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Frozen stiff
Par Sherry Shahan. 1998
For the three summers since her parents' divorce, Cody and her mother have stayed in a small Alaskan village. This…
year, Cody sneaks away for an overnight kayaking trip with her visiting cousin Derek. An advancing glacier turns the adventure into a terrifying experience. For grades 4-7The kid coach
Par Fred Bowen. 1996
When their baseball coach quits at the beginning of the season, the team decides that Scott could coach and play…
at the same time. After some disagreements, the teammates pull together and have a winning season. For grades 3-6. 1996T.J.'s secret pitch: An Allstar Sportstory (Allstar Sportstory Ser.)
Par Fred Bowen. 1996
Twelve-year-old baseball player T.J. is not very good at pitching until his grandfather shows him an unusual method perfected by…
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Rip Sewell. T.J. practices nonstop until he gets an opportunity to help his team. For grades 3-6Miss Nelson has a field day
Par Harry Allard. 1985
The notorious Miss Swamp, the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world, reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School. This…
time she wants to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game. For grades K-3. 1985Hans Brinker: or, The silver skates (The Children's illustrated classics)
Par Mary Dodge, Edna Cooke, Maginel Enright. 1993
In the winter Hans and his sister Gretel enjoy skating on frozen canals in Holland, even though they are so…
poor they have only clumsy, wooden skates. They would like to win the silver skates offered as the prize in a race. Originally published in 1865. For grades 4-7The goalie
Par Susan Shreve. 1996
Julie's mother died when Julie was three and her sister just a baby. Since then Julie, now in sixth grade,…
has made it a point to be the one her father depends on. When he begins dating the mother of a new boy in her class, Julie feels her world begin to crumble. The boy is even competing with her to be goalie on the soccer team. For grades 4-7My brother has AIDS
Par Deborah Davis. 1994
At thirteen, Lacy's main interest is qualifying for the regional swim meet. But a letter from her much older attorney…
brother, Jack, changes that. Lacy has known for some time that Jack is gay, but now he has AIDS and wants to come home. Lacy can't understand her parents' hesitation or their insistance on keeping the situation secret. For grades 6-9When Willard met Babe Ruth: a story
Par Donald Hall. 1996
Willard Babson, twelve, and his father, Sheridan, are great fans of baseball. One day as they are herding sheep down…
the road, a car runs into the ditch. In the car is Babe Ruth. Over the next twenty years, Willard's fascination with the Babe grows--and then they meet again. For grades 3-6Mary, by myself
Par Jane Smith. 1994
Ten-year-old Mary is having trouble adjusting to the crib death of her baby sister, Felicity. Mary's parents are concerned about…
her and hope that four weeks at summer camp will be good for her. At camp, Mary develops a relationship with Laura that proves helpful, but not in the way Mary expects. For grades 3-6The bridge to Cutter Gap (Christy Ser.)
Par C Archer. 1995
Christy Huddleston, nineteen, travels to her first teaching job at remote Cutter Gap in the Smokey Mountains. Her trip ends…
with a fall from the rickety, icy bridge leading to the village. After recovering from her bruises, Christy nervously begins her new job. For grades 5-8Infield hit
Par Thomas Dygard. 1995
It's not easy being the son of Ralph Stevens, one of the best third basemen who ever played major-league baseball.…
So Hal is relieved to move to a new town with his divorced mother because no one knows who his father is. The high school coach, also a former professional baseball player, tells Hal he's more suited for second base, even though Hal's father always encouraged him to play third. For grades 6-9The Toilet Paper Tigers
Par Gordon Korman. 1993
By the time Professor Pendergast shows up at a Little League meeting to pick his team, there are only nine…
players left--all rejects. The team soon learns the professor knows nothing about baseball and has volunteered to coach just so his visiting granddaughter will have children around! But the worst horror is the jive-talking, smart-aleck granddaughter from New York who blackmails the team into letting her coach them. For grades 5-8Going the distance
Par Mary Miller. 1994
Loren Monroe is looking forward to starting school with her new Florida friends when she learns her artistic parents are…
uprooting her once again. This time Loren will stay with her grandmother in Illinois while her parents go to Italy. Luckily there are twins next door to make friends with, and Loren joins the swimming team at her new junior high. Then she learns what her parents have in store for her next. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe fear place
Par Phyllis Naylor. 1994
Doug is camping with his geologist parents and his hateful brother Gordon in Colorado for the summer. When their parents…
have to fly out for an uncle's funeral, the brothers argue until Gordon stalks off to camp by himself on his favorite ridge. Days pass and Gordon doesn't return, so, despite his fear of the ridge, Doug is forced to look for his brother. A surprisingly friendly cougar helps him face the "fear place." Some strong language. For grades 4-7The magic finger
Par Roald Dahl, William Dubois. 1966
When an eight-year-old girl is cross, the forefinger on her right hand starts to tingle. The last time that happened,…
her teacher turned into a cat. Now she's put the magic finger on the whole Gregg family, next door, because she's angry with them for hunting animals. When the Greggs wake up, they realize they are tiny birds, and their house has been taken over by large ducks. For grades 2-4 and older readersPlay ball, Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia Ser.)
Par Peggy Parish, Wallace Tripp. 1972
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes everything she is told literally. One day when the neighborhood baseball team needs…
a replacement player for a game, Amelia volunteers. But when they tell her to steal bases, tag players, and run home, she gets confused. For grades K-3Soccer Sam (Step into reading. A step 3 book)
Par Jean Marzollo. 1987
Marco, Sam's cousin from Mexico, comes for a year-long visit. He loves sports, but he does not play basketball, or…
football, or baseball. Marco is a soccer star! He teaches the kids at school to play soccer too. For grades 3-6Wish you weren't here (Camp Confidential #8)
Par Melissa Morgan. 2018
Athletic, quiet Sarah loves Camp Lakeview and is psyched to be back for another summer in the sun. She gets…
along with everyone and never makes waves. But when Sarah meets the girls of bunk 4C, she’s in for a huge surprise: Phoebe, a classmate of hers from back home, has come to camp this summer! Phoebe’s friendly, sure, but . . . well, she’s from Sarah’s other life, her "real" life, the one she leaves behind when she heads off for Lakeview. And if Sarah isn’t careful, Phoebe could spill her secrets to the rest of the campers. Sarah could never live that downAlex's challenge (Camp Confidential #4)
Par Melissa Morgan. 2018
It's Alex Kim's fourth year at Camp Lakeview, so there's nothing mysteriousabout her. Everyone knows that she's a star athlete…
and an all-around leader, and if they don't, never-shy Alex will be more than happy to fill them in. But Alex is holding something back this summer, and her friends are beginning to notice. Can they figure out what's been bothering their friend before the summer ends?The grip
Par Marcus Stroman. 2023
In this first book in the semi-autobiographical middle grade series from MLB pitcher Marcus Stroman, a young baseball player learns…
that perfect games only come with a lot of practice—and some strikeouts. Young Marcus Stroman is determined to make it to the highest playing level he can, despite every coach telling him he's not tall enough to become a "real" pitcher. He'll show them...with some struggling and a whole lot of learning. It's easy to forget that for every professional sports player there was a kid just learning that sport, dealing with nerves during try-outs, dropping the ball when all their teammates are counting on them, and learning how to stay friends with someone who doesn't make the team. These hard lessons are universal whether in the majors or on a school playing field, and so are teamwork, competition, and believing in yourself