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Explores the importance of courage on the football field when playing with one's teammates and interacting with opposing players, coaches, and fans. Highlights moments from the history of football when great courage and perseverance were on display--such as the five-foot, eleven-inches tall Russell Wilson having the courage to keep trying out to play quarterback even though he was called too short. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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Lily Richter is forced to leave behind both her best friends and her middle school dance team when her family moves at the beginning of the school year. Faced with an unfamiliar school, new teammates, and a team captain who seems to have it out for her, Lily struggles to dance her best.
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When eighth grade basketball player Shaena suffers a concussion in a game, she finds herself sidelined two weeks before the big game--and as she watches her team practice with the new freshman player, Shaena, who is used to being the star, starts to worry that by the time she recovers she will no longer be needed.
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When budget cuts lead to the elimination of Delano Middle School's girl soccer team, Melina Stern and the other seventh and eighth graders are invited to try out for the high school varsity team--but the older players clearly do not want the middle schoolers around, and the girls are having trouble playing as a team.
9) Win or lose
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The players on the Kicks soccer team are thrilled they have made it to the league play-offs, but interpersonal conflicts threaten to derail their success.
10) Digging deep
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Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
11) Head to head
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Emika is surprised when Rosa, the captain of her soccer team, selects her and Maram to be the new co-captains when Rosa announces she is moving. Emika and Maram are complete opposites and soon their disagreements start to affect the team's performance. The two must find a way to put aside their differences and help their team win.
12) Curveball
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Now that it is summer Victoria Torres and her friends have all signed up to play co-ed softball in their town's league, but soon things start to go wrong--her father is the coach of her team (the Chihuahuas), her friend Jenny is on a rival team, and worse of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.