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2) On the ball
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Owen loves soccer, but isn't the best at playing it. After a particularly disastrous day on the field, Owen is benched. He is feeling so low that he doesn't notice the ball rolling away from him until it's too late. In his effort to get it back, he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes"--
6) Big kicks
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The town's soccer team knocks on Biggie Bear's door one day saying they need his help; however, once on the field Biggie realizes there is more to playing soccer than just being big.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nearly three weeks after starting to play soccer, Max shares his "expert" knowledge of clothing, warm-ups, cheering for his teammates--everything but actually kicking the ball.
8) Play ball!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a story about the childhood of New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, including being coached by his father to bat left-handed and how it leads right to the major leagues.
9) Jackie's bat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Joey, the batboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, learns a hard lesson about respect for people of different races after Jackie Robinson joins the team.
10) Family huddle
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An African American family in Cleveland, Ohio, listens on their new radio to the first game of the 1948 World Series, in which Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, won the game for the Cleveland Indians.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than the "lot" in her neighborhood, but so her auntie can be at her last game, she asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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