patrick
102721
The Outside Shot
Myers, Walter Dean
Over the End Line
Over the Wall
RV -
LS -
UG
4.7 10.0
F
70218
N
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
34312
74763
EN
UG
4.6
7.0
F
Martino, Alfred C.
130938
EN
UG
4.4
8.0
Fabry, Chris
120763
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
N
-
-
-
Bobby, quarterback of his high-school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay. Events spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student paper and the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer.
N
N
-
-
-
Fifth-grader Ty Cutter, named after baseball great Ty Cobb, has lots of enthusiasm for the game but very little talent, which makes life difficult for him and his father, who is coach of Ty's team.
48196
N
N
-
-
-
Recruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a Harlem boy has many new experiences, including working with a child who needs physical therapy and dealing with corruption in college sports.
F
57927
N
N
-
-
-
After scoring the winning goal in a soccer championship, high-school senior Jonny attains some of the popularity enjoyed by his best friend Kyle, until a devastating event changes everything. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.
F
32407
N
N
-
-
-
When Jamie is accepted at an elite NASCAR training school sponsored by a competing racing team, her parents try to get her to trust God to help her decide what to do. Book #2
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VP Description - Despite her gift with horses and her success at having won the Triple Crown, sixteen-year-old Tricia continues to doubt the God who has allowed her father to die.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Over the Wall
Author Ritter, John H.
Number Lang IL 41560 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 10.0 F
Count Book RP 70358 N N
Overdrive
Fabry, Chris
125135
EN
Owl Ninja
Fussell, Sandy
142398
Painting the Black
Deuker, Carl
Paralyzed
Rud, Jeff
The Pass
Hanson, Ed
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
6.0
F
40737
N
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
F
38453
16980
EN
MG
4.4
9.0
F
126188
EN
UG
4.6
4.0
65139
EN
UG
4.3
1.0
N
-
-
-
As Jamie fights to earn her NASCAR license, her foster brother, Tim, takes a job in the Maxwell garage and finds out more about his father's death. Book #3
N
N
-
-
-
Sensei Ki-Yaga leads Niya and the students of the Cockroach Ryu on a journey to stop war from breaking out between the mountain ryus, putting to the test the friendship and skills of these physically disabled samurai-in-training. Book #2
61473
N
N
-
-
-
When star athlete Josh Daniels moves in across the street, Ryan Ward doesn't realize how much his life will change during his senior year at Seattle's Crown Hill High.
F
24930
N
N
-
-
-
Reggie is forced to deal with the repercussions of an incident that shakes his belief in the game he loves. When he is persecuted by angry fans for being a "dirty" player, he is forced to confront his own guilt and decide whether he can continue to play.
F
7972
N
N
-
-
-
The Rockdale football team is about to play for the state championship. But their star play, Jim Barclay, has disappeared.
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VP Description N Thirteen-year-old Tyler spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather's life.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Pay-Off Pitch
Author Bee, Clair
Number Lang IL 65792 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 7.0 F
Count Book RP 45539 N N
Pelts & Promises
Lohr, Nancy
53141
EN
Perfect Challenge
Leonhardt, Alice
59058
The Perfect Distance: A Novel
Whitney, Kim Ablon
The Perfect Gymnast
RV -
LS -
MG
4.1
2.0
F
14133
N
EN
MG
4.7
5.0
F
33905
102463
EN
MG+
4.8 10.0
F
Bossley, Michele Martin
60346
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
Perfect Image
Leonhardt, Alice
45301
EN
MG
4.8
A Perfect Landing
Kirby, Lynn
53121
EN
MG
4.5
N
-
-
-
Having accidentally ruined the Parson's pulpit Bible and promising to replace it, Jamie and Willie set out to earn the money.
N
N
-
-
N
Melanie faces a difficult challenge when she takes her skittish filly to FL to run in an easy race, only to discover her father, badly in need of money, has entered the horse in the prestigious Florida Derby. This series created by Joanna Campbell. #52.
68628
N
N
-
-
-
While competing in the three junior national equitation championships, seventeen-year-old Francie Martinez learns to believe in herself and makes some decisions about the type of person she wants to be.
F
20255
N
N
-
-
-
Abby's mother wants her to join the gym club to make new friends after moving from Edmonton to Calgary. Abby is soon befriended by Hilary, the club star, who is struggling, not with her round-offs and dismounts, but with her body image.
5.0
F
35883
N
N
-
-
-
Image is perhaps too wild to train for the track, but she is fast and Melanie wants nothing more than to be her jockey. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #44.
4.0
F
27141
N
N
-
-
-
Amy discovers that her relationship with Jesus is more important than competitive figure skating.
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VP Description - As a member of the college baseball team at State University, Chip Hilton finds his sense of sportsmanship challenged when he is wrongfully suspected of playing for a professional team. Text updated by Randall Farley and Cynthia Bee Farley.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title A Perfect Match
Author Lewis, Beverly
The Perfect Pair
Lowell, Melissa
Perpetual Check
Word
Number Lang IL 28306 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20216 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Heather and Kevin Bock are siblings who are also skating partners. But now, Heather decides she wants to go solo, and with Kevin's support she does so, but in the end may have damaged her chances for the Olympics.
18982
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
28929
N
N
-
-
-
Nikki and Alex are a perfect pair on the ice, but Alex thinks that relationship is more serious than just skating pairs.
Wallace, Rich
128567
EN
UG
4.3
3.0
F
24179
N
N
-
-
-
Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competitive tendencies.
Personal Best
Gunnery, Sylvia
103020
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
27513
N
N
-
-
-
Jay is struggling at basketball camp, but luckily, a new teammate and friend has figured out how to bring out the best in people.
The Phantom Falcon
Schraff, Anne
16597
EN
UG
4.2
1.0
F
6167
N
N
-
-
N
Kevin learns it is okay just to play the game of soccer despite pressure from his father.
Photo Perfect
Lewis, Beverly
49944
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
20152
N
N
-
-
-
Heather becomes obsessed with losing weight after her brother falls lifting her during ice skating practice.
Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court
Aronson, Marc
142399
EN
MG+
4.3
5.0
F
31924
N
N
-
-
-
Co-edited with Charles R. Smith Jr., this anthology of short stories about street basketball features selections by Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and others.
Pickle Impossible
Stutz, Eli
137431
EN
MG
4.8
5.0
F
34604
N
N
-
-
-
Pierre, a particularly average French boy, and Aurore, the granddaughter of a family enemy, are pursued by would-be thieves as they try to get a jar of pickles to Bern, Switzerland, to enter a contest in hopes of saving Pierre's family farm.
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Title Picklemania
Author Spinelli, Jerry
A Piece of the Sky
Patneaude, David
Pier Pressure
Word
Number Lang IL 86674 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 3.0 F
Count Book RP 22649 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N It's February and still there is no snow to send the Pickleboggan down Heller's Hill, but love is in the air as Eddie wishes he weren't so scrawny, Salem dreams of eighth-grader Alan Kent, and the bus driver and social studies teacher are going steady.
114449
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
35768
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Russell, his friend Phoebe, and her brother Isaac must find a legendary meteor in the Oregon mountains before it is exploited.
Lantz, Francess
77282
EN
MG+
4.1
5.0
F
32759
N
N
-
-
-
Luna's been stressing out while preparing for an upcoming surfing competition. She wants to do well, but living up to her mother's reputation as a former U.S. champion surfer isn't so easy.
Pinned
Martino, Alfred C.
85598
EN
UG
4.5
9.0
F
61530
N
N
-
-
-
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
Play Ball!
Hughes, Dean
29381
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
21241
N
N
-
-
N
Having failed to get their applications in for the middle school summer baseball league, Robbie and Trent scramble to find a sponsor, a coach, and enough players to form their own team.
Play Ball!
Freeman, Mark
5375
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
27400
N
N
-
-
N
The baseball careers of three Chicago high school seniors as they work their way through the major-league training system.
Play On
Diersch, Sandra
85775
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
20308
N
N
-
-
-
Alecia's soccer team is preparing for the championship game, but their game is suffering as the players get distracted by other interests in their daily lives.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Players
Author Sweeney, Joyce
Playing the Field
Rallison, Janette
Playing the Field
Playing with the Boys: A Pretty Tough Novel
Word
Number Lang IL 54035 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 7.0 F
Count Book RP 49433 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N Eighteen-year-old Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers that the new player on his team is a girlstealing, friend-framing, team-destroying force of evil.
60008
EN
MG
4.9
6.0
F
43535
N
N
-
-
N
Thirteen-year-old McKay tries to keep up his algebra grade to stay on the baseball team while dealing with his attraction to a girl named Serena.
Bildner, Phil
106059
EN
UG
4.8
6.0
F
43579
N
N
-
-
-
When seventeen-year-old Darcy Miller pretends to be a lesbian in order to play on the baseball team, she must learn to battle discrimination on every playing field.
Tigelaar, Liz
121959
EN
MG+
4.4
9.0
F
61589
N
N
-
-
-
When fifteen-year-old Lucy and her father move to Malibu, she tries out for the varsity football team and feels strong and in control for the first time since her mother's death, as long as her overprotective father does not find out.
Playing Without the Ball: A Novel in Wallace, Rich Four Quarters
42970
EN
UG
4.1
7.0
F
47584
N
N
-
-
-
Feeling abandoned by his parents, who have gone their separate ways and left him behind in a small Pennsylvania town, seventeen-year-old Jay finds hope for the future in a church-sponsored basketball team and a female friend.
Playoff Dreams
Bowen, Fred
17588
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
13018
N
N
-
-
N
Brendan, the best player on a losing baseball team, learns a lesson from a Chicago Cubs all-star about the true value of the game.
Please Reply!
Mackall, Dandi Daley
54386
EN
UG
4.3
4.0
F
27804
N
N
-
-
-
As fifteen-year-old Jamie becomes involved in the swim team and Special Olympics coaching, as part of her effort to fit in and be normal, she tries to remember to talk to God. This series was created by Terry Brown.
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Title Plunking Reggie Jackson
Author Bennett, James W.
The Pool
Rue, T.S.
Pool Princess
Bossley, Michele Martin
The Potato Chip Puzzles
Berlin, Eric
Power Hitter
Word
Number Lang IL 45707 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 8.0 F
Count Book RP 57094 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Star pitcher Coley Burke has everything going for him until his circumstances begin to change.
9890
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
30098
N
N
-
-
-
The swimming pool at the inn appears very attractive, but it could cost an unwary guest her life.
60339
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
24765
N
N
-
-
-
Gracie, having just moved to a new school in Calgary, finds herself at odds with the star of the synchronized swimming team after only one practice.
129399
EN
MG
4.4
9.0
F
59880
N
N
-
-
-
Winston and his friends enter an all-day puzzle contest to win fifty-thousand dollars for their school, but they must also figure out who is trying to keep them from winning. The plot contains episodes of mild video-game violence. Book #2
Forsyth, C.A.
52791
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
24998
N
N
-
-
-
When Connor is sent to stay with distant relatives for the summer he discovers he has a hidden talent. He can hit, he can really hit!
