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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
2) Longing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever. Meanwhile, Cody's work coaching a small-town football team has brought him and his players national attention. In the midst...
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Author
Series
Gollywhopper Games volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zane thinks about little but football until after his second concussion, when his parents say he must take a year off, so when he gets a chance to compete in the Gollywhopper Games he is excited about applying many of the skills that help him excel on the football field to a different kind of competition.
Author
Series
Miss Malarkey volume 4
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The children on a newly formed soccer team love their coach, Miss Malarky, who doesn't know much about the game except how to make it fun, but the school principal and parents have other ideas.
7) Real hoops
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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 "Brain" to produce a winning season.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Uncoordinated Kansas seventh-grader Kirby Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain of the basketball team in order to help him prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is the father he has never known.
Author
Series
Clorinda the cow books volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clorinda the cow is a talented baseball player and coach whose dream of playing in the big leagues comes true in an unexpected way.
11) Kid Coach
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After turning his couch-potato father into a wrestling champion, Kid Coach discovers that he left out the most important lesson--the importance of being a good sport.