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Dairy queen : a novel - Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/22/2006
Share Dairy queen %3a  a novel ISBN-13: 9780618683079
ISBN-10: 0618683070
Call Number: T 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.
 
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Keeper - Mal Peet
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/09/2005
Share Keeper ISBN-13: 9780763627492
ISBN-10: 0763627496
Call Number: T 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.
 
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Jump - Elisa Lynn Carbone
Publisher: Speak
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/18/2011
Share Jump ISBN-13: 9780142419137
ISBN-10: 0142419133
Call Number: T Carbone
Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey.
Gym candy - Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/03/2007
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ISBN-10: 061877713X
Call Number: T Deuker
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
Payback time - Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/06/2010
Share Payback time ISBN-13: 9780547279817
ISBN-10: 0547279817
Call Number: T 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.
Whale talk - Chris Crutcher
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2009
Share Whale talk ISBN-13: 9780061771316
ISBN-10: 0061771317
Call Number: T Crutcher
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. 
 
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Heat - Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/11/2006
Share Heat ISBN-13: 9780399243011
ISBN-10: 0399243011
Call Number: T Lupica
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
The Final Four - Paul Volponi
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2012
Share The Final Four ISBN-13: 9780670012640
ISBN-10: 0670012645
Call Number: T Volponi
Competing on the four remaining teams during the NCAA basketball championship, four young athletes desperately strive to realize respective dreams while looking back on the events that have led to the most important games of their lives. By the author of Summer Ball.
 
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Rash - Pete Hautman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/04/2007
Share Rash ISBN-13: 9780689869044
ISBN-10: 0689869045
Call Number: T 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.
Amazing Grace - Megan Elisabeth Shull
Publisher: Hyperion Paperbacks
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2006
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ISBN-10: 0786856912
Call Number: T Shull
Tired of the endorsements, press conferences, and tournaments, Grace Kincaid, a beautiful tennis superstar, goes into hiding and starts a new life in Alaska, with the help of a former FBI agent, where she transforms herself into the girl she's always wanted to be.
Slam - Nick Hornby
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2007
Share Slam ISBN-13: 9780399250484
ISBN-10: 0399250484
Call Number: T Hornby
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend Alicia gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically, so Sam turns to Hawk's autobiography for answers.
Jersey tomatoes are the best - Maria Padian
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/08/2011
Share Jersey tomatoes are the best ISBN-13: 9780375865794
ISBN-10: 0375865799
Call Number: T Padian
When fifteen-year-old best friends Henry and Eve leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her long-cherished dreams of the future to the test.
Breathless - Jessica Warman
Publisher: Walker
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/18/2009
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ISBN-10: 0802798497
Call Number: T Warman
Through her many accomplishments and personal charm, Katie Kitrell is making a name for herself in the world, yet with a schizophrenic older brother in the family and dark secrets from the past waiting to be revealed, relationships are tested and lives are put in danger.
Shift - Jennifer Bradbury
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/20/2008
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ISBN-10: 1416947329
Call Number: T Bradbury
When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.
Leverage - Joshua Cohen
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/17/2011
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ISBN-10: 0525423060
Call Number: T Cohen
High school sophomore Danny excels at gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the gymnasts, by members of the football team, until an emotionally and physically scarred new student joins the football team and forms an unlikely friendship with Danny.
The A circuit - Georgina Bloomberg and Cathy Hapka
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/24/2011
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ISBN-10: 1599906414
Call Number: T Bloomberg
A new series by the daughter of the New York City mayor introduces billionaire heiress Tommi, working student Kate and rock star daughter Zara, who compete in elite horse shows while dealing with rocky relationships and other complications in their disparate private lives.
 
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