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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Jason never turns down a dare, which has gotten him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time about their 'baby bikes' they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX is way harder than he thought. If he can't learn to ride before the competition, this dare will be his last.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Dylan has been looking forward to the Midwinter Meltdown Tournament for months. He knows this will be the year his team dominates. But when a wrist injury takes him out of the game, everything changes. Even though Dylan's wrist is starting to heal, he knows he shouldn't play. Can Dylan be part of the team if he is stuck on the bench?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Flatte County got its name for a reason: It's flat as a pancake. So even though Jonah and his little brother, Shawn, brought their mountain bikes to Grandpa's house, there's nowhere to do cool tricks..... Except Crooked Hill, but Grandpa says there's a curse on the Crooked Hill that makes riders wipe out. Shawn ends up missing, will Jonah risk the ride of his life to save his little brother?
4) On the line
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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After Evan's older brother, Chris, breaks his leg skateboarding, their parents decide the sport is too dangerous. They ban skateboarding for the whole family. But Evan loves skateboarding too much to quit. When his grandma discovers he's been skating in secret, Evan knows he has a choice to make. He has to decide what's more important: doing what he loves or telling his parents the truth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Sixth-grader Max Stinson is tired of being bullied by Harold Weime and looking forward to a summer in the local paintball league to work off some of his frustration, but he soon learns that anger is not a winning attitude, especially when you take it out on the people around you.
8) Face-off
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
9) Cowboy up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Jake is the best bull rider in his division, but after he finally takes a bad spill during a competition he has to overcome his fear before he can ride again.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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For the past two years, since attending a Choctaw Nation powwow with his family, thirteen-year-old Tobias has secretly been teaching himself how to hoop dance, but once his secret gets out, he must decide if he wants to share his dancing at the spring talent show.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
13) Speedway switch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
14) Free throw
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
15) Rodeo challenge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.
16) Hoop hustle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.
17) Soccer shake-up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
18) Mr. Strike Out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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David is a great baseball pitcher, but he always strikes out at bat until he learns about Babe Ruth and the importance of practice.
19) Caught stealing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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When his father's valuable signed baseball disappears during the team's sleepover, Ian Shin, catcher for the Scottsville Knights, suspects the new pitcher, Hunter Yates, but he cannot be sure, and his trust in his teammates is shattered--so he must uncover the truth to bring the team back together.
20) Batter up!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Caleb, who has always used a wood bat, has to use an aluminum bat and struggles to hit the ball.