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Author
Series
Summer lifeguards volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
With help from her friends and her showbiz enthusiasm, thirteen-year-old Selena Diaz balances her busy summer schedule with junior lifeguard training.
3) Check & mate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...
4) The showdown
Author
Series
Saddlehill Academy volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Aladdin edition.
Language
English
Description
Abby is worried her unmasked blackmailer will expose the one secret she cannot risk getting out, and to make matters worse, the drama is affecting her performance on Beau, putting her place on the team in jeopardy.
5) Champions
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tadpole Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
In this book, beginning readers are introduced to the basketball court, rules of play, and basketball equipment and gear. High-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns work together with strong visual references to support the earliest readers and create a fun first nonfiction reading experience.Basketball includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers, a Let's Review! question and image, and introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a...
7) La natacion
Author
Series
Publisher
Tadpole Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
In this book, beginning readers are introduced to swimming, the floats, strokes, and dives involved, and equipment and gear, such as the lap pool, swimsuits, and goggles. High-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns work together with strong visual references to support the earliest readers and create a fun first nonfiction reading experience.Swimming includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers, a Let's Review! question and image, and introductory...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who possessed the ideal combination of stamina and speed, attributes...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds - on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world pinnacle of her sport and became an inspiration to many." - Billie Jean King In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-white, upper-crust US Lawn Tennis...
Author
Series
Fergus and Zeke volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Class pets Fergus and Zeke, who like to do everything the students do, go outside for Field Day only to find none of the sports are suitable for mice, so they come up with their own events and then discover they have been locked out of the classroom.
12) Slugfest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--
13) Simply the best
Author
Series
Chicago Stars volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Brett, the hottest sports agent in the business, and Rory, the sister of his superstar client, meet and have a disastrous one-night stand, resulting in murder, they find things getting messy, dangerous, heartbreaking and sexy as they struggle with themselves, each other and love.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history-and present-of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on...
Author
Publisher
The Child's World, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn about the key people, exciting finishes, and upsets that have more than 100 million viewers tuning into the Super Bowl each year. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a glossary, sources for further research, an introduction to the author, and a listing of source notes. Author/Illustrator biography Index Informative...
Author
Publisher
The Child's World, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn about the World Cup through the eyes of players, fans, and coaches. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a glossary, sources for further research, an introduction to the author, and a listing of source notes. Author/Illustrator biography Index Informative sidebars Primary-source text Sources for further research...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the de Leyer family buy an eighty-dollar horse for their riding school, they are surprised to discover the gelding they named Snowman has an incredible talent for jumping--a gift that would eventually make him an internationally recognized show-jumping champion."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hands-on, illuminating deconstruction of NBA basketball, tracing the tactical evolution of the modern game
As the NBA celebrates and surpasses 75 years of existence, today's game looks nothing like it did in generations past when Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took turns ruling the league. But it's also entirely different from a decade—even half decade—ago.
Today's stars enter the league with more...
As the NBA celebrates and surpasses 75 years of existence, today's game looks nothing like it did in generations past when Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took turns ruling the league. But it's also entirely different from a decade—even half decade—ago.
Today's stars enter the league with more...
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