Power Play
Bossley, Michele Martin
60340
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
23746
N
N
-
-
-
Zach Thomas returns to hockey after an injury, but he is frightened of being injured by a bully on the opposing team.
Power Plays
Ulrich, Maureen
133812
EN
MG+
4.5
9.0
F
61601
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Jessie moves to a new city and learns teamwork, selfreliance, and a new kind of friendship when she joins the girls' hockey team.
Pressure Play/Line Drive to Short
Christopher, Matt
11435
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
24894
N
N
-
-
N
When Travis hits a bad streak, he wonders how important his baseball team is to him. Originally released as PRESSURE PLAY, then released in 1995 as LINE DRIVE TO SHORT with no text changes.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title PrettyTough
Author Tigelaar, Liz
Number Lang IL 121960 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 8.0 F
Count Book RP 53006 N N
Prime-Time Pitcher
Christopher, Matt
25218
EN
The Prince and the Pooch
Leavitt, Caroline
20285
The Prince of Fenway Park
Baggott, Julianna
Prizefighter en mi casa (English)
Charlton-Trujillo, e.E.
Putnam & Pennyroyal
Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
3.0
F
22787
N
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
27015
130354
EN
MG
4.2
9.0
F
108554
EN
MG
4.1
5.0
Jennings, Patrick
40638
EN
MG
4.4
Korman, Gordon
27744
EN
MG
4.3
N
-
-
-
When Koby Caplin, pitcher for Monticello Middle School, becomes star of a local TV documentary, he must deal with the problem of being a celebrity.
N
N
-
-
N
When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life.
61131
N
N
-
-
-
In the fall of 2004, twelve-year-old Oscar's sent to live with his father in a strange netherworld under Boston's Fenway Park, where he joins the fairies and other beings that are trapped there, waiting for someone to break the eightysix-year-old curse.
F
35951
N
N
-
-
-
Following a car accident that left her with epilepsy, twelve-year-old Chula, with a little help from a visiting fearsome Mexican boxer, tries to deal with the repercussions her new condition has on her family, neighborhood, and school.
4.0
F
24576
N
N
-
-
-
While listening to her uncle as he tells a story about grebes, nine-year-old Cora Lee realizes that he is revealing something about himself through the characters he creates.
2.0
F
15044
N
N
-
-
-
When Nicholas Farrel Lighter receives the world's itchiest football jersey as a legacy from his grandfather, he wants to throw it away, but then starts to hear voices calling out football plays.
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Word
Title Quarterback Season
Author Bowen, Fred
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 3.0 F
Count Book RP 18941 N N
Queen of Secrets
Meyerhoff, Jenny
140584
EN
MG+
4.1
8.0
F
58841
N
Queen of the Court
Bossley, Michele Martin
48846
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
25658
The Quillan Games
MacHale, D.J.
106822
EN
MG
4.7 22.0
F
The Race
Snelling, Lauraine
10585
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
The Race Across America
Stilton, Geronimo
129427
EN
MG
4.0
A Race Against Time (Nancy Drew Keene, Carolyn Girl Detective)
77277
EN
MG
Racing Image
54615
EN
MG
Leonhardt, Alice
Number Lang IL 145945 EN MG
RV -
LS -
N
-
-
-
Essie, a 15-yr-old orphan raised by her Jewish grandparents, experiences conflicting loyalties and confusing emotions when her cousin's family move back from New York and her very religious cousin tries to fit in. The plot contains sexual situations.
N
N
-
-
-
Kallana, the local fashion queen, is dismayed when her father decides she should join the school basketball team.
147197
N
N
-
-
N
With more questions than answers about Saint Dane, Bobby travels to the territory of Quillan and is forced to play games where only the winner survives.
F
37597
N
N
-
-
-
Tricia learns to trust in God as she deals with the problems of her father's serious illness and her mother's disapproval of Tricia's involvement with horse racing.
1.0
F
8755
N
N
-
-
N
Geronimo Stilton accepts a challenge from his friend Bruce Hyena and enters a race across the United States on his bicycle. Book #37
4.9
4.0
F
29317
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy and friends team up in the River Heights Biking For Bucks charity road race. They plan to cross the finish line first, but they will have to catch a thief along the way. Book #2
4.8
5.0
F
35427
N
N
-
-
-
Melanie's dream to ride Perfect Image in her first race has come true. When she is disqualified from her first race, she wonders if Image has the temperament to race at all. This series was created by Joanna Campbell. Book #46.
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VP Description - As a school assignment, eighth-grader Matt Monroe keeps a journal about his team's football season.
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Title Racing to Disaster
Author Dixon, Franklin W.
Raiders Night
Lipsyte, Robert
Ran Van: A Worthy Opponent
Word
Number Lang IL 19726 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP 31474 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - The Hardys cover the murderous competition at a mountain bike race. Book #126.
109335
EN
UG
4.0
6.0
F
44961
N
N
-
-
-
Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Wieler, Diana
40442
EN
UG
4.7
6.0
F
39076
N
N
-
-
-
Rhan Van finds that the victories he achieved in Vancouver have not carried over into his new life in Thunder Bay, where he must confront his most challenging adversary yet.
Rat
Cheripko, Jan
61390
EN
UG
4.2
5.0
F
37494
N
N
-
-
-
A fifteen-year-old with a love of basketball realizes telling the truth may sometimes have unanticipated consequences in this coming-of-age novel.
Ray & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
128143
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
30592
N
N
-
-
-
After recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game, Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
Reach for the Stars
Lewis, Beverly
40658
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
19602
N
N
-
-
-
Miranda's hopes of winning the Dressel Hills Downhill Classic may be dashed when she has to take over her mom's job as a ski instructor.
Real Hoops
Bowen, Fred
142482
EN
MG
4.0
2.0
F
16576
N
N
-
-
-
When Ben and Logan go to a recreation center to practice basketball with more experienced players in hopes of getting on the freshman team, they meet Hud, who could be the perfect point guard if he is willing to listen to the coach.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Rebel Glory
Author Brouwer, Sigmund
Number Lang IL 34967 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 4.0 F
Count Book RP 27389 N N
Rebel Power Play
Skuy, David
134187
EN
Rebound
Walters, Eric
45568
Recruited
Weyn, Suzanne
Red Card
Red Kayak
RV -
LS -
MG
4.1
9.0
F
62282
N
EN
MG
4.2
8.0
F
53982
141739
EN
UG
4.2
2.0
F
Hale, Daniel J.
68141
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
Cummings, Priscilla
82252
EN
MG+
4.9
8.0
N
-
-
-
Charlie finds himself battling with egos on his hockey team, only this time it is the coach who needs to check himself. Book #2
N
N
-
-
-
Sean and David each vows to make a new start this year. Forced together, the boys learn to like each other, and their friendship may just be what they need to get back into the game.
11279
N
N
-
-
-
Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. A recruiter from Teller College gives him money to have a good time. The NCAA officials accuse Teller's staff of illegally recruiting top talent.
F
26003
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Zeke Armstrong struggles to hold his team together and keep from being the next victim after someone tries to kill his soccer coach. The coauthor is Matthew LaBrot.
F
50353
N
N
-
-
-
First hailed as a hero for his dramatic water rescue of a little boy, thirteen-year -old Brady soon makes a discovery that puts him at the heart of a tragedy. Alone with his dark secret, Brady is forced to choose between his friends and the right thing.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Red Zone
Author Barber, Tiki
Red-Hot Hightops
Christopher, Matt
Redmond's Shot
Marlowe, Dan
Return of the Home Run Kid
Christopher, Matt
Word
Number Lang IL 138916 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33362 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Identical twins Ronde and Tiki Barber's excitement over the approaching state championship football game turns to worry when there is a chicken pox outbreak at Hidden Valley Junior High. The coauthor is Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell.
684
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
21288
N
N
-
-
N
Normally fearful to play basketball in front of a crowd, Kelly becomes a confident and aggressive player when she dons a mysterious pair of red sneakers that she finds.
8840
EN
UG
4.5
0.5
F
3104
N
N
-
-
-
Flint knows that as an average hockey player, he may get only one shot at the big leagues.
11437
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
26092
N
N
-
-
N
Sylvester wants to get off the bench so he seeks advice from an ex-player.
Return to Daemon Hall: Evil Roots Nance, Andrew
145097
EN
MG+
4.7
7.0
F
50047
N
N
-
-
-
Wade and Demarius go to author Ian Tremblin's home as judges of the second writing contest but soon are mysteriously transported to Daemon Hall, where they and the three finalists must tell and act out the stories each has written.
The Rhyming Season
Averett, Edward
100406
EN
MG+
4.3
8.0
F
55910
N
N
-
-
-
A senior basketball player shoulders the hopes of a dying mill town and her bereaved family when she and an eccentric English teacher-coach try to lead their team to state basketball history.
The Ride (Touchdown)
Reichman, Justin
102218
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
34467
N
N
-
-
-
Cece Morgan is almost always found snowboarding on Rockville Mountain. When her father gets a new job in Los Angeles, and they move away from their hometown, she learns to take up and enjoy surfing.
Ride When You're Ready
Bunting, Eve
26400
EN
UG
4.2
0.5
F
3146
N
N
-
-
-
Pat is going to compete in a rodeo but is she ready?
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title The Riding Club Crime
Author Keene, Carolyn
Number Lang IL 71119 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 4.0 F
Count Book RP 28664 N N
Riding High
King, Donna
131170
EN
Riding out the Storm
Jones, Claudia
107520
Riding Scared
Crook, Marion
Rimshots
RV -
LS -
MG
4.3
3.0
F
19023
N
EN
MG+
4.9
8.0
F
55657
41300
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
F
Smith Jr., Charles R.
44592
EN
MG
4.2
0.5
Rink of Dreams
Russell, Nancy L.M.
110753
EN
MG
4.5
Rival
Wealer, Sara Bennett
143185
EN
Road Rage
Swan, Bill
110724
EN
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Billie, having witnessed a bad accident on the crosscountry course, must overcome her fear that her horse will be hurt and start training again or else her parents will sell Valentine's Kiss.
N
N
-
-
-
After nearly drowning despite usually being a good swimmer, fifteen-year-old Emily visits a therapist and discovers memories that belong to a past life.
24921
N
N
-
-
-
Gillian must develop her self-confidence if she hopes to join the winner's circle.
F
3008
N
N
-
-
N
This book discusses the power, strength and determination of the game of basketball.
9.0
F
61493
N
N
-
-
-
When 13-year-old Gary MacDonald plays hockey on his backyard rink, anything seems possible, even one day playing in the NHL. But outside his own backyard, things aren't so easy.
UG
4.8 10.0
F
65486
N
N
-
-
-
Two high-school rivals compete in a prestigious singing competition while reflecting on the events that turned them from close friends to enemies the previous year. The plot contains profanity, violence and drug use.
MG
4.1
F
24355
N
N
-
-
-
Matt Thompson and his friends have caught the racing bug. They've set their sights on the famous Alfie Shrubb Road Race in Bowmanville, Ontario. Book #85
3.0
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Word
Title The Road to the Majors (Home Run)
Author Blumenthal, Scott
Number Lang IL 113117 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25528 N N
Road Trip
Walters, Eric
59455
EN
The Roar of the Crowd
Wallace, Rich
80499
Roberto & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
The Robot's Revenge
RV -
LS -
MG
4.4
5.0
F
31726
N
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
14929
136102
EN
MG
4.1
5.0
F
Dixon, Franklin W.
19723
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
Roller Hockey Radicals
Christopher, Matt
25219
EN
MG
4.3
Rollerama
Hinchliffe, Jo
30819
EN
MG
4.7
Rough Waters
Rottman, S.L.
31566
EN
UG
N
-
-
-
Coach Barkley's basketball team wants to have a good time during an elite tournament, but he insists that they try to win, even though they feel outmatched. Book #5
N
N
-
-
N
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced. Book #1
36515
N
N
-
-
-
Stosh travels back to 1969 to try to prevent the untimely death of Roberto Clemente, a legendary baseball player and humanitarian. Upon his return to the present, Stosh meets his own greatgrandson who takes him into the future.
F
31607
N
N
-
-
-
The Hardys' automatic tennis machine is turned into a dangerous device. Book #123.
3.0
F
23804
N
N
-
-
-
Newcomer Kirby Childs overcomes obstacles to find his spot on a new roller hockey team.
0.5
F
1714
N
N
-
-
-
Dad joins Cassidy and her roller skating friends.
4.2 10.0
F
73525
N
N
-
-
-
After their parents' death in an automobile accident, two teenage brothers are sent to Colorado to live with an estranged uncle, owner of a white water rafting outfit.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Roughing
Author Nicholson, Lorna Schultz
Number Lang IL 85776 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25769 N N
Roughnecks
Cochran, Thomas
17836
EN
Rules of Prey
Sandford, John
42972
Run
Walters, Eric
Run for It
RV -
LS -
UG
4.8
9.0
F
62624
N
EN
UG
4.7 16.0
F
108234
73800
EN
MG
4.6
8.0
F
Hirschfeld, Robert
67174
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
Run for Your Life
Levy, Marilyn
14500
EN
MG
4.1
Run, Billy, Run
Christopher, Matt
5381
EN
MG
4.6
N
-
-
-
Travis Cody prepares for the final game of his high school football career, a rematch with his school's chief rival.
N
N
-
-
-
He kills victims for the sheer contest of it and leaves notes with each body concerning the rules of murder. Lucas Davenport is the detective who is out to get the murderer.
51774
N
N
-
-
-
Traveling to Nova Scotia with his father, who is covering what he thinks is just a human interest story about a man trying to run across the country, Winston spends a day with Terry Fox and his best friend, Doug.
F
22117
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt. This series created by Matt Christopher.
6.0
F
43774
N
N
-
-
N
While living in a housing project in Oakland, California, thirteen-year-old Kisha joins a track team which helps her discover that she can be a winner.
4.0
F
28513
N
N
-
-
N
When fourteen-year-old Billy joins the track team, he improves his running and other areas of his life, too.
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Word
Title The Runaway Princess
Author Coombs, Kate
Number Lang IL 109083 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 8.0 F
Count Book RP 54924 N N
Runner
Newton, Robert
113959
EN
Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders
Korman, Gordon
27743
The Running Dream
Van Draanen, Wendelin
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.5
7.0
F
49140
N
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
F
13892
141591
EN
MG+
4.1
9.0
F
Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Mathis, Sharon Bell Rose
26719
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
Running into Trouble
Keene, Carolyn
19765
EN
MG
4.8
Running on Eggs
Levine, Anna
75352
EN
MG
4.8
N
-
-
-
In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteenyear-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.
N
N
-
-
-
Elliot doesn't quite believe that his best friend really changed places with John Elway. He's determined to figure out what really happened. But maybe switching places with running back Barry Sanders is more than he bargained for!
60309
N
N
-
-
-
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
F
10049
N
N
-
-
-
In her diary Ebonee Rose records her passion for running her desire to be like the great African-American woman athletes who have come before her.
4.0
F
30074
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy seeks to protect a track star who is running a dangerous race against sabotage.
4.0
F
30128
N
N
-
-
-
When Karen and Yasmine become friends as well as members of a mixed Arab and Jewish track team in Israel, relatives and friends of both girls disapprove of the relationship.
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VP Description - Fifteen-year-old Princess Meg uses magic and her wits to rescue a baby dragon and escape the unwanted attentions of princes hoping to gain her hand in marriage through a contest arranged by her father, the king.
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Title Running Scared
Author Keene, Carolyn
Sabotage at Sports City
Dixon, Franklin W.
Safe at Home (Home Run)
Bott, Paula
Safe at Second
Johnson, Scott
Sail
Patterson, James
Samantha's Winter Party
Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes
Word
Number Lang IL 11290 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 31306 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - A marathon race is the setting for threats, greed, and a possible murder unless Nancy can catch up to the truth.
19715
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
29520
N
N
-
-
-
Frank and Joe swing into action to save the Olympics after a terrorist threat. Book #115.
113111
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
25497
N
N
-
-
-
Teenager Selena Garcia's love of baseball and determined spirit help her through the loss of her mother and allow her to slowly put her life back in order.
31198
EN
MG
4.3
8.0
F
58512
N
N
-
-
N
Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must help each other find a new future for themselves.
123773
EN
UG
4.7 10.0
F
69307
N
N
-
-
-
Widow Katherine Dunne takes her three children on a sailing trip hoping they can reconnect as a family, but dangerous weather and an explosion threaten not only their trip, but also their lives. The coauthor is Howard Roughan.
Tripp, Valerie
34682
EN
MG
4.2
0.5
F
3229
N
N
-
-
N
When her friend Nellie, the servant girl from next door, does not show up for ice skating as usual, Samantha is afraid that Nellie will not come to her party because she cannot afford to buy presents.
Van Draanen, Wendelin
61273
EN
MG
4.0
9.0
F
63767
N
N
-
-
N
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team. Book #7
Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Van Draanen, Wendelin
115049
EN
MG
4.4 10.0
F
66428
N
N
-
-
-
While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment. Book #11
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Word
Title Samurai Shortstop
Author Gratz, Alan
Number Lang IL 106131 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 9.0 F
Count Book RP 59142 N N
Satch & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
103588
EN
Saturday Night Dirt
Weaver, Will
121961
Scarlet Thunder
Brouwer, Sigmund
Scarred
Schooled
RV -
LS -
MG
4.1
5.0
F
34235
N
EN
MG+
4.7
5.0
F
33723
40659
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
Polak, Monique
116400
EN
UG
4.7
5.0
Langan, Paul
127455
EN
MG+
4.9
4.0
N
-
-
N
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
N
N
-
-
N
In a small town in Minnesota, the muchanticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track. Book #1
25567
N
N
-
-
-
Seventeen-year-old Trent is helping his uncle film a television documentary about Scarlet Thunder, a stock-car racing team, when he begins to suspect that someone is sabotaging the shoot.
F
32623
N
N
-
-
-
Becky, a former skating star who practices self-mutilation to relieve pressure, coaches a young girl who might be going down the same path and must come to terms with her own problems while trying to help her student.
F
24790
N
N
-
-
-
There is no backing down for Lionel Shephard. With a dream of joining the NBA, all he wants to do at Bluford High is play basketball, but everyone is trying to stop him. The plot contains mild sexual references and violence.
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Word
Title Scout's Honor
Author Simms, Jory
Number Lang IL 107188 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 4.0 F
Count Book RP 28240 N N
Scream, Team!
Stone, Tom B.
25791
EN
The Screech Owl's Northern Adventure
MacGregor, Roy
13683
Sea Glass
Yep, Laurence
Second Best
Suzanne, Jamie
Second Chance
RV -
LS -
MG
4.1
3.0
F
19100
N
EN
MG
4.9
3.0
F
22442
54124
EN
MG+
4.9
8.0
F
9739
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
Baer, Judy
10736
EN
UG
4.5
Second Wind
Snelling, Lauraine
10589
EN
MG
Second Wind
Hafer, Todd
110065
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
The Graveyard School Tigers soccer team is no match for the Belville Bears soccer team. The once losing Bears have become monsterly and wicked and are winning all the games.
N
N
-
-
-
This is the third book in the Screech Owls series. The Screech Owls are invited to play in the First Nations Pee Wee Hockey Tournament.
55670
N
N
-
-
-
A Chinese-American boy whose father wants him to be good in sports finally asserts his right to be himself.
F
19781
N
N
-
-
-
Elizabeth tries to draw another shy twin out of his shell. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
4.0
F
30178
N
N
-
-
-
Todd must face the fact he may never walk again when he is paralyzed from a football injury.
4.4
6.0
F
40808
N
N
-
-
-
Trish is ready to race again after her father's death, but trouble at the Portland track could cause its ruin, unless she can expose the criminals.
4.2
4.0
F
26192
N
N
-
-
-
Fourteen-year-old Cody faces the challenges of track and field, a school bully, and his father's new girlfriend. Book #3
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Word
Title Second-String Center
Author Wallace, Rich
Number Lang IL 116565 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 2.0 F
Count Book RP 16563 N N
Secret Horse
Bryant, Bonnie
27732
EN
The Secret Ingredient
Schaefer, Laura
145466
Secrets to Tell
Gabhart, Ann
See You Later, Gladiator
Scieszka, Jon
Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto
Shabash!
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
4.0
F
30767
N
EN
MG
4.5
6.0
F
42395
14860
EN
UG
4.9
6.0
F
44955
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
Luper, Eric
138443
EN
UG
Walsh, Ann
46705
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
Veronica is sure she'll be making the trip to the horse show and bringing home a blue ribbon, but the Saddle Club has a secret weapon and they hope to teach Veronica a lesson.
N
N
-
-
-
While working at her grandmother's teashop, fourteen-year-old Annie hears of a scone cook-off. With the prize of an all-expense paid trip to London for tea on the line, she enlists friends Genna and Zoe to help her win.
43596
N
N
-
-
-
Emily goes hiking with a group of troubled teens in the wilderness and becomes trapped in a nightmare.
F
10769
N
N
-
-
N
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves, when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
4.4 10.0
F
66146
N
N
-
-
-
After his girlfriend breaks up with him and he sees his father out with another woman, high-school senior Seth launches a podcast in which he explores the mysteries of love. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.
4.5
F
31803
N
N
-
-
-
Rana is the first Canadian Sikh in Dinway to join a minor league hockey team. What starts out as a whim becomes a determined struggle to prove that he is not different - until Rana discovers that, in some ways, he is different and he even wants to be.
5.0
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Word
Title Shadow Boxer
Author Lynch, Chris
Number Lang IL 10140 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 7.0 F
Count Book RP 45464 N N
Shadow Falls
Ryan, Amy Kathleen
88655
EN
Shadow over San Mateo
Snelling, Lauraine
10590
Shift
Bradbury, Jennifer
Shiner and Baseball
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
9.0
F
58239
N
EN
MG
4.1
5.0
F
36136
122857
EN
UG
4.8
9.0
F
Carlson, Nolan
57368
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Gutman, Dan
57144
EN
MG
4.3
Shoot for the Hoop
Christopher, Matt
11441
EN
MG
Shoot to Score
Richmond, Sandra
31635
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
After the death of her beloved brother, Anna is forced to spend the summer with her grandfather in Wyoming where she babysits for a traumatized boy, learns secrets of her grandfather's past, and encounters a grizzly bear who seems strangely familiar.
