Rich Wallace
Author
Series
Winning season volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Stuck in a small town where no one ever leaves and relegated by his wrestling coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by without challenging his friend and the future.
Author
Series
Kickers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Eleven episodes in the life of a young man, from sneaking into his tenth football game in a row with his best friend in sixth grade to running his last high school race, the Pennsylvania state championships.
7) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying to cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
8) Benched
Author
Series
Kickers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, having been benched for aggressive play during an important soccer game, tries to figure out how he can help his team earn a spot in the tournament from the sidelines.
9) Fake out
Author
Series
Kickers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Ben practices a new move that he hopes will help his soccer team make it to the league play-offs, but has trouble executing it on the field and worries he does not have what it takes to win.
10) Takedown
Author
Series
Winning season volume 8
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling but discovers that to win at the sport he must learn to control his temper.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.
12) Double fake
Author
Series
Winning season volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Two friends look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league.
14) Game-day jitters
Author
Series
Kickers volume 4
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs.
15) Shots on goal
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league championship, fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush.
16) One good punch
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Eigtheen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, writer of obituaries for the Scranton Observer and captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life--until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Frank, a teenaged ghost who has not been able to move on to a higher realm in the afterlife, tries to connect with his younger brother Herbie, a high school senior who was eight years old when Frank died.
18) Sports camp
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.
19) Curveball
Author
Series
Winning season volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade baseball player Eddie Ventura listens to the sports announcer's voice in his head and gets into trouble when he writes a series of articles for the school paper.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 10
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
As his own self-confidence grows, seventh-grader Dunk learns to be supportive both on and off the basketball court when his friend Jared goes through a difficult time, even though Jared's failure would provide Dunk more opportunities to prove himself.