Fred Bowen
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Daley loves baseball. He loves playing for the Red Sox in the Woodside Baseball League. He loves playing short stop. Most of all, he loves to win.
So Jake is excited when new kid Adam Hull joins the team. Adam can do it all—pitch, hit and field. But soon Jake's excitement beings to fade. As the Red Sox rack up win after win, Adam's talents dominate every game. Jake can't help but wonder:
Do he and the other players even matter?
So Jake is excited when new kid Adam Hull joins the team. Adam can do it all—pitch, hit and field. But soon Jake's excitement beings to fade. As the Red Sox rack up win after win, Adam's talents dominate every game. Jake can't help but wonder:
Do he and the other players even matter?
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st Revised ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Brendan, the best player on a losing baseball team, learns a lesson from a Chicago Cubs all-star about the true value of the game. Includes facts about pitchers, especially Ernie Banks.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade soccer forward Nick Osborne and his teammates are highly competitive but, with help from his soccer-playing aunt, Nick begins to see that good sportsmanship is more important than winning. Includes a recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookiesand the real story behind the novel.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a videorecording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth. Includes facts about a similar situation faced by Cornell University's team after a game with Dartmouth in 1940.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st rev. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When they lose their coach, Scott and his teammates decide that he should try his hand at coaching, but it takes teamwork and the efforts of a player they call "Brain" to produce a winning season.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tyler's hope that his soccer team will be undefeated is dashed when his friend Zack, the team's star midfielder, and two more of the Cougars' best players accept an offer to play for an elite travel team.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st rev. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not. Includes facts about Michael Jordan and Bill Russell.
10) On the line
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st Revised ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Worried that his inability to make free throws is making his junior high basketball team lose games, Marcus learns an unconventional underhand shooting method from a friendly custodian but is not sure he wants to use it. Includes a history chapter discussing great basketball players who have used the underhand toss.
11) Off the rim
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st Revised ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Unhappy with his inability to score for his middle school basketball team, Chris takes lessons from his friend Greta's mother, who played in high school, and develops a good sense of teamwork. Includes a brief history of basketball.
12) Full court fever
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st Revised ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With help from a new student and inspiration from an old magazine article, the players on Michael's seventh-grade basketball team hope to overcome their shortness and win their game against the eighth graders. Includes facts about the UCLA Bruins and their use of the full-court press.
13) Go for the goal!
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Josh joins an elite travel league soccer team on which the individual members are all talented but not playing well as a team, so their coach suggests that they do some team-building exercises.
14) The golden glove
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
1st revised ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Jamie, a twelve-year-old shortstop, loses the glove that "magically" helped him make fantastic catches, he wonders whether it was the sole secret of his success. Includes a history of baseball gloves.
15) Extra Innings
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
A baseball book full of on the field action perfect for middle grade readers.
"Strike one is the best pitch in baseball." Mike loves pitching, and he loves knowing his team counts on him to deliver wins. But Mike's father starts to worry that Mike is getting too carried away with baseball and not spending time working at after school jobs and developing a sense of responsibility. Can Mike and his father reach a compromise in order to let...
"Strike one is the best pitch in baseball." Mike loves pitching, and he loves knowing his team counts on him to deliver wins. But Mike's father starts to worry that Mike is getting too carried away with baseball and not spending time working at after school jobs and developing a sense of responsibility. Can Mike and his father reach a compromise in order to let...