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Beat the buzzer and sink that three-pointer to win with Basketball Big Shots! From bestselling author Jake Maddox comes a collection that brings together three thrilling full-color graphic novels into one book. In A Taste for Victory, Hank tries to find balance and success with his two biggest passions in life-basketball and cooking. In Basketball Camp Champ, Ana goes to a summer basketball camp where she learns lessons both about her favorite game,...
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When the coach of his middle school summer soccer team retires Andre, his friend Cullen, and their teammates are horrified, and when their new coach implements some highly unusual training methods Cullen is so frustrated that he quits the team--but Andre sticks with it, hoping that there is method in the madness that will lead to a championship.
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IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Years before he became the star quarterback of the Bobcats, thirteen-year-old Alex Summers enjoyed throwing backyard passes to his best friend Oscar Matthews, but Oscar is an afterthought on the team, and now he has decided to quit football and join the school play instead; Alex feels betrayed and the boys' friendship is coming apart--and it will take an honest expression of their feels to save it.
4) Gear hero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Nelson Greenwood loves drawing superheroes, particularly the hero of his own comic book, Major Speed, modeled on Nelson's twin brother Nick, a skilled BMX rider--but when a crash knocks Nick out of a competition, and he suggests that Nelson take his place, Nelson is not sure he can summon the skills of Major Speed and compete against the best BMX riders, particularly Nick's nemesis, Cain Otto.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Now that twelve-year-old Anya is old enough to join her fourteen-year-old sister Marina on the fast-pitch softball team things are becoming tense between them: Anya has trouble catching her sister's pitches and resents Marina's criticism and being moved to the outfield, Marina is increasingly obsessed with her role as captain, and angry because Anya does not seem to take the game as seriously as she does--and with an important game coming up the sisters...
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IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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When twelve-year-old twins Lydia and Marco are invited to join their dance studio's jazz team, Lydia is thrilled but hip-hop-loving Marco worries about being the only boy on the team. Includes glossary, discussion questions, and information about dance.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Valentina is a great gamer. When a local esports team asks her to join them for an upcoming tournament, she's thrilled. But there's one problem-Valentina keeps trying to win the game on her own. The game relies on teamwork and strategy to succeed. Will she learn to hold back and work with her teammates to achieve ultimate victory?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Thema has always preferred books to video games, but when her younger twin brothers show her the battle game Shrinking Island Showdown she is hooked--and with her brothers help she plans to become good enough to compete in an esports competition.
13) Curling crunch
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Upset over her parents' divorce and her subsequent move to Minnesota, Maisie joins a curling team and begins to have a change of heart.
14) WCMX daredevil
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IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Davalyn Hart was born with spina bifida, but she is determined not to let that define her, and, being a daredevil, she has taken up the sport of wheelchair motocross; now that she has a brand new, specially designed, wheelchair she is ready to fly--until a bad fall while trying to impress another player shakes her confidence.
15) Hoops and hopes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to...
17) