Jake Maddox
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Gina loves playing soccer, and she can't wait to join the team at her new school. But when Gina tries to be the star of the team, her new teammates don't exactly appreciate it. Gina has to learn that teamwork is more important than winning before she can get back on the field.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Thirteen-year-old Mike Gordon cannot resist a dare, but climbing the school flagpole gets him into trouble not just at school, but with his parents, who are usually preoccupied with his younger sister who has muscular dystrophy; but when a family friend introduces him to rock climbing, Mike finds an outlet for his thrill-seeking behavior--and just maybe his parents will finally pay some attention to him.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother begins to take its toll.
9) On the line
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
10) Face-off
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Kyle wants to be a great hockey player just like his older brother, but to do that, he must focus all of his energy on the game and not be distracted by a teammate's injury.
11) Speedway switch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Quarter-midget car racer Michael Haynes and his twin brother Mark, the team's mechanic, are used to winning their races, but when a new, unscrupulous racer starts competing, even causing Michael to be injured in a race, the twins are tempted to start using different tactics themselves.
12) Karate rebels
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Blaming herself for her parents fighting, twelve-year-old Aliyah takes out her anger and agression in karate class, believing that winning is everything.
13) Board rebel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Tanner moves to an exclusive new town he misses his old skate park, but with the help of the town bully and another new friend, Tanner thinks he can figure out a way to get a skate park built in Woodville.
14) Free throw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Since Derek is now the tallest player on his basketball team, the coach decides to have him play center but Jason, the former center, has little confidence in Derek and will not pass him the ball.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Aarash Husayni is starting his freshman year at Freemont Central High School, and even though he has been in the United States for six years he still feels like an outsider and mostly he tries to keep his head down and avoid the bullies;so when his fifteen-year-old cousin Ferhana and her friend Anton persuade him to join the wrestling team it is a big step--but his chief tormentor is also on the team, and Aarash has a choice: quit...
16) Mr. Strike Out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
David is a great baseball pitcher, but he always strikes out at bat until he learns about Babe Ruth and the importance of practice.
18) Football fraud
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"When DeSean Mitchell makes an embarrassing mistake while showboating in the end zone, he ends up costing his football team the game. In the final play, he's tackled and lies on the field in defeat. A teammate assumes he is hurt, and rather than face the shame of his mistake, DeSean fakes an injury. How long will DeSean let the deception go on?"--
19) Batter up!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Caleb, who has always used a wood bat, has to use an aluminum bat and struggles to hit the ball.
20) BMX bully
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Matt wants to make the Evergreen Racing Team but his chances are seriously threatened when a new boy moves to town and resorts to cheating in order to win.