N
N
-
-
-
As sixteen-year-old Tricia grieves over the death of her father, she loses interest in horse racing and begins to question the wisdom of God.
58401
N
N
-
-
-
When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross-country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.
F
36673
N
N
-
-
-
This book continues the adventures of friends Carley and Troop, growing up in rural Kansas in the 1940s.
4.0
F
30307
N
N
-
-
N
Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly implicated.
4.3
2.0
F
15583
N
N
-
-
N
A boy with diabetes proves to himself and others that he can still play basketball in spite of his illness.
4.7
4.0
F
25615
N
N
-
-
-
Steven Edwards finally gets his break after enduring the problems of playing defense on the B Team.
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Title Shooting Star
Author McKissack Jr., Fredrick
A Shooting Star: A Novel About Annie Oakley
Klass, Sheila Solomon
Shot from Midfield
Hallowell, Tommy
Shots on Goal
Wallace, Rich
Show Time
Sidelined
Word
Number Lang IL 132264 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 9.0 F
Count Book RP 58495 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Jomo Rodgers takes performanceenhancing drugs in order to be an even better high-school football player, but he finds his life spinning out of control as his game improves. The plot contains pervasive profanity and sexual references.
19949
EN
MG
4.5
5.0
F
35525
N
N
-
-
N
As one who prefers hunting over sewing, Annie Oakley breaks free from conventional behavior and goes on to develop her own talent as a sharpshooter.
638
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
17966
N
N
-
-
N
Justin finally gets to prove his athletic abilities when he goes to summer soccer camp for three weeks.
17839
EN
UG
4.4
5.0
F
33905
N
N
-
-
-
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league championship, fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend on whose girlfriend he has a crush.
Stauffacher, Sue
142483
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
28182
N
N
-
-
-
Keisha's family's animal rescue center is asked to help at a nearby college that is being overrun with squirrels while Keisha is trying to deal with her nervousness as she prepares for the regional jump-rope competition. Book #4
Kew, Trevor
144125
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
23015
N
N
-
-
-
Vicky is excited about her select soccer team's chance to compete in a tournament in England, but a rivalry between teammates and competition over a guy leads Vicky to injure her ankle.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Sidewayz Glory
Author Strasser, Todd
Sierra's Steeplechase
Campbell, Joanna
19508
EN
Sink or Swim
Pasnak, William
40410
Six Innings
Preller, James
Sixth-Grade Crush
Shahan, Sherry
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Papademetriou, Lisa Me
SK8ER
Barwin, Steven
Number Lang IL 107322 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37311 N N
RV -
LS -
MG
4.9
7.0
F
44379
N
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
26340
121553
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
14041
EN
MG
4.2
2.0
88570
EN
MG
4.2
122065
EN
MG
4.3
N
-
-
-
Will Samatha allow her beloved horse to run the dangerous steeplechase?
N
N
-
-
-
Dario's mother sends him to a camp that specializes in water sports, and it's his worst nightmare.
30142
N
N
-
-
-
Earl Grubb's Pool Supplies plays Northeast Gas and Electric in the Little League championship game, while Sam, who has cancer and is in a wheelchair, has to call the play-by-play instead of participate in the game.
F
17370
N
N
-
-
-
Tracy has a formula for love that she's sure will win the heart of her school's new softball coach. First, she has to get on the team. But before she can even do that, she has to bring her math grade up...or make sure no one finds out how bad it is!
5.0
F
37645
N
N
-
-
-
As she starts middle school, soccerplaying sixth-grader Allie Kimball worries about losing her best friend and being considered a "nerd" but ultimately makes important decisions about how to treat others and remain true to herself.
3.0
F
22802
N
N
-
-
-
Jordy Lee and his friends are thrilled when a new skateboarding park offers a youth competition. The talented Alisha might be able to coach Jordy to a win, but he's not sure what his friends will think about him getting advice from a cute girl.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Skate Expectations
Author Myers, Bill
Skateboard Renegade
Mantell, Paul
Skateboard Tough
Christopher, Matt
The Skates of Uncle Richard
Fenner, Carol
Skating Camp
Word
Number Lang IL 11896 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 17775 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Derrick the Deadly, the all-school bully, forces Phillip, the class nerd, to cheat for him on a take-home quiz.
44958
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
F
23799
N
N
-
-
-
Wanting to fit in with his skateboarding friends, Zach is tempted to adopt a new image of spiked bleached hair and a pierced ear. This series was created by Matt Christopher.
5385
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
22743
N
N
-
-
N
When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using The Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted.
189
EN
MG
4.3
1.0
F
4525
N
N
-
-
N
With her Uncle's encouragement, a nine -year-old takes the first step toward realizing her dream of becoming a figure skater.
Lowell, Melissa
18988
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
27016
N
N
-
-
-
Jill is looking forward to going to summer skating camp with the Silver Blades; but since she has been gone, things have changed and Jill is not ready to accept all those changes.
The Skeet Street Skate Repair Shop
Mills, Eva
43897
EN
MG
4.6
0.5
F
3371
N
N
-
-
-
Tim loves to skate down the smooth, wide sidewalk on Skate Street Hill. Then one day he bumps into grumpy Mrs. O'Donnell and discovers that she is not as bad as he thought, and that she has talents Tim never knew about.
Skeeter
Smith, Kay
6010
EN
MG
4.3
7.0
F
52014
N
N
-
-
N
Story of two boys who meet an old black man, Skeeter Hawkins, and develop a friendship based on their mutual love of hunting.
The Skeleton's Revenge
Stone, Tom B.
25800
EN
MG
4.0
2.0
F
16132
N
N
-
-
-
Skate McGraw is spending Thanksgiving at Uncle Edgar's house on an island. The scary skeleton in his uncle's study gives Skate the creeps as the nights are filled with bone chilling sounds.
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Word
Title Skinnybones
Author Park, Barbara
Number Lang IL 342 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 3.0 F
Count Book RP 21602 N N
The Sky Changed Forever
Alshalabi, Firyal
79158
EN
Skye's the Limit!
Shull, Megan
72268
Slam
Hornby, Nick
Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk
RV -
LS N
UG
4.0
5.0
F
34896
N
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
F
32694
119111
EN
UG
4.4 11.0
F
King, Donna
120362
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
Jaimet, Kate
129569
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
N
-
-
-
Noor and Luke, unique teenagers from different cultures and religions, meet amid the turmoil of the Sept. 11 attacks. Set in Boulder, Colorado, this story shows how Luke finds out who is sending death threats to Noor. The coauthor is Sam Drexler.
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Skye O'Shea is homesick and afraid as she sets out for a three-week bicycle adventure camp on British Columbia's Cat Island, but despite a bully, mountains, and other challenges she has the time of her life.
79012
N
N
-
-
-
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically. The plot contains mature language and sexual situations.
F
19408
N
N
-
-
-
Talented basketball player Ashlee Carson works hard to win a place in the nationals, but her strict mother wants her to focus on academics and Ashlee must ask her deadbeat father, a former professional basketball player, for support.
F
25559
N
N
-
-
-
16-yr-old "Slam" Amaro signs on as assistant coach of the girls' BB team in hopes of winning a spot on the Ontario Under 17 men's team. Things get complicated when the head coach and the star point guard go missing. The plot contains violence.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Slam Dunk
Author Hirschfeld, Robert
Number Lang IL 80137 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 3.0 F
Count Book RP 22182 N N
Slam Dunk Sabotage
Dixon, Franklin W.
19740
EN
Slam!
Myers, Walter Dean
15087
Slide or Die
Strasser, Todd
Slot Machine
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
4.0
F
29574
N
EN
UG
4.5
8.0
F
55306
104681
EN
UG
4.6
5.0
F
Lynch, Chris
10928
EN
UG
4.7
8.0
The Sluggers Club: A Sports Mystery
Walker, Paul Robert
12371
EN
MG
4.2
Slump
Jarzyna, Dave
45305
EN
MG
4.2
N
-
-
-
The Bayport Bombers are getting ready to play for their championship. Someone wants them stopped. Book #140.
N
N
-
N
N
Seventeen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently. The plot contains profanity, and sexual situations.
35203
N
N
-
-
-
Kennin is new to Sin City, running from a tragic past and anxious to start a life outside the gearhead crowd. But he can't resist the lure of all the hot, trickedout cars in Las Vegas.
F
56523
N
N
-
-
N
When overweight thirteen-year-old Elvin Bishop is sent to camp at Christian Brothers Academy Retreat Center, he and his two best friends are forced to try various sports in order to find out where they belong.
5.0
F
38619
N
N
-
-
-
When baseball equipment starts disappearing from B. J.'s Little League team, he and his friends form the Sluggers Club to investigate the crime.
4.0
F
30403
N
N
-
-
-
At thirteen, Mitchie is in a slump with his friends, family, and soccer game. What can he do about it?
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Title Slumpbuster
Author Markey, Kevin
The Smell of Paint
McFarlane, Sheryl
Smitty
Gutman, Bill
Snake
Stone, Jeff
The Snake-Stone
Word
Number Lang IL 130246 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 3.0 F
Count Book RP 24644 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship. Book #1
121991
EN
MG
4.1
7.0
F
51576
N
N
-
-
-
When her mother becomes ill, Jess, overcome by anger and then denial, attempts to deal with it alone, refusing to accept help or sympathy from even her closest friends.
9244
EN
UG
4.0
2.0
F
15075
N
N
-
-
-
To crack the gender barrier, a great athlete has to prove herself to the coach and players in a new high school.
106099
EN
MG
4.4
5.0
F
38173
N
N
-
-
-
With the temple and Grandmaster now gone, twelve-year-old Seh, a snakestyle master, joins a bandit gang and meets a mysterious woman whose name means Cobra, while trying to stay ahead of the vengeful Ying. Book #3
Doherty, Berlie
14540
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
F
35872
N
N
-
-
-
While searching for his birth mother, fifteen-year-old James, a championship diver, discovers who his real parents are and where his real home is.
Snowboard Champ
Christopher, Matt
82206
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
26307
N
N
-
-
N
Matt is sent to live with his uncle while his mother is assigned an overseas government job, but finds he must compete with his new school's most popular boy and best snowboarder while trying to dispell damaging rumors about himself and his mother.
Snowboard Maverick
Christopher, Matt
36562
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
26620
N
N
-
-
N
Having just begun to learn how to snowboard, thirteen-year-old Dennis faces a frightening challenge when he allows a bully to shame him into racing on a difficult slope.
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Title Snowboard Showdown
Author Christopher, Matt
Snowbored
Hutchins, Elizabeth
Soccer Circus
Gilson, Jamie
Soccer Duel
Word
Number Lang IL 34974 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 23713 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N Rivalry flares between twelve-year-old Freddie and his fourteen-year-old brother, Dondi, both on and off the snowboarding slopes, nearly leading to disaster. The creator of this series is Matt Christopher.
