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Jack at Bat
(Hardcover)
Mac Barnett; Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
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‘With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .
The court is SIZZLING.
My sweat is DRIZZLING.
Stop all that quivering.
Cuz tonight I'm delivering’
12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood.
They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their
father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more
than to follow in his footsteps.
Both on and off the court, there is conflict and hardship which will
test Josh’s bond with his brother. In this heartfelt novel in verse,
the boys find that life doesn’t come with a play-book and it's not all
about winning.
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Vuelta Al Juego
(Spanish, Paperback)
Jake Maddox; Cover design or artwork by Fernando Cano; Illustrated by Bere Muniz; Translated by Aparicio Publishing Aparicio Publishing LLC
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When the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night. With her signature poise, Vampirina and her clan gear up for a festive time at the beach. Keeping her ballet lessons in mind, Vampirina demi-pli s on a surfboard, leaps for a volleyball, and finishes each competition with style, even if she doesn't always come out on top. Readers will shout "Brava!" for this third gracefully ghoulish picturebook by duo Anne Marie Pace and LeUyen Pham.
This poignant coming-of-age story will change your perception of
what shonen manga can be.
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T
With Ko in his second year of high school and Aoba in her first,
the regionals for Summer Koshien are about to begin The third round
pits Seishu up against mighty Ryuou Gakuin--one of the teams
favored to win the whole shebang. Do Ko and team have what it takes
to even advance that far in the tourney? But first, Aoba's cousin
enters the picture, and he might shake things up on a different
front.
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Left Out
(Paperback)
Tim Green
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Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! New York Times bestselling author
and former NFL player Tim Green delivers a heartwarming and
inspiring story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see
him--both on and off the football field. Now in paperback. Landon
Dorch wants to be like everyone else. But his deafness and the way
he talks have always felt like insurmountable obstacles. But now he
finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other
seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to
his advantage and join the school's football team. But the same
speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear
continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like Landon will be left
out of football for good, an unlikely friend comes along. But in
the end only Landon can fight his way off the bench and through a
crowded field of bullies bent on seeing him forever left out.
Pack your bags and get ready to hit the road with this latest installment of family fun! You can help create car songs, spot some historical sights, even stop at a roadside diner--with a Mad Libs? twist, of course! Many have tried to imitate the world's most popular word game, but they just can't ___VERB___ the mustard! With Mad Libs? on the Road, traveling has never been so wacky!
Pickles the dog and his owner Elsie love football more than anything. And they’ve just heard the most amazing news. The World Cup is coming home to England and Elsie’s team have a chance to play in a half-time match at Wembley – with some help from Pickles, of course!
But life off the pitch is tough, even when Dad works hard to provide what they need. It’s their team of three against the world and right now it feels like they’re losing. So when disaster strikes and Elsie’s dreams of playing at Wembley are shattered, it’s up to Pickles to save the world (cup) ...
How can you be a football genius if you don't know the rules of the
game?Fifteen year-old Drew Hennings' dream of playing quarterback
for his local high school team and playing college football in the
Ivy League ended when he got a serious concussion. Drew can't play
football anymore, but he loves the game too much to walk away. With
a close family friend and football official, Jack, as his mentor,
Drew decides to transform himself into the first teenage football
referee that Boston's South Shore has ever seen. Can he transfer
his leadership skills to refereeing and make the right call even
when it's unpopular? Will he be good enough to earn a place on the
crew of a youth football playoff game?
Renny and Bryce play on opposite soccer teams battling for the championship. Until recently the soft-spoken but talented Renny warmed the bench while another player took the field. But now that player's out with an injury and Renny's been given the chance to show what he can do. And no one is more surprised at Renny's playing ability than his opponent, the hot-dogging, one-man team, Bryce. Bryce was sure Renny would be pushover, but Renny, who had admired Bryce's showmanship, proves that solid teamwork is often hard to beat. And in the end, both boys come off the field a little wiser.
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Muck and Magic
(Hardcover)
Michael Morpurgo; Illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
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A moving countryside tale about the power of friendship and creativity from the nation's favourite children's author.
Bonny has always wanted to be a top cyclist, maybe even a future Olympic champion like her hero, Laura Trott. When she gets a new racing bike for her birthday, she heads out into the Dales like always, speeding along. But when she's distracted by some cheeky horses, she comes off her bike and discovers that the horses belong to a quiet woman who has an amazing collection of statues on her lawn - a buffalo, a horse lying down, even a man running. Gradually, Bonny gets to know Lizzie and forms a special bond with her horse, Merry, when she is given a job at Lizzie's farm. Bonny is even introduced to a life-sized sculpture of Merry in Lizzie's studio and is allowed to pose as its rider, a completely magical experience. She learns from Lizzie that a true gift is never to be wasted, and if you "breath the world in deep", you can do anything.
"Will you please come back and play for the club Aoife?". Aidan
asks his twin sister this question every week. Twins, Aoife and
Aidan Power, along with their four best friends love playing Gaelic
football. They spend most evenings after school playing football in
the green in their picturesque rural village of "Droichead Beag".
Aoife and Aidan are skilful and fast but when they combine on the
same team, "Twin Power" is unleashed and they have an almost
telepathic communication on the pitch, leading to some spectacular
scores. But while Aoife loves football, an incident at a match
almost two years earlier saw her stop training and playing with her
local GAA club, Droichead Beag GAA. Aidan knows what happened, but
Aoife refuses to tell her friends. Could it have something to do
with their Under 12 counterparts in Gorman GAA, the rival parish
team of Droichead Beag, where old rivalries run deep? And how will
Aoife's refusal to play affect their school team when the
children's teacher Ms. Kelly, herself a former All- Star football
player announces an exciting new school's football competition,
"Star Schools GAA"? Parish rivalries re-surface and threaten to get
out of hand as the children of Droichead Beag National School fight
tooth and nail to get their hands on the coveted first ever Star
Schools Cup.
For the Walker children, sailing the boat Swallow to an island for
a camping trip is a fantastic adventure. But soon they find
themselves under attack from the fierce pirates of the Amazon,
Nancy and Peggy. And so begins the battles, alliances and
discoveries in a summer like no other.
In last year's state championship game, Ryan Rogan beaned Kyle
Walker with a red-hot fastball. The pitch injured Kyle, forcing him
to leave the game. His team lost, and Ryan got to celebrate the win
while Kyle headed to the hospital. It took several months for
Kyle's injury to heal, and he couldn't shake the suspicion that
Ryan had intentionally threw at him. But Kyle has put all that out
of his mind, because he's excited for a fresh start this year --
until he discovers that Ryan will be joining his team . . .
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Good Night, Cubs
(Hardcover)
Brad M Epstein; Illustrated by Curt Walstead
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