Tim Green
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
3) Home run
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Josh's life has just fallen apart. His father will no longer be coaching the travel baseball team and is moving to Florida, forcing his mom and little sister to move into a small apartment on the wrong side of town. To make matters worse, the new coach of the travel team is an unforgiving drill sergeant. But then Benji tells Josh of a home-run derby in which the winner gets a brand-new house. All Josh has to do to qualify is hit twenty home runs during...
4) Double play
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When New York Yankee James "JY" Yager tries to show that he can still hit in the majors without the help of twelve-year-old Jalen's baseball genius, Jalen focuses on his own baseball career as he tries to carve out a spot with the Rockton Rockets.
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the mafia.
6) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
7) New kid
Author
Series
New kids novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A troubled kid finds his bearings in a new school after a baseball coach offers him a spot on the team"--
8) The big game
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
9) Lost boy
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After a near-fatal car accident, twelve-year-old Ryder's mother needs an operation they cannot afford and while a new friend tries to raise funds, Ryder travels with a grouchy, disabled neighbor, from Yankee Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major league baseball player who might be Ryder's father.
10) Final season
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd to follow in their footsteps. However, after his dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis-connected to all those hard hits and tackles he took on the field-Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit football. Ben isn't playing just...
11) Touchdown kid
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Cory and his best friend, Liam, both love and play football. But then a tragic injury on the field knocks Liam out of the game, Cory takes over Liam's spot and he is offered Liam's scholarship.
12) Football genius
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Unstoppable
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Upon going to the doctor for a routine knee injury, foster child and aspiring NFL athlete Harrison learns that he has bone cancer.
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
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' impending divorce.
15) Baseball genius
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. Unfortunately his dad can't afford to keep him on the travel team. His dad runs a diner and makes enough to cover the bills, but there isn't enough to cover any extras. So Jalen decides to take matters into his own hands and he sneaks into the home of the New York Yankee's star second baseman, James Yager, and steals a couple of balls from his personal batting cage. He knows that if he can sell them, he'll be able to keep...
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 6
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A friendship is tested and a new one formed as Troy White, the football genius, gets to play varsity football for the first time, on a team that has to end its losing streak"--