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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
3) The spin
Author
Series
Marcus Stroman volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this second book in the semi-autobiographical middle grade series from MLB pitcher Marcus Stroman, young Marcus continues to learn hard lessons on and off the baseball field.
Author
Series
Fred Bowen sports story volume 25
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Kris wants to be a star scorer on the court like his brother Dylan, but he discovers the energy he brings to his team as the sixth man is just as important as scoring points.
Author
Series
Good sports league volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Ben Cutler loves soccer, and he like to have fun while playing too, but when he joins a travel team that takes winning very seriously, he starts to wonder if there is more to the game than just getting a W.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 20
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When she sees how much her little brother and young stepbrother and stepsister want to play softball, thirteen-year-old Kristy starts her own team, which makes up in spirit what it lacks in skill.
Kristy's starting her own ragtag softball team! Kristy's Krushers will probably never be champions-- Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, is playing for them. But nobody has more team spirit than Jackie! When Bart's Bashers challenge them to a game. Will...
12) The grip
Author
Series
Marcus Stroman volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Raven is dealing with a lot--her grandmother's recent death, a knee injury from an accident, and a tiff with her best friend. But she's determined to prove to her basketball coach that her knee is in good enough shape for her to play in the Jammin' Salmon basketball tournament, which she's been participating in since she was little. So she pushes herself--and her teammates--a little too much while trying to prove she should play in the tournament....
14) Skate park plans
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Avani Patel loves to skateboard, but there is no skate park in her town so she does not get to practice tricks often--but now that the idea is under consideration in the city council Avani and her friends set out to convince the skeptical politicians the town really needs one.
16) Like other girls
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"After three other girls follow Mara's lead and join the football team, she's forced to confront her misconceptions about gender and her arch-nemesis"--
17) Block shot
Author
Series
Hoops volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The way he wants her has no limits..... If Jared Foster had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made his heart skip a beat--the heart everyone assumes is frozen over--he'd be richer than he already is. He's found success as a sports agent by always assuming "no" means "I'll think about it." And he knows Banner's thinking about him. Her simmering anger? The way she puts him in his place? Foreplay. She thinks she's won the game, but they're just...
18) Dinged
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
Author
Series
The good sports league volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Annabella Donatello loves softball and performing so she is thrilled when she gets cast in the school play, on top of being pitcher of her softball team, but when when practice conflicts with opening night of the show she hatches a plan putting her softball and acting skills to the test.
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