76329
EN
MG
4.1
0.5
F
3391
N
N
-
-
-
Tony is always teasing his new stepsister Mel. So when Mel beats Tony in a race to the bottom of the mountain, she loves it! But then Tony's teasing goes too far, and one of his pranks ends up horribly wrong for Mel.
7894
EN
MG
4.0
4.0
F
30203
N
N
-
-
-
In their determination to have fun while spending the night at a motel during a soccer tournament, Hobie Hanson and his friends get caught up in a mystery buff's efforts to solve a fictitious case.
Christopher, Matt
40665
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
25018
N
N
-
-
N
Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.
Soccer Halfback
Christopher, Matt
5386
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
24085
N
N
-
-
N
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
Soccer Hero
Christopher, Matt
116577
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
11973
N
N
-
-
-
Rob is just an ordinary soccer player, good, but not great. Then one day, he saves his coach's life in front of his teammates. As the town lauds Rob's heroic act, he realizes he doesn't want the attention. The coauthor is Stephanie Peters.
Soccer Shootout
Maddox, Jake
115380
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
4752
N
N
-
-
-
When a new boy joins the Titans soccer team, Berk, who has always played goalkeeper, is challenged for that position and must decide whether to hold a grudge or act for the good of the team.
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Word
Title Soccer Star!
Author Guest, Jacqueline
Number Lang IL 71254 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 4.0 F
Count Book RP 25954 N N
Soccer Team Upset
Bowen, Fred
133289
EN
Soccerland
Choat, Beth
140485
Some Kind of Pride
Testa, Maria
Song of the River
Soulmates
RV -
LS -
MG
4.0
3.0
F
20659
N
EN
MG+
4.5
8.0
F
54495
54174
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
Clark, Billy C.
21759
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
Suzanne, Jamie
36365
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
N
-
-
-
Tyler's hope that his soccer team will be undefeated is dashed when his friend Zack, the team's star midfielder, and two more of the Cougars' best players accept an offer to play for an elite travel team.
N
N
-
-
-
Two years after her mother's death of cancer, fourteen-year-old Flora leaves the family's Maine farm for Colorado's International Sports Academy, where fierce competition could end her and her mother's dream of Flora playing for the U.S. Soccer Team.
23588
N
N
-
-
N
Named after the greatest baseball player of all time, eleven-year-old Ruth dreams of becoming a major league baseball player, until she overhears her father lamenting the fact that she is a girl.
F
27313
N
N
-
-
-
Having grown old living in his shantyboat on the Big Sandy River in eastern Kentucky, John engages in a final battle with a huge catfish he has been trying to catch for years.
F
27106
N
N
-
-
-
When Jessica wants to join the track team, Bethel has no confidence that she will make it. However, Jessica shows she can do it. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
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VP Description - For Samantha, whose military family is always on the move, soccer has been the one constant in her life. Sam longs to show up Carly, the reigning soccer star, but her new interest in theatre is taking up a lot of time.
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Word
Title Soup's Hoop
Author Number Lang IL Peck, Robert Newton 496 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20761 N N
RV -
LS -
Southpaw
Wallace, Rich
105853
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
16329
N
Speedway Switch
Maddox, Jake
111889
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
5310
Spike It!
Christopher, Matt
34972
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
Spitfire
Goldring, Ann
55574
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
Sports Camp
Wallace, Rich
136412
EN
MG
4.9
Spray
Edge, Harry
141044
EN
MG+
4.4
N
-
-
N
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team and also tries to cope with his new life and with his overly competitive father. Book #6
N
N
-
-
-
Michael Haynes and his twin brother, Mark, are used to winning their races. But when a new, unscrupulous racer starts competing, even causing Michael to be injured in a race, the twins are tempted to start using different tactics themselves.
25008
N
N
-
-
N
Unhappy at having to share space and family with her new stepsister Michaela when her father remarries, thirteen-yearold Jamie is further dismayed when Michaela joins her volleyball team and becomes a star player.
F
25302
N
N
-
-
-
Kathryn is a eleven-year-old girl on the home front in small-town Ontario fighting a war of her own against a gang of local bullies who threaten Avery and April, a brother and sister from the wrong side of the tracks.
4.0
F
26731
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.
7.0
F
51587
N
N
-
-
-
Disparate teenagers, with pressurized water guns the weapons of choice, sign up for a three-week-long citywide assassination game under the watchful eye of a mysterious gamekeeper.
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Title Spring Break
Author Lowell, Melissa
The Spy Who Came North from the Monsell, Mary Elise Pole
Word
Number Lang IL 18989 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 4.0 F
Count Book RP 28091 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Jill is finding it difficult to balance her time between training for the Olympics and dating.
83380
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
7536
N
N
-
-
-
This third book of the series finds Mr. Pin, the Windy City's famous chocolateloving penguin detective, investigating two cases involving gargoyles and baseball.
140395
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
F
23940
N
N
-
-
-
On a caving trip with his older brother, Byron discovers a new cave but has to make some life-or-death decisions when his brother is seriously injured.
Squeeze
Muller, Rachel Dunstan
Squeeze Play
Freeman, Mark
5388
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
27521
N
N
-
-
N
The baseball careers of three Chicago high school seniors as they work their way through the major-league training system.
Stable Manners
Bryant, Bonnie
10595
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
25705
N
N
-
-
-
Carole uses a special riding event to impress a cute boy.
Standing Out
Suzanne, Jamie
9741
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
F
17210
N
N
-
-
-
Billie Layton, Sweet Valley's biggest tomboy, must find a way to balance her athletic life with her social life once she discovers boys. This series was created by Francine Pascal.
A Star in the Breaking
Myers, Bill
11897
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
16464
N
N
-
-
-
Nicholas and McGee learn the value of being humble and accepting that some people are better than you are at certain things.
Star Status
Lewis, Beverly
60517
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
21808
N
N
-
-
-
As a major skiing event approaches, Manda struggles to focus on her Olympic dreams while her mother's budding romance, troubles with her new friends, and even church and school threaten to distract her.
Starlight Dream
Oldfield, Jenny
122775
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
F
13606
N
N
-
-
-
Krista really wants to enter the local show-jumping competitions, especially on Woody, but when Woody's owner returns from holiday, she jealously says no.
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Title Starlight, Star Bright
Author Hill, Janet Muirhead
Starring Jolene...
Pielichaty, Helena
The Stars from Mars
Korman, Gordon
Stealing Bases: A Pretty Tough Novel
Mikulski, Keri
Stealing Home
Christopher, Matt
Stealing Home
Stolz, Mary
Word
Number Lang IL 69072 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 5.0 F
Count Book RP 37330 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description N Now at age eleven, Miranda is ready to take on more responsibility and make better choices, but is not immune to getting into difficult and dangerous situations.
113040
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
21272
N
N
-
-
-
Jolene runs away and stays with Grandad Jake. She has a great time at Avenue Z Club with her friend Alex, but when she spots that something strange seems to be going on with Brandon, she decides to investigate. Book #4
65926
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
26500
N
N
-
-
-
The moment of truth is here for the novice Mars hockey team. Thrust into the spotlight in the Waterloo Slapshot league with a defenceman who skates backwards, a befuddled coach and an ambivalent star player, the Marsers had better get in gear - fast! #1
145587
EN
MG+
4.2
8.0
F
56552
N
N
-
-
-
Former mean girl Kylie Collins, trying to deal with her parents' split and her cheating ex-boyfriend, decides to concentrate on the baseball season and her dream of being recruited for Division One softball at UCLA. Book #4
76592
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
24375
N
N
-
-
-
Joey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.
7694
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
22543
N
N
-
N
N
Though they still listen to baseball and go fishing, Thomas and his grandfather find life in their small house in Florida changes when Great-Aunt Linzy comes to stay.
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Word
Title Stepping Up
Author Fink, Mark
Number Lang IL 136422 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 6.0 F
Count Book RP 42267 N N
Sterling's Second Chance
Estes, Allison
19526
EN
Sticks
Bauer, Joan
15096
Stone Fox
Gardiner, John Reynolds
Storm Mountain
Birdseye, Tom
Storm Warning
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
5.0
F
36387
N
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
35067
293
EN
MG
4.0
1.0
F
139671
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
Hughes, Monica
45569
EN
MG
4.5
Strider
Cleary, Beverly
5442
EN
MG
Strike Three! Take Your Base
Wooldridge, Frosty
57119
EN
UG
N
-
-
-
Cassidy is picked to ride Sterling in the show after Christina is injured in a fall. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #26.
N
N
-
-
N
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend, a math genius, Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.
8957
N
N
N
N
N
Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dogsled race he enters.
F
29893
N
N
-
-
-
Two thirteen-year-old cousins are trapped in a blizzard on the same treacherous mountain in the Cascades that claimed the lives of their worldfamous, mountain-climber, twin fathers exactly two years earlier.
6.0
F
40595
N
N
-
-
-
This book explores the world of a sunken wreck and the secrets it holds secrets that have the power to heal, and to destroy.
4.8
3.0
F
21363
N
N
-
N
N
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
4.2
6.0
F
40767
N
N
-
-
-
Bob and Rex are promising high school baseball players, but their world turns upside down when their father dies suddenly while umpiring a softball game.
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VP Description - Fourteen-year-old Ernie and his best friend, Mike, find their friendship tested while attending basketball camp, when Mike succumbs to peer pressure and Ernie risks his life to save three of his campmates.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Strike Two
Author Koss, Amy Goldman
Number Lang IL 54102 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 4.0 F
Count Book RP 30748 N N
String Music
Telander, Rick
58689
EN
The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco Repka, Janice
81195
The Submarine Pitch
Christopher, Matt
The Suburb Beyond the Stars
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
5.0
F
32739
N
EN
MG
4.7
6.0
F
40616
11443
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
Anderson, M.T.
137695
EN
MG
4.4
7.0
Sugar and Ice
Messner, Kate
141391
EN
MG
The Summer of the Pike
Richter, Jutta
126674
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
An unlikely friendship develops between a lonely eleven-year-old boy and the professional basketball star whom he idolizes.
N
N
-
-
-
Eleven-year-old Phillip's dream of running away from the circus comes true when his parents allow him to stay with relatives in Hardingtown, Pennsylvania, where dodgeball is practically a religion and life is anything but normal.
16179
N
N
-
-
N
When he learns why his best friend taught him an unbeatable pitch instead of using it himself, Bernie learns a sad lesson about friendship.
F
46538
N
N
-
-
-
Brian and Gregory have survived, but are again drawn back to cousin Prudence's house in Vermont, where they discover that something has gone very wrong with time, people have disappeared, and danger is lurking everywhere. Book #2
4.5 10.0
F
68501
N
N
-
-
-
When Russian skating coach Andrei Groshev offers twelve-year-old farm girl Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid, she encounters a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything.
4.5
F
20678
N
N
-
-
-
Three children who live on the grounds of a German castle spend the summer trying to catch a pike trapped in the moat, while the mother of two of the children is slowly dying of cancer.
3.0
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VP Description - Gwen's hope of spending the summer playing softball and hanging out with her cousin is ruined when her father and her uncle land on opposite sides of the local newspaper strike.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Sunrise
Author Morgan, Melissa J.
