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Dairy queen trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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High school junior D. J. Schwenk staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
3) Tangerine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Description
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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Puffin is proud to publish...
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Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
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.
6) Payback time
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
7) Stupid fast
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.
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Hundred Oaks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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Jordan Woods is the female captain and quarterback of her high school football team and is fine with being treated like "one of the guys," as long as she lands an athletic scholarship for college, but when a new kid shows up, Jordan gets competition for her starting position and discovers she is developing a crush.
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Football genius novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
11) The Lost
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Detective Tom Moon and his multi-talented team face off against an international crime ring looking to seize control of America's most vibrant city, Miami. The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's back yard. He's always kept it local, attending University of Miami on a football scholarship, and, as a Miami PD officer, protecting the city's most vulnerable. Now, as the new leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian," it's his mission to...
12) Gym Candy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has every really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold on to his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
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Football genius novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy always dreamed of meeting his father, but when the man finally appears his mother's anger, his father's shady business dealings, and Troy's own feelings make the reunion difficult and confusing.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times,...
15) QB 1
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
16) November blues
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Jericho trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin, who gives up a promising music career to play football during his senior year in high school.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"Longing, book three in the Bailey Flanigan Series, picks up where Learning ended. After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever. Meanwhile, Cody's work coaching a small-town...
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Dead is-- volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In the beach town of Nightshade, California, home to both human and supernatural beings, the Giordano sisters find summer employment and uncover mysteries involving doppelgangers and oversized football players.
19) Moxie: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.
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A compendium of information about football, explaining the field, the rules of the game, and the different tasks of the offense, defense, and individual members of the team; discussing the importance of motivation and physical fitness; and listing the author's top ten choices of players, coaches, and teams.