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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Sporting Stories
Harvey's football team always loses, but Professor Gertie thinks
she has the perfect solution - Mark 1, the Football Machine. He has
a metal body covered with squidgy skin and he is programmed to win.
Will it take a Football Machine to help the team win at last?
Kids who love video games will love this first installment of the new 5-book series about 12-year old Jesse Rigsby and his wild adventures inside different video games.
Jesse Rigsby hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked in the new game Full Blast with his friend Eric, Jesse starts to see the appeal of vaporizing man-size praying mantis while cruising around by jet pack. But pretty soon, a mysterious figure begins following Eric and Jesse, and they discover they can't leave the game. If they don't figure out what's going on fast, they'll be trapped for good!
Fun, relevant, and action-packed Trapped in a Video Game is the perfect book to get kids off screens and into books! Included in this edition is a bonus More to Explore section that teaches computer programming concepts through a fun game.
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Danger on the Reef
(Paperback)
Jake Maddox; Illustrated by Giuliano Aloisi
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Jasmine Lopez and her brother Arjun love exploring the coral reefs
around Fiji, where their marine biologist parents are stationed.
Jasmine, already a certified scuba diver, dreams of following in
her parents' footsteps and wants to help Arjun do the same.
Unfortunately her younger brother is sure he already knows
everything. That attitude gets them into danger when Arjun drifts
too far from the group during a dive - and straight into a reef
shark.
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Maisy's Sailboat
(Board book)
Lucy Cousins; Illustrated by Lucy Cousins
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The Palace
(Paperback)
Sophie Rathmann
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A #1 New York Times bestseller and the first novel in a brand-new
series--from bestselling author Abbi Glines--about a small Southern
town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football
games, and crazy parties that stir up some major drama. To everyone
who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky,
popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led
Lawton High to the state championships. But while West may be Big
Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he's battling the grief
that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer. Two years
ago, Maggie Carleton's life fell apart when her father murdered her
mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped
speaking and hasn't spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama,
couldn't draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her
sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away. As West's pain becomes
too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his
father--so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to
the one girl who he knows won't tell anyone else. West expected
that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a
flood of emotions he couldn't control. But he never expected the
quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his
own--or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn't
ever let her go...
Super Rabbit Boy and Mega Mole Girl team up to stop King Viking in
the latest installment of this USA Today bestselling series! Pick a
book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early
chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers.
With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots,
and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading
confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! King
Viking, his robot army, and Miss Business are working together to
create a perfect storm of trouble in Underland. It's up to Super
Rabbit Boy and Mega Mole Girl to team up and save the day. But
these two heroes are used to flying solo... Will they be able to
save the day? Or will their squabbles spell disaster for Underland?
Thomas Flintham's full-color art on every page brings energy and
fun to this action-packed series!
"A must read. 10/10." --Broderick Hunter, actor, model, and
activist This fearless debut novel explores racism, injustice, and
self-expression through the story of a promising Black football
star in Louisiana. The system is rigged. For guys like Russell
Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town. As the
team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a
scholarship and play on the national stage. But when his best
friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Rus faces an
impossible choice: speak up or live in fear. "Please rise for the
national anthem." Desperate for change, Rus kneels during the
national anthem. In one instant, he falls from local stardom and
becomes a target for hatred. But he's not alone. With the help of
his best friend and an unlikely ally, Rus will fight for his
dreams, and for justice. "A gripping story about what it looks like
when we demand equity, justice, and recognition of our own
humanity." --Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella Is Dead
‘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.
In this coming-of-age novel, a headstrong girl persists against
expectations, following her dream in nineteenth century Yosemite.
Florence "Floy" Hutchings is the daughter of a famous father, and
while the extra attention that brings is not unwelcome, all she
really wants is to be herself. However, in 1876 being clever,
confident, and bold is not expected of girls on the cusp of turning
twelve. Stuck in a stuffy classroom in crowded San Francisco, Floy
longs to return to the majestic mountain valley where she was born
and where she has always felt free: Yosemite! Upon returning to her
beloved valley, Floy finds that it is changing in confusing ways:
the intimate paradise she once knew is opening to more visitors and
to troubling attitudes about her indigenous friends and about what
girls should and should not do. Yet, against this backdrop of
change, Floy pursues her dream of climbing the indomitable Half
Dome. Steeped in the rich atmosphere of old Yosemite and based on
real people and true events,Call Me Floy is about a girl who
follows her dream up the steepest path imaginable.
When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse
adventure! Trap had finally talked me into taking a relaxing
vacation. But it turned out it wouldn't just be given to me. We
were going to have to win it! I was on my way to Port Stinky to win
a race against the wild. Could I stand the smell long enough to
win?
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Spitfire
(Paperback)
Tom Palmer; Illustrated by David Shephard
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Greg is only happy when he's active - on the pitch or on his phone,
it doesn't matter. But as soon as training's over or his host
parent Steve takes the phone away, he's on edge. Steve suggests
that Greg do something quiet with him, like making one of Steve's
beloved Airfix kits. And the next thing Greg knows, he's in the
cockpit of a Spitfire, being forced out of the sky by a German
pilot! Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic
readers aged 8+
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