Sunset
Morgan, Melissa J.
Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino
Korman, Gordon
Super Stock Rookie
Weaver, Will
Supercharged Infield
Christopher, Matt
A Surprise Finish
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083/No Child's Game
Word
Number Lang IL 129783 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 6.0 F
Count Book RP 41070 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - To regain her confidence following a near-death encounter with a shark, sixteen-year-old Cassie's surfing coach sends her to Camp Ohana for the summer to become a counselor-intraining. Book #1
129784
EN
MG+
4.0
6.0
F
40016
N
N
-
-
-
Determined to surf competitively again following an encounter with a shark, sixteen-year-old Cassie, a Camp Ohana counselor-in-training, becomes distracted as her romantic feelings for Micah intensify. Book #2
27741
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
F
14735
N
N
-
-
-
The Super Bowl is coming up, and it's Coleman Galloway's last chance to try out the jersey that allowed his best friends to trade bodies with real NFL players. He finally musters up the courage to put it on and finds himself in the body of Dan Marino.
129828
EN
MG+
4.6
6.0
F
42180
N
N
-
-
-
Trace Bonham knows he is fortunate to be offered a chance at being a paid super stock driver when he is still in high school, but regrets that he must leave his friends and home track and wonders if the sponsor is legitimate. Book #2
5390
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
19074
N
N
-
-
N
Could the strange behavior of Penny's softball team be caused by the team's scorekeeper and computer whiz?
Kirby, Lynn
53122
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
25359
N
N
-
-
-
Kristen fears her family's decision to go overseas to do mission work will end her prizewinning figure skating.
White, Andrea
86855
EN
MG+
4.5 11.0
F
75916
N
N
-
-
N
In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds deprived of the opportunity to continue their educations reenact Robert Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality TV show, secretly aided by the Department of Entertainment.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Suspended
Author Rayner, Robert
Swift Horse
Siamon, Sharon
Swim to Win
Hyduk, Vallery
Swimming with Sharks
Word
Number Lang IL 85777 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.6 3.0 F
Count Book RP 23763 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Shay and his pal Toby are among the players on the school soccer team who fall foul of the fair play contract. The players form their own unofficial team, but their friends are not so sure they will make it into the championships.
87852
EN
MG
4.3
5.0
F
33399
N
N
-
-
-
Alison will need all the courage and strength she has to make things right after getting herself into terrible trouble at a barrel race.
146756
EN
MG
4.8
3.0
F
23397
N
N
-
-
-
Yorktown Swim Club has a new coach, and the team's star swimmer, eighthgrader Lasha Boyko, couldn't be more excited. Even though the lanky swimmer comes from an immigrant Ukrainian family of modest means, she dreams big.
George, Twig C.
41970
EN
MG
4.7
2.0
F
16784
N
N
-
-
-
While spending the summer in the Florida Keys with her grandfather, a retired marine biologist, ten-year-old Sarah has the opportunity to observe a variety of sharks and their behavior.
Switched
Mercer, Sienna
119958
EN
MG
4.4
5.0
F
31817
N
N
-
-
-
Upon moving to Franklin Grove, eighthgrader Olivia Abbott, a pink-loving cheerleader, learns that she has a twin sister, Ivy Vega, whose Goth appearance hides a weird secret. Book #1
Swollen
Lion, Melissa
81421
EN
UG
4.9
7.0
F
49029
N
N
-
-
-
A teenaged girl copes with the death of a star track and field athlete by running.
T.J.'s Secret Pitch
Bowen, Fred
17597
EN
MG
4.3
1.0
F
10342
N
N
-
-
-
In his determination to pitch for his neighborhood baseball team, twelveyear-old T. J. adopts the unorthodox style of the legendary Rip Sewell.
Tackle Without a Team
Christopher, Matt
791
EN
UG
4.1
3.0
F
21415
N
N
-
-
N
When marijuana is planted in his gym bag, Scott is kicked off the football squad and tries to solve the mystery of who sabotaged him.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Take It Easy
Author Hill, David
Number Lang IL 45114 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 4.0 F
Count Book RP 26861 N N
Take Me out of the Ball Game
Myers, Bill
11898
EN
Take Me out of the Ball Game!
Korman, Susan
60578
Take Off
Strasser, Todd
Take Your Base
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
2.0
F
15330
N
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
19301
78681
EN
UG
4.8
8.0
F
Hughes, Dean
32136
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
Takedown
Christopher, Matt
12983
EN
MG
4.3
Takedown
Wallace, Rich
108322
EN
MG
Taking a Break
Kelly, Bernadette
137977
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
All-American Little League baseball! Nicholas loves to play it. His dad loves to coach it. What they don't love is getting clobbered every year by the Dodgers.
N
N
-
-
N
Oscar has never been big on sports, but he figures that playing baseball will help him earn the respect of the older kids at school. There's just one catch - his team doesn't have a coach.
52867
N
N
-
-
-
When Kai wants to go surfing at a spot called Screamers, the locals won't let him surf unless he competes against one of them.
F
21092
N
N
-
-
-
As the Scrappers continue to advance toward the summer championship, Jeremy and his fellow platers work to improve their baseball skills.
3.0
F
23873
N
N
-
-
-
Sean Bailor is a wrestler whose fights don't always take place on the mat.
4.3
2.0
F
16100
N
N
-
-
N
Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling, but he discovers that to win at the sport, he must learn to control his temper. Book #8
4.3
2.0
F
16506
N
N
-
-
-
Annie and Jade go on a trail ride, and Annie ends up alone in the mountains.
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VP Description - Rob is an experienced hiker, but his mind is not focused on the job. Three terrible months have left him feeling confused and alone. When things go wrong, he can't stop his party of six teenagers from plunging into increasing disaster and danger.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Taking a Dive
Author Bossley, Michele Martin
Taking Sides
Soto, Gary
A Tale of Two Tails
Tall Story
Word
Number Lang IL 41303 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20781 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - In this sequel to "Water Fight!" Josie tries to match her record for the 200metre butterfly, but is in a slump. When a fellow student makes a sexist remark, Josie challenges him to compete against an all-girl team in an athletic challenge.
6943
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
25578
N
N
-
-
N
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white, suburban neighborhood.
Winkler, Henry
126574
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
25084
N
N
-
-
-
Fifth-grader Hank enters his dachshund Cheerio in a contest to choose a new mascot for his school. The coauthor is Lin Oliver. Book #15
Gourlay, Candy
142172
EN
MG+
4.3
7.0
F
47405
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his 13year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.
Tall Tales: Six Amazing Basketball Smith Jr., Charles R. Dreams
54031
EN
MG
4.3
1.0
F
3869
N
N
-
-
-
In this collection of stories illustrated with photographs, youngsters show off their smooth moves on the basketball court.
Tangerine
Bloor, Edward
21573
EN
MG
4.3 13.0
F
90090
N
N
-
N
N
Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football-hero brother, fights for his right to play soccer despite his nearblindness.
Team Challenge
Kelly, Bernadette
134678
EN
MG
4.5
F
16522
N
N
-
-
-
Jessica Coulson has worked to make Annie Boyd's life miserable ever since Annie moved to Ridgeview and joined the riding club. Now that the annual Games Day is looming, Jessica is even more determined to make sure Annie knows she doesn't fit in.
2.0
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Team Picture
Author Hughes, Dean
Number Lang IL 20095 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.0 5.0 F
Count Book RP 38237 N N
Team Player
Hughes, Dean
29383
EN
Team Player
Campbell, Joanna
55205
Team Player
Mantell, Paul
The Team That Couldn't Lose
RV -
LS -
MG
4.3
3.0
F
19782
N
EN
MG
4.9
5.0
F
33498
75448
EN
MG
4.5
2.0
F
Christopher, Matt
20699
EN
MG
4.1
2.0
Technical Foul
Wallace, Rich
82254
EN
MG
4.1
Tender
Hobbs, Valerie
53480
EN
UG
4.0
N
-
-
-
When Trent's best friend, Robbie, and another teammate on the Scrappers begin bragging about their baseball abilities, Trent worries that it will affect the team's play.
N
N
-
-
-
Parker isn't a team player. In order to compete at the Olympics, Parker must show the stewards that he can help out his team members and ride for the team. This series was created by Joanna Campbell. Book #50.
13813
N
N
-
-
-
Nick puts on an old football jersey and is magically transported to a baseball diamond where superstar Gary Sheffield is batting. This book is based on the series created by Gordon Korman.
F
14196
N
N
-
-
-
Chip Chase and his team are having a winning season thanks to a mystery coach.
2.0
F
16827
N
N
-
-
N
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player. Book #2
8.0
F
54891
N
N
-
-
-
After her beloved Gran dies, fifteen-year -old Liv goes from New York to California to live with the father she has never known, and must adjust to his gruff ways and his life as an abalone diver.
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VP Description N Trying to hold on to the newfound stability of his life in a foster home, David worries about the growing moodiness of his guardian Paul.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Tennis Ace
Author Christopher, Matt
Thank You, Jackie Robinson
Cohen, Barbara
They Came from Center Field
Gutman, Dan
This Generation of Americans: A McKissack Jr., Story of the Civil Rights Movement Fredrick L.
This Island Isn't Big Enough for the Greer, Gery Four of Us!
Word
Number Lang IL 35563 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 3.0 F
Count Book RP 20421 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
24906
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
26160
N
N
-
N
N
A fatherless white boy, who shares with an old black man an enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by Jackie to his elderly friend's death bed.
106867
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
10637
N
N
-
-
-
Creatures from outer space land on Earth and ask "Bloop" Jones and his team to teach them baseball.
40145
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
F
33721
N
N
-
-
-
The Civil Rights Movement is changing Clayton Banks's life, and he must decide if he wants to defy his father or follow the urgings of his own beliefs.
587
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
26787
N
N
-
-
N
Peter and Scott excitedly plan a camping trip to a deserted island, only to arrive and discover that two girls with zany senses of humor are already in residence. The coauthor is Bob Ruddick.
This Means War!
Wittlinger, Ellen
137028
EN
MG
4.6
7.0
F
45176
N
N
-
-
-
In 1962, when her best friend, Lowell, begins to hang around new friends who think girls are losers, Juliet, a fearful fifth -grader, teams up with bold, brave Patsy, who challenges the boys to a series of increasingly dangerous contests.
This Rocks!
Selman, Matty
75451
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
10863
N
N
-
-
-
Nick and Katie Brown try to rescue Elliott, who runs into trouble while rock climbing. This book is based on the series created by Gordon Korman.
Three Cheers for Keisha
Reed, Teresa
11445
EN
MG
4.9
1.0
F
9418
N
N
-
-
N
Keisha goes to cheerleading camp, where she is named leader of her squad.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Three Clams and an Oyster
Author Powell, Randy
Number Lang IL 59132 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 6.0 F
Count Book RP 42463 N N
Throwing Like a Girl
Mackey, Weezie Kerr
114798
EN
Throwing Stones
Collier, Kristi
109095
Thumb on a Diamond
Roberts, Ken
Thunderbird Spirit
Brouwer, Sigmund
Tight End
Christopher, Matt
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.3
9.0
F
64282
N
EN
MG
4.0
6.0
F
45696
106193
EN
MG
4.7
3.0
F
34965
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
498
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
N
-
-
-
After moving from Chicago to Dallas in the spring of her sophomore year, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that joining the softball team at her private school not only helps her make friends, it also provides unexpected opportunities to learn and grow.
