Brandon Terrell
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Thirteen-year-old Javier Moreno has just transferred to Howard Middle School, but his skill as a striker is already well known and the Bisons are expecting that he will turn their season around; but soon the fame goes to his head, and he starts hogging the ball and showing off--and it is up to his friend Aimee to remind him that soccer is a team sport.
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When the coach of his middle school summer soccer team retires Andre, his friend Cullen, and their teammates are horrified, and when their new coach implements some highly unusual training methods Cullen is so frustrated that he quits the team--but Andre sticks with it, hoping that there is method in the madness that will lead to a championship.
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Gus Blackburn daydreams of being a hero wide receiver on his school's football team, but he is not naturally athletic or fast, so he spends most of his time on the bench--until his father points out that most dreams actually take hard work before they can come true.
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While practicing for the Tower Hills Half-Pipe Challenge, Payton Park suffers an embarrassing wipeout, which his friend and competitor Matt posts to the internet where it becomes an instant sensation; now he is having trouble putting the fall behind him, and remembering that having talent is only part of success--it also takes a lot of hard work.
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Diego "Clutch" Rivera was the hero of his school's basketball team last year, but this season things have not started well, and Diego is losing his confidence--but with some help from his dad, and a friend who gives him a sketchbook and suggests that he draw his feelings, he starts to rediscover the fun in basketball.
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When Jackson 'Jax' Kingsford gets to play in the state hockey tournament, he has to play against his former best friend, Archer Foss. The two were once neighbors and best friends. But then Archer's family moved, splitting up their friendship. In graphic novel format.
11) Strange boarders
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Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back. In graphic novel format.
12) Home ice rivals
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Playing hockey on the lake by his home with his friends is one of Benny Krueger's greatest joys in life. So of course his parents have to move them to a new house for their jobs. Before they move, however, Benny and his friends vow to finally beat his sister, who loves to make fun of him, and her friends on the rink.
13) Gear hero
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Nelson Greenwood loves drawing superheroes, particularly the hero of his own comic book, Major Speed, modeled on Nelson's twin brother Nick, a skilled BMX rider--but when a crash knocks Nick out of a competition, and he suggests that Nelson take his place, Nelson is not sure he can summon the skills of Major Speed and compete against the best BMX riders, particularly Nick's nemesis, Cain Otto. In graphic novel format.
14) Exiled: volume 7
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When the Revolution team walks into a Collective trap in Mexico, they begin to suspect that one of their number is a double agent--as suspicion begins to poison their relationships the main suspect, Dylan, is sent into exile and headquarters is locked down.
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Omar is still troubled by his vision of the future, but when another vision sends the Revolution to a forgotten pyramid in Egypt to recover a new Fragment, and two of the teens are trapped inside the pyramid, they must all put aside the suspicions and conflicts of the past few months and work as a team if any of them are going to survive.
17) Tunnel vision
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As the Revolution team secures more of the Artifacts their powers are increasing, and one dangerous vision leads Omar to Hawaii and a confrontation with his former best friend Tommy and the Collective.
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America is a nation of immigrants whose contributions gave us America, and taught us what it means to be free. This book profiles three pre-1950 performing artists and another nine contemporary artists (12 artists); in mini biographies examinging where they came from, and their notable contribution(s) in America. This book will inspire readers with stories of possibility and grit.and emphasizes how they made our country great. Backmatter includes...
19) Hoop hustle
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Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.
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Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.