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61) Hoop hotshot
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe thinks of himself as "The Flash"--a hotshot basketball player who knows the coolest moves. The other members of his team aren't as impressed. Joe spends too much time trying to wow the crowd, and not enough time helping the team. At tryouts for the freshman team, Joe is quickly cut. He needs to stop fooling around and prove he has what it takes to stay in the game.
63) Running scared
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Olivia and Jessica are good runners, but Olivia is uncomfortable with competition, so when her friend talks her into joining the track team and Olivia is assigned to a long distance race, she is suddenly overcome by a fear of failure.
64) Soccer show-off
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gina tries to be the star of the soccer team at her new school, but her teammates do not like her showoff moves.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Ring Lake Middle School decides to host an Olympic Fest, Kyle is assigned to compete in the track and field throwing events--will practice make him good, or will he embarrass himself in front of everyone?
67) Half-pipe prize
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Tess moved away from Winterfall, she left her two best friends, Ana and Sofie, behind. She's traveling back to surprise them and to take part in the yearly snowboarding competition. Ana is glad to see her, but Sofie acts strange as soon as Tess returns.
68) Pool panic
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jenny loves swimming, and her best friend has finally convinced her to join the school swim team--but when she is confronted by a crowd of spectators in competition she freezes up.
69) Gold medal swim
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sam is the best swimmer on his team, and he is happy to help the new student, Julien, practice his laps and technique--but when it comes to an actual race, only one swimmer can win.
71) Rebound time
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twin girls Sarit and Allie have always been coached in basketball by their father, but now that their parents are divorced and he has moved away, Sarit is unhappy playing on the school team, and resentful that her sister still enjoys the game.
72) Cowgirl grit
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sydney Todachine is looking forward to a summer on the beaches of San Diego before starting sixth-grade, but instead she finds herself on her Grandfather's ranch on the Navajo Nation reservation with no wi-fi, and while a couple of the kids are pretty nice, her cousin Hadley is as nasty as ever--but Sydney bonds with a spirited horse called Midnight, and together they start training at night for the upcoming rodeo.
73) Win or lose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
66 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wildcats center PJ Harris is the tallest player on the team, but he's horrible at free throws. When a game comes down to PJ's free throws making the difference between winning and losing, he freaks. Can he solve his problem in time to earn back the respect of his coach and teammakes, and himself?
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Danny Mason's brother, "Clean" Cole Mason, is famous on the stock-car circuit for being a good guy. So Danny can't believe it when he starts to see signs that someone on his brother's team is sabotaging his opponents. Danny has to figure out what's going on before someone gets seriously hurt.
76) On the line
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
77) Punter's pride
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
67 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nolan is the highly skilled punter of his school team, but he is less sure about taking over another position when their quarterback goes down--especially since he is also running for class president, and his competition for election is Tony, a linebacker on the team who is constantly belittling punters.
78) Cowboy up
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jake is the best bull rider in his division, but after he finally takes a bad spill during a competition he has to overcome his fear before he can ride again.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders who has already won a scholarship to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program and learn explorer skills in an Alaskan wilderness camp; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5000 dollars--money that Nita's family could really use--but on the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while...
80) Takedown
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jeff wants to be a good wrestler, but will his bad temper get in the way?"--Unedited summary from book.
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