N
N
-
-
-
In 1923, in Pierre, Indiana, fourteen-year -old Andy realizes a dream when he makes the high school basketball team, but when an accident keeps him from playing, he ventures into journalism and begins to understand the meaning of sportsmanship.
19808
N
N
-
-
-
Thumb and Susan come up with an ingenious plan to form a baseball team, win the regional title, and qualify to be sent to the provincial championships in Vancouver, courtesy of the school board. Book #2
F
27715
N
N
-
-
-
Hockey stars Mike "Crazy" Keats and his Indian friend, Dakota, are caught in a web of violence which makes winning a championship the least of their concerns.
F
27086
N
N
-
-
N
Jim's school football career is jeopardized by someone who wants to make an issue of his father's being an ex-con. Mystery and plenty of football action as Jim fights against prejudice.
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VP Description - During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Tilt
Author Cumyn, Alan
Number Lang IL 141201 EN UG
BL Pts F/NF 4.3 7.0 F
Count Book RP 47112 N N
Titan Clash
Brouwer, Sigmund
40668
EN
To Catch a Clownosaurus
David, Lawrence
74676
Toby Wheeler, Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Heldring, Thatcher
The Toilet Paper Tigers
Top Wing
RV -
LS -
MG
4.5
4.0
F
26140
N
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
19008
116713
EN
MG
4.2
6.0
F
Korman, Gordon
8097
EN
MG
4.2
6.0
Christopher, Matt
11448
EN
MG
4.3
4.0
N
-
-
-
On track for a college basketball scholarship, Jack's world starts to crumble when his mother has a car accident and his father is arrested for fraud.
N
N
-
-
-
When Horace and his schoolmates spend a weekend at a camp, the Cupcaked Crusader must cope with Mr. Dienow, the diabolical science teacher, as well as his sister's dangerous search for Blootinite, and the forest monsters known as Clownosauruses.
45267
N
N
-
-
-
When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend, JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life.
F
40213
N
N
-
-
N
When his Little League team gets a coach who knows nothing about baseball, seventh-grader Corey is dismayed to see the team taken over by the coach's pushy twelve-year-old granddaughter.
F
26567
N
N
-
-
N
Dana competes with a soccer teammate on the field and off as he tries to discover the truth about a mysterious fire.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Touchdown Trouble
Author Bowen, Fred
Number Lang IL 133291 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.1 2.0 F
Count Book RP 17463 N N
Trading Goals
Kew, Trevor
134495
EN
Trails of Treachery
Keene, Carolyn
117044
Training for Trouble
Dixon, Franklin W.
Treachery at the River Canyon
RV -
LS -
MG
4.6
4.0
F
26712
N
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
28737
41261
EN
MG
4.7
4.0
F
Bly, Stephen
66929
EN
MG
4.0
5.0
Trouble River
Byars, Betsy
591
EN
MG
4.9
The Trouble with Mothers
Facklam, Margery
10795
EN
MG
4.2
N
-
-
-
Vicky is going to need support to succeed at her new school, both in soccer and with her fellow students.
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy goes to Costa Rica to support her friend George in a three-day mountain bike race and finds herself trying to protect the U.S. top cyclist from sabotage. Book #25
26376
N
N
-
-
-
Good times turn to bad sportsmanship at the new combat sports training facility. How far will world-class competitors go to win? It is up to Joe and Frank Hardy to find out and stop the accidents. Book #161.
F
33124
N
N
-
-
-
Having become involved in theft among nighttime river rafters and rivalry between two teams, the Lewis and Clark Squad learns to trust in God even more than before.
3.0
F
21790
N
N
-
N
N
When he builds his raft, a twelve-yearold boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for him and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin.
5.0
F
34415
N
N
-
-
-
What is a boy to do when his teachermother's historical novel is given as an example of the kind of "pornography" that should be banned from schools and libraries?
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VP Description - Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a video recording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Troy High
Author Norris, Shana
Number Lang IL 134286 EN MG+
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 7.0 F
Count Book RP 50282 N N
True Friends
Gunn, Robin Jones
28304
EN
The Truth About Twelve
Golding, Theresa Martin
80971
Twelve Days in August
Murrow, Liza Ketchum
Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories About Guns
Mazer, Harry
Twenty Pageants Later
Cooney, Caroline B.
Twilight
Morgan, Melissa J.
Two Minutes for Roughing
Romain, Joseph
RV -
LS -
UG
4.9
6.0
F
37549
N
EN
MG
4.2
6.0
F
42822
7891
EN
UG
4.2
7.0
F
18449
EN
MG
4.8
8.0
5971
EN
UG
4.9
129785
EN
MG+
41305
EN
MG
N
-
-
-
New twists and turns abound in Christy's life when she finds herself on a ski slope in the arms of a handsome ski instructor.
N
N
-
-
-
Tremendously burdened by a secret guilt, twelve-year-old Lindy uses her skill at baseball to help her cope with a new school, scornful classmates, and complicated family problems.
49240
N
N
-
-
-
Twelve days in August change a sixteen -year-old soccer player's perceptions of himself, his family, girls, and gays.
F
51888
N
N
-
-
-
Short stories about the use and misuse of guns and how they have shaped our history.
6.0
F
38417
N
N
-
-
N
Scottie is shocked when she realizes she really wants to win a beauty pageant.
4.2
5.0
F
37859
N
N
-
-
-
As sixteen-year-old Cassie's summer at Camp Ohana draws to a close, her romance with Micah blossoms, kindling the wrath of bunkmate Danica, while her terror of resuming her professional surfing career continues unabated.
4.4
4.0
F
25524
N
N
-
-
-
Les joins the Metro Cats to make friends and have some fun, but finds having a friendly game with some of the teammates hard.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Two on One
Author Forsyth, C.A.
Two the Hard Way
Hunter, Travis
Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice
Korman, Gordon
Uncharted Waters
Word
Number Lang IL 103025 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 4.0 F
Count Book RP 24438 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - Jake, confident about his abilities as a hockey player, dreams of playing in the NHL. Through some hard lessons, he learns about math and life--starring oneon-one is not good for the team, and the odds of his getting into the NHL are very slim.
139536
EN
UG
4.4
8.0
F
58561
N
N
-
-
-
Romeo's decision over which college football scholarship to accept is put on hold after his older brother, Kwame, is released from prison and his absentee mother comes back into his life. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence.
27740
EN
MG
4.4
2.0
F
15055
N
N
-
-
-
Chaos reigns when Nick trades places with high-scoring wide receiver Jerry Rice a full day before the Tokyo Bowl.
Bulion, Leslie
106517
EN
MG
4.1
6.0
F
44713
N
N
-
-
-
Jonah's lies and his secret fear of the sea threaten to ruin his month at the shore with his favorite uncle, but a grumpy marina storekeeper and an attractive young college student help turn the summer into an adventure he will never forget.
Under the Baseball Moon
Ritter, John H.
107175
EN
MG+
4.7
9.0
F
58924
N
N
-
-
-
Andy and Glory, two fifteen-year-olds from Ocean Beach, California, pursue their respective dreams of becoming a famous musician and a professional softball player.
Undercover Tailback
Christopher, Matt
11450
EN
MG
4.1
3.0
F
20082
N
N
-
-
N
No one believes Parker when he sees someone stealing plays from the coach's playbook.
Undergrounders
Skuy, David
144201
EN
MG
4.1
6.0
F
44368
N
N
-
-
-
After his mom dies, twelve-year-old Jonathan faces the loneliness and danger of life on the streets. An escape from this life Underground comes to him in the form of hockey gear and an impossible dream.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title The Valentine's Day Disaster
Author Dougherty, Brandi
Valley of the Eels
Heintze, Ty
Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open
Feinstein, John
Vanishing Star
Word
Number Lang IL 141470 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33255 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When Maddy's soccer league fundraiser is canceled so the student council can throw a Valentine's Day dance, Maddy is furious. It is one hilarious disaster after another as she tries to save the soccer fundraiser and stay friends with her BFF, Sarah.
7999
EN
MG
4.6
5.0
F
35706
N
N
-
-
-
Young scuba divers Shawn and Billy follow a friendly dolphin to a domed installation in an ocean canyon, where they meet a strange creature. The coauthor is William Heintze.
108043
EN
MG+
4.8 10.0
F
65708
N
N
-
-
N
Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol Anderson and Stevie Thomas reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
Baer, Judy
10748
EN
UG
4.3
5.0
F
32898
N
N
-
-
-
Lexi's friends get hooked on horror flicks, but when a tennis star disappears in an old house, the games are over.
Venom
Tate, Nikki
129680
EN
MG
4.1
4.0
F
25475
N
N
-
-
-
Spencer is sure someone is drugging the racehorses at the stable where he works, but no one will listen to him until he gets some proof.
Voyageur
Walters, Eric
128021
EN
MG
4.4
6.0
F
40555
N
N
-
-
-
On a canoe trip in Northern Quebec, Brian faces his grief and his deepest fears of life without his father while developing a friendship with Pierre, who turns out to be somebody far more important than Brian could have imagined.
VT: Vermont
Costello, Emily
104683
EN
UG
4.3
8.0
F
54634
N
N
-
-
-
The Killington, Vermont, condo is almost slopeside, and almost stylin'. So what if one of the bedrooms must be coed? And the resort paychecks are a joke? It's cool. The six housemates are riding hard all day and raging all night.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Waiting for Stardust
Author Campbell, Joanna
Number Lang IL 51504 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.8 5.0 F
Count Book RP 34740 N N
Waiting to Dive
Rivers, Karen
43176
EN
Wall Ball
Markey, Kevin
136727
Warrior Angel
Lipsyte, Robert
Water Fight!
Bossley, Michele Martin
Water, Water Everywhere
Long, Loren
Wave Good-bye
Wave Warrior
RV -
LS -
MG
4.7
4.0
F
24050
N
EN
MG
4.2
4.0
F
25336
67386
EN
UG
4.5
4.0
F
41306
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
129998
EN
MG
4.8
Lantz, Francess
77286
EN
MG+
Choyce, Lesley
114180
EN
UG
N
-
-
-
Carly loves to dive, then one summer weekend, as she and her friends play in the water at the cabin, things don't go just right and her world is turned upsidedown.
N
N
-
-
-
As the boys of the Rambletown Rounders get ready for another baseball season, spring training is taking place in the snowiest weather Rambletown has ever seen. Book #2
30976
N
N
-
-
-
Sonny Bear, Native American boxer of the Moscondaga Nation, must fight to retain his heavyweight championship title.
F
18613
N
N
-
-
-
Josie fears that her sister will outshine her at swimming, the one thing she is good at.
