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Seventh-grader Darius Livingston is the star running back for his team, but what he really wants to do is play quarterback, and now that his team's season has been cancelled for lack of players, he may get a chance with the eighth-grade team, especially after both their quarterbacks are injured--but first he must remember that football is a team sport, and stop trying to impress. Includes discussion questions, and writing prompts.
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"Luis "Lucky" Martinez is the new kid on River Valley Junior High's JV soccer team. But his goalie skills aren't the only thing being tested. When a school talent show opens for auditions, Luis will find out if he's inherited his abuela's musical skills.Can Luis juggle both, or will he have to choose which of his passions to save: soccer or music?"--
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"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...
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Eight-grader Bristol loves snowboarding, but her double vision makes doing the tricks challenging, and the Paralympic Committee does not recognize her particular disability so her opportunities for competition are limited--she would love to participate in the PowderX Games, but her parents announce that to do that she must do well on an upcoming exam.
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Twins Domingo and Carmen Rivera are ready for the big Camp Rivals Race, when the four camps compete in an annual cross-country running competition, but this year there are problems: in the boys' race there is a pile-up, and Andy, Domingo's old friend, manages to prevent him from winning--but when Andy sends a text warning Carmen to watch out in the girls' race the twins become convinced that some of the other kids are cheating by working together...
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"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 theshame of his mistake, DeSean fakes an injury. How long will DeSean let the deception go on?"--
10) Hoops and hopes
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"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to...
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"Seventh-grader Gabriella Carter, goalie for Stratford Park Middle School, was given the treasured medal of professional soccer star Shaune Covington to hold for a week, but now it has disappeared from her backpack; clearly somebody took it, and it is up to Gabriella and her friends to gather clues, check alibis, and figure out who took the precious medal--and why"--OCLC.
12) Off base
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"Jayden is only one stolen base away from the school record, when he is suddenly kicked off the team, accused of cheating on a math test, and the 'proof' is found in his locker; apparently someone is trying to prevent him from setting the record by framing him, and he enlists the help of Lindsey, the school reporter, to gather clues and figure out which of his teammates has it in for him--and do it before the final game"--OCLC.
14) Cheer fears
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Soon-to-be eighth graders and close friends Robert, Maryam, and Kylie are excited to be at sleepaway cheer camp this summer, even after they find out that their cabin is supposed to be haunted; ghost stories are fine, but than the pranks start, and the accusations start flying--Robert is the only one in the whole cabin who has not been pranked, so he figures that he better figure out who is responsible before he gets the blame.
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Thirteen-year-old Aniyah's mother and all of her aunts went to historically Black universities and were drill and step team members, but Aniyah does not like performing and has avoided stepping, until her friend Stacy convinces her that now they are entering eighth grade they should both join the school step club which does not compete; Aniyah discovers that stepping can be fun--but when the club decides to enter a competition all of Aniyah's fears...
16) Baseball blowup
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Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his teammates are not always pleased with the ideas he comes up with--until he uses science to come up with a winning pitch, the knuckleball.
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Mia and Deshawn are not excited by a surprise stop at Maximum Caverns during a family vacation, but when their guide, Raven, is injured, the siblings must navigate an advanced route and summon help. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about spelunking.
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Twelve-year-old Carly, determined to convince her family she is well after a serious illness, hides that she feels tired while mountain climbing with her father and brother but an injury puts her to the test. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about mountain climbing.
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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.
20) River race
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Nate, Selena, Tyson, and Alicia are ready for summer, but when Nate convinces everyone to join a white water rafting race, the group's teamwork is put to the test.
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