Matt Christopher
62) Baseball pals
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Voted captain of his baseball team, Jimmie declares himself pitcher. He resents it when the other players tell him to let Paul pitch. Paul is a good pitcher--and a good friend--but Jimmie wants a chance.
65) Karate kick
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cole faces a series of challenges as he finds himself torn between practicing for his next belt test or competing in a "create-your-own kata" contest, and also in trouble with a group of local teens and then his best friends.
67) Hook Shot Hero
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tim Daniels is back at Camp Wikasaukee with rest of the gang from Nothin' But Net, serving as a mentor to three young rookies, and he's got his hands full! He's still working on keeping his height from getting in the way of his game—he's shorter than most of the guys. Plus, he's got a bully on his hands, and he's got to find a way to inspire his campers. Good thing NCAA pro Dick Dunbar is there to help Tim with a super-cool shot that gives...
70) Nothin But Net
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes.
71) Front Court Hex
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Star of the previous year's basketball team, Jerry can't do anything right in the new season, but refuses to believe his new friend who, claiming to be a warlock, predicts Jerry's play won't improve until he changes his slovenly habits.
73) Takedown
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As he is helped by an assistant referee to prepare for a wrestling match with the neighborhood bully, Sean begins to wonder if his mentor could be his long-lost father.
74) Power Play
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A magic candy bar improves Rabbit's basketball game more than is really desirable.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting...
79) Wheel Wizards
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Seth Pender thinks his life came to an end when he suffered a spinal injury that left him confined to a wheelchair. Seth, an athlete who loves basketball, is sure he'll never play again. He grows sullen and silent, unresponsive when his family urges him to try to adjust. Then one day he sees an older boy who, like himself, is wheelchair bound. But this boy is playing basketball! How is that possible? Over the course of three years,...
80) Mystery Coach
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their coach becomes ill and their baseball team starts falling apart, several of the Blazers begin receiving coaching tips from an anonymous phone caller.