4.0
F
27891
N
N
-
-
-
In 1899, in Minneapolis, Ruby Payne's decision to ask African American Preacher Wil to join the team causes division among the other players, and the magical baseball will not work unless the team is united. The coauthor is Phil Bildner. Book #4
4.1
5.0
F
32676
N
N
-
-
-
Rae's parents have decided to separate and, even worse, her father is relocating to Chicago. Now Rae feels torn between staying in California with her domineering mother or moving with her father to an unfamiliar city.
4.1
2.0
F
16854
N
N
-
-
-
Ben wants to learn to surf, but he is terrified. When he meets an aging surfer, Ben learns the way of the wave warrior.
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VP Description - How can Ashleigh ever fulfill her dream of becoming a jockey without a horse to ride?
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title A Way with Horses
Author McPhee, Peter
Number Lang IL 41290 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 33388 N N
Weather or Not
Lantz, Francess
77945
EN
The West Windsor Nine
Romain, Joseph
46713
What They Always Tell Us
Wilson, Martin
Wheel Wizards
RV -
LS -
MG+
4.1
4.0
F
31704
N
EN
UG
4.6
5.0
F
32387
125631
EN
UG
4.8 11.0
F
Christopher, Matt
44965
EN
MG
4.3
3.0
When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street
Johnson, Angela
44966
EN
MG
4.6
When Willard Met Babe Ruth
Hall, Donald
14445
EN
MG
4.9
N
-
-
-
Rae and Kanani travel to Florida with Luna for a surfing competition.
N
N
-
-
-
When Nubby thinks of a plan to help a friend visit Montreal to see his dad, the team thinks it's a dumb idea, until they find themselves in Montreal, all expenses paid, in the game of their lives.
77638
N
N
-
-
-
Sixteen-year-old Alex feels disconnected and starts his junior year of high school by attempting suicide. A friend soon draws him into cross-country running and a new understanding of himself. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.
F
21141
N
N
-
-
-
Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelveyear-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and find that his life is not over after all. Coauthor is Robert Hirschfeld.
2.0
F
12747
N
N
-
-
-
In the summertime, Charlie goes fishing with her friends, investigates the mysterious disappearance of the entire Carter family, meets new neighbors, and finds that she and her older brother can be friends.
1.0
F
4380
N
N
-
-
-
A boy meets the young Babe Ruth and along with his family follows the Babe's long and illustrious career.
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VP Description - As the highlight of the riding season approaches - the Jump Alberta competition - Caroline uncovers something that the school would like to hide.
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Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Whispers in the Fog
Author Keene, Carolyn
Number Lang IL 45356 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.9 5.0 F
Count Book RP 30857 N N
The Whistling Toilets
Powell, Randy
19045
EN
White Bread Competition
Hernández, Jo Ann Yolanda
35005
Who Stole Uncle Sam?
Freeman, Martha
Who's Got Spirit?
The Whole Sky Full of Stars
RV -
LS -
UG
4.3
7.0
F
49533
N
EN
MG
4.4
7.0
F
45979
124740
EN
MG
4.5
7.0
F
Krulik, Nancy
126980
EN
MG
4.2
3.0
Saldaña Jr., René
113748
EN
UG
4.2
4.0
N
-
-
-
Stan has a secret he thinks no one will understand except for maybe Ginny.
N
N
-
-
-
When Luz, a ninth-grade Latina student in San Antonio, wins a spelling competition, her success triggers a variety of emotions among family, friends, and the broader community.
45099
N
N
-
-
-
When a local businessman and baseball coach disappears just before he is to portray Uncle Sam at the start of a Memorial Day race, ten-year-old Alex and his best friend Yasmeen investigate, despite their pact to stay away from mysteries. Book #3
F
23788
N
N
-
-
-
It's fall spirit week at Joyce Kilmer Middle School, and the Pops have established their own exclusive "pep squad," complete with matching outfits. Jenny's friends decide to fight back by forming a rival group with their own uniforms. Book #7
F
28365
N
N
-
-
-
Eighteen-year-old Barry competes in a non-sanctioned boxing match hoping to help his recently widowed mother, unaware that his best friend and manager, Alby, has his own desperate need for a share of the purse that may put their friendship on the line.
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VP Description - Katie is a champion kayaker and owner of a whale-watching tour boat on the rugged California coast. Nancy and her friends investigate who is vandalizing Katie's business.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Wild Card
Author Barber, Tiki
Wild One
Kropp, Paul
The Wild Rattle in the Woods
Word
Number Lang IL 131628 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.5 5.0 F
Count Book RP 31118 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - The eighth-grade Hidden Valley Eagles are beginning to gel with their new coach, but report card time spells trouble for their kicker, who is benched because of school policy, and play-off hopes are shot. The coauthor is Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell.
8799
EN
UG
4.2
2.0
F
11768
N
N
-
-
-
Kate saves Wild One from Banner's whip and gets to train the horse herself. But that's only a start. Can she prove he can race before it's too late?
Freeman, Becky
54755
EN
MG
4.6
2.0
F
13128
N
N
-
-
-
At Camp Wanna Banana, Joy must endure the crazy behavior of her twin brother Jake.
Wild Spirit
Farley, Steven
65971
EN
MG
4.6
3.0
F
23844
N
N
-
-
-
Raven, the spirited colt with whom Danielle has been working, isn't willing to share Danielle's attention.
Wild Thing
Poulsen, David A.
136969
EN
UG
4.0
2.0
F
13068
N
N
-
-
-
W.T. Zahara's long hair and sandals make him an outsider at Lawrence High, a school known for its sports programs, but when trouble arrives in the schoolyard and on the football field, the other students learn they may have judged W.T. too soon. Book #1
Win, Place or Die
Keene, Carolyn
5746
EN
MG
4.8
4.0
F
27878
N
N
-
-
-
Nancy must work quickly to prevent a ruthless killer from striking at the Kentucky Derby.
Windcatcher
Avi
5099
EN
MG
4.0
3.0
F
22887
N
N
-
N
N
During a summer visit to his grandmother's home in Connecticut, a young boy learns to sail, discovers a sunken treasure, and wards off greedy treasure hunters.
Windmill Windup
Mantell, Paul
59075
EN
MG
4.5
4.0
F
25045
N
N
-
-
-
Thirteen-year-old Kelly, softball star, has to face new challenges in her life, including assignment to a different softball team and her mother's new boyfriend. This series created by Matt Christopher.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Title Wing Ding
Author Markey, Kevin
Winners and Losers
Hoffius, Stephen
Winners Take All
Word
Number Lang IL 143130 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.4 4.0 F
Count Book RP 28686 N N
RV -
LS -
VP Description - When Stump Plumwhiff, star shortstop for the Rambletown Rounders, comes down with a bad case of the "yips," his teammates try to help him regain his self -confidence before the All-Star game. Book #3
9968
EN
UG
4.3
5.0
F
37829
N
N
-
-
-
A sports story about rivalry and obsession between two track stars who are best friends.
Bowen, Fred
43757
EN
MG
4.3
2.0
F
15186
N
N
-
-
-
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating.
Winning
Adler, C.S.
34860
EN
MG
4.4
4.0
F
28979
N
N
-
-
-
Vicky is thrilled to be on the eighthgrader tennis team, until she realizes that her new playing partner Brenda is ruthless about winning and will even cheat to do so.
The Winning Edge
Bossley, Michele Martin
40414
EN
MG
4.6
4.0
F
24075
N
N
-
-
-
Things don't go according to plan when Jennie is picked for extra iceskating training.
The Winning Stroke
Christopher, Matt
12493
EN
MG
4.9
4.0
F
28605
N
N
-
-
-
When hydrotherapy for an injured leg takes him to the pool on a regular basis, twelve-year-old Jerry finds himself fascinated and challenged by the rigors of competitive swimming.
Winter Hawk Star
Brouwer, Sigmund
34964
EN
MG
4.4
3.0
F
24249
N
N
-
-
-
Tyler Watson and his teammate, the star center for the Portland Winter Hawks hockey team, discover that working with street kids has placed their own lives in danger.
Witch Twins at Camp Bliss
Griffin, Adele
59776
EN
MG
4.5
3.0
F
21187
N
N
-
-
-
When ten-year-old witch twins head for summer camp, Claire is excited and Luna is reluctant, but things do not turn out quite the way either of them expects.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title Witch's Fang
Author Kellerhals-Stewart, Heather
Number Lang IL 55578 EN MG
BL Pts F/NF 4.7 6.0 F
Count Book RP 40088 N N
Wolf Shadows
Casanova, Mary
27926
EN
Wonder's Champion
Bentley, Karen
19521
Wonder's First Race
Campbell, Joanna
Wonder's Victory
RV -
LS -
MG
4.8
3.0
F
21792
N
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
43332
19503
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
F
Campbell, Joanna
19504
EN
MG
4.8
6.0
Wonder's Yearling
Campbell, Joanna
19506
EN
MG
4.9
World Series
Tunis, John R.
5399
EN
MG
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
Namioka, Lensey
8550
EN
Yellow Flag
Lipsyte, Robert
117775
EN
N
-
-
-
When his best friend illegally shoots a wolf while hunting in northern Minnesota, twelve-year-old Seth struggles to determine whether their friendship can survive their different ideas.
N
N
-
-
-
Cindy needs to prove to everyone that her colt is a winner. This series created by Joanna Campbell. Book #21.
38513
N
N
-
-
-
Brad gallops Wonder too fast, and she badly injures her shoulder on the frozen track.
F
38702
N
N
-
-
-
Ashleigh is the only hope to ride Wonder to victory after Jilly is injured.
6.0
F
41823
N
N
-
-
-
Ashleigh wants to help Samantha save the Townsend Acres Breeding farm from auction. Book #6.
4.9
7.0
F
47273
N
N
-
-
N
Roy, the kid from Tomkinsville, joins the rest of his teammates in a come-frombehind battle for the series title.
MG
4.6
3.0
F
21167
N
N
-
-
N
Newly arrived in Seattle from Shanghai, Yingtao is an outsider in his musical family because he's tone-deaf.
UG
4.3
6.0
F
42429
N
N
-
-
-
When seventeen-year-old Kyle succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how, or if, he can continue making music and headlines as a NASCAR racer.
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VP Description - Todd, his sister Jess, and his best friend Howie bravely attempt a first ascent of the Fang, gradually putting aside family conflicts and overcoming hardship in order to do so. As they face danger on the mountain, they discover their own inner strength.
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4th Grade Sports Books Saturday, November 26, 2011 6:56:28 AM Emmaus Lutheran School
Sorted by: Title Quiz
Word
Title You're the Best, Hannah!
Author Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw
Number Lang IL 41633 EN MG
The Young Man and the Sea
Philbrick, Rodman
77134
EN
The Zippity Zinger
Winkler, Henry
75450
EN
BL Pts F/NF 4.2 3.0 F
Count Book RP 24517 N N
MG
4.5
5.0
F
33275
N
MG
4.4
4.0
F
24549
N
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RV -
LS -
VP Description - In the 1930's at their family restaurant in rural New York state, Hannah and her father each enter separate contests and help each other through the ups and downs of competing.
N
-
-
N
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father.
N
-
-
N
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year. The coauthor is Lin Oliver. Book #4
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