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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Aaron Hill has it all-athletic good looks and the many privileges of a star quarterback. His Sundays are spent playing NFL football in front of a televised audience of millions. But Aaron's about to receive an unexpected handoff, one that will give him a whole new view of his self-centered life. Derrick Anderson is a family man who volunteers his time with foster kids while sustaining a long career as a pro football player. But now he's looking for...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fly Guy joins Buzz's football team, despite Coach's misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play.
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Juan was a track star at his old school, so he's not sure what to expect when he's asked to join the football team in his new town. Right away, Juan thinks he's made the wrong choice. He can't catch, he can't throw, and one of the members of the team hasn't been making it easy for Juan to feel at home. Can the ex-track star learn his new sport in time for the biggest game of the season?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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.
10) Left out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see him--both on and off the football field.
11) Game changers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2008.
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!
13) Tumbleweeds
Author
Language
English
Description
Three friends from a small Texas town that thrives on Friday night football games try to move on after a fateful event colors each of their futures.
15) Dairy queen
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The biggest, toughest girl in school joins the football team and foils a sly fourth grader's attempts to win the affections of the snobbiest girl in the class.
18) Wildcats blitz
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Contains four stories about the fictional Wildcats football team.
20) Football genius
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
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.
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