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Get in the Game Sports fiction & nonfiction
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Say it ain't so
by Josh Berk
Lenny gets jealous when Mike makes the school baseball team, but together they and Other Mike stumble upon a stealing signals scandal that could go further up than anyone knows
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Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Jr Lib Guild. Reissue.
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Andre the Giant : life and legend
by Box Brown
Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre theGiant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures
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Deadline
by Chris Crutcher
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf, deciding to tell no one, sets out to fulfill his greatest fantasies, while pondering his life's purpose and legacy, and conversing through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos." 110,000 first printing.
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Payback time
by Carl Deuker
Hoping to land the first real story of his career by interviewing reluctant cornerback Angel Marichal, high school journalist Mitch True attempts to learn why Coach McNulty appears to be holding back the promising young athlete. By the award-winning author of Gym Candy.
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The parkour & freerunning handbook
by Dan Edwardes
Introduces the sport of parkour, or freerunning, which combines the core elements of running, jumping, climbing, and other physical movements with the goal of moving the body over and around obstacles in an urban environment without stopping
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Foul trouble
by John Feinstein
When his best friend, the most talented high school basketball player in the country, is targeted by top colleges, the NBA and money managers, Danny Wilcox realizes that a lot of the people surrounding his friend are corrupt back-room dealers who do not have his best interests at heart. By the Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning author of Last Shot.
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Rush for the gold : mystery at the Olympics
by John Feinstein
Competing in the Summer Olympics in London, Susan Carol Anderson is targeted by agents, sponsors and media representatives who Stevie Thomas suspects are using unscrupulous tactics to ensure that Susan wins the gold. By the Edgar Award-winning author of A Season on the Brink.
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Shutout
by Brendan Halpin
Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes
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Soul surfer : a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board
by Bethany Hamilton
The teenage surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003 describes how she has coped with this life-altering event, how her faith has inspired her to keep going, how her life has changed, and how her own dreams of surfing success has led her to return to the sport she loves. Reissue. 125,000 first printing.
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Skate
by Michael B. Harmon
Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, redemption, and their long-absent father.
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Rash
by Pete Hautman
In the late twenty-first century, Bo, after being falsely accused of spreading a rash throughout his school, is sold into forced labor at a pizza factory in the Canadian tundra where he's promised early parole if he joins an illegal football team, while, at home, his school project takes on a life of its own.
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Exit, pursued by a bear
by E. K Johnston
A head cheerleader in a tiny community where cheerleading is the school's primary sport dedicates herself to her team only to wake up after being drugged to discover that she has been raped and become pregnant as a result, a situation that is further complicated by local attitudes. Simultaneous eBook.
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Zeroboxer
by Fonda Lee
An up-and-coming weightless combat athlete prepares for the Zero Gravity Fighting Association championship while partnering with a beautiful Martian marketing strategist who renders him an Earth celebrity before he stumbles into a criminal plot. Original.
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Center field
by Robert Lipsyte
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day, but he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school. 20,000 first printing.
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All Star
by Jesse Lonergan
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The galaxy game
by Karen Lord
A student at a school for psychic super-humans travels the universe with an intergalactic team and encounters strange alien cultures that help him discover himself. By the award-winning author of Redemption in Indigo. Original. 10,000 first printing.
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True legend
by Mike Lupica
Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA
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Hit count : a novel
by Chris Lynch
Aggressively leading his football team to the championships, Arlo disregards his mother's and girlfriend's warnings about sports injuries until his coach expresses concern and he begins to show signs of physical trauma. By the National Book Award Finalist author of Inexcusable. Simultaneous eBook.
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Skateboard idol
by Jake Maddox
When local skateboarding idol Scottie Devine announces a kind of treasure hunt in his home town in California, skating friends Griff and Annika are thrilled to participate--but soon the competition threatens to destroy their friendship
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Pinned
by Alfred C. Martino
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
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Take me on
by Katie McGarry
Abandoning kickboxing after a tragedy in the ring, champion fighter Haley is forced to train an attractive mixed martial arts student who secretly fights on Haley's behalf to redeem his troubled past. Simultaneous eBook.
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Dairy queen : a novel
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her. 50,000 first printing.
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Kick
by Walter Dean Myers
Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges
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Racing the rain : a novel
by John L. Parker
A prequel to the best-selling Once a Runner follows the coming-of-age of future world-class athlete Quenton Cassidy, who races against the forces of nature near his mid-20th-century Gold Coast home before befriending a regional eccentric.
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Edenville Owls
by Robert B. Parker
As World War II ends, fourteen-year-old Bobby, while dealing with changing relationships and confusion, senses evil in the air when his pretty new English teacher disappears. Reprint.
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Keeper
by Mal Peet
Excited about getting the interview with the world-famous goalkeeper, El Gato, Paul Faustino is shocked when the celebrity tells him about a childhood secret involving a an encounter with a mystical mentor, named the Keeper, in the South American rain forest and the magical lessons he learned under his tutelage that helped him become the best in the world. Jr Lib Guild.
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Sumo
by Thien Pham
Scott, abandoned by his girlfriend and having lost his dream of playing professional football, is offered a position in a Japanese sumo training "stable," where he seems to find himself again. Original.
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Peak
by Roland Smith
After being arrested for scaling a New York skyscraper and then sent to live with his long-lost father and fellow climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult to rebuild their bond, thus when his father suddenly pushes him to climb Mt. Everest, Peak must take into consideration his father's questionable motives.
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The running dream
by Wendelin Van Draanen
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again
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