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1) Slugfest
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"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget."--
3) Remember us
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"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in"--
4) Called up
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"For thirteen-year-old David Timko, making the Bantam A hockey team is everything. So when he doesn't make the cut and is forced to play house league, his bad attitude soon gets him benched. Even worse, his new friend at school, Omar, shows a complete lack of understanding of David's problem. Omar, on the other hand, has problems of his own. A recent Syrian refugee, he's angry that his parents can't find good jobs in his new country or provide for...
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Harris Weathers loves playing football. But after he narrowly misses getting injured after getting hit hard at practice one day, Harris begins to wonder if playing is worth the risk. He doesn't want to quit football, so he talks to his coach about some safety measures that would allow him to feel safe while playing. Includes a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
7) Long bomb
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Tall and thin, Ed doesn't seem like he could ever have played football, but he did--he grew up playing with his dad. That ended when his dad left town, of course, and left painful memories in his place. One day in high school, though, while watching his school's football team from the stands, he is roped into being the waterboy, and then makes an incredible stray ball catch on the sidelines. Asked to join the team, Ed will have to dig deep and prove...
8) Zombie XI
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"Football-crazy Leonard sits on the substitutes' bench of the Ducie High School XI, but is never asked to play. Then everything changes. After a game near a nuclear power plant, a weird energy passes through Leonard, and that night he is visited by zombies . . .The ghostly players from the winning 1966 England World Cup team tell him that if he follows their instructions, not only will he get off the bench, but Ducie High XI will start to take control....
9) The champion
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"Star quarterback Quentin Barnes has led his beloved Ionath Krakens to glory on the gridiron and become the most-recognized individual in history, but it is off the field where his world crumbles around him. Over four seasons with Ionath, he's picked up powerful enemies: one of which drove his sister into the Portath Cloud, a place from which no ship returns. Because his enemies include his team owner--a possessive crime lord who treats players like...
10) The rookie
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Quentin Barnes, a nineteen-year-old quarterback prodigy in the corrupt Galactic Football League, in which aliens and humans play positions based on physiology and organized crime runs every franchise, must overcome his racism in order to share the field with the aliens he has been taught his entire life to despise and kill.
12) Patina
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Four kids are chosen for an elite middle school track team--Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny--a team that might even make it to the Junior Olympics if they can learn to work together. But they come from very different backgrounds and have wildly different personalities that often clash. Patina runs to get away from her problems at home, but now she must learn to control her anger enough to work as a team.
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Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
14) Soccer snub
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Quincy moves up to a top-level soccer club and is finally on the same team as his friend Will. However, when Quincy earns a starting spot and Will is benched, their friendship falters and Quincy must find a way to help Will regain his spot.
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Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for teen female players, the stakes are so much higher. In this anthology, the voices of these athletes come alive, highlighting the ferocity of those who are often shunted to the side. From navigating rampant misogyny to forging a sisterhood through sweat or just reveling in the love of the game, the stories in Out of Our League address the phenomenal physical and emotional power of teenage athletes as...
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"Rocky Race is not your average fourteen year old. She's determined, ambitious and the best football player you've ever seen. So, when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a prestigious soccer camp in California, USA, she takes it. But far from home, Rocky suddenly finds herself out of her comfort zone. Fake friends, her own anxieties and a brand new world with strange rules all threaten to derail her new life before it's even started...
17) La primera final
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Six-year-old Ansu Fati arrives in Herrera, Spain, from Guinea Bissau, and so begins his journey to becoming a star on Barcelona's first team and the Spanish national team.
18) Baseball blowup
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Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his idea for a homemade glove oil causes a blowup with his team. Now he must find a way to use science and statistics to create a new type of pitch to help his team and earn back their trust.
19) Keeper courage
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"Carmen is a 12-year-old star striker for the Blue Dragons A Team, but when her best friend Destiny abandons the team to try theater, the Dragons need a new goalkeeper, stat. Carmen quickly learns her new position as keeper, but she struggles to deal with the changes in her friendship with Destiny. Plus, there's one shot she just can't seem to stop. Now, the league championship has gone to a shootout, and of course the other team's best striker has...
20) The Academy
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An inspiring, page-turning sports novel perfect for young readers 8 to 13 years old, and for soccer fans of all ages.