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1) Left out
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to his advantage and join the school{u2019}s football team. But the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anton loves playing football until Malik, the talented quarterback, starts acting strange. Instead of working with the team, Malik is just showing off. He's hogging the ball, and the team is starting to lose. Anton thinks it has something to do with the tall guy in sunglasses who keeps showing up to their games. But who is he, and why does Malik care what he thinks? Anton has to fix the problem fast, before the quarterback ruins everything!
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Newcomer linebacker Logan Meltzer recently moved to Westfield and joined the Wildcats team, but now must choose his loyalties when the Wildcats play against his old team, the River City Cyclones.
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Jackson has a rough start in middle school, with bullies on the bus, few classes with his friends, and changes at home but some good teachers, meeting a girl, joining a club, and playing football soon turn things around.
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fly Guy joins Buzz's football team, despite Coach's misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play.
10) Football champ
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
11) Football genius
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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.
14) First team
Author
Series
New kids novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The companion novel to New Kid, where Brock is in another new town after being on the run with his dad again, and this time, he joins the football team"--
15) Between Sundays
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
16) Last man out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
17) The off season
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
High school junior D.J. 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.
18) Fantasy league
Author
Publisher
Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
12-year-old Charlie is a fantasy football guru. He may be just a bench warmer for his school's football team, but when it comes to knowing and loving the game, he's first-string. He even becomes a celebrity when his podcast gets noticed by a sports radio host, who plays Charlie's fantasy picks for all of Los Angeles to hear. Soon Charlie befriends the elderly owner of the L.A. Bulldogs -- a fictional NFL team -- and convinces him to take a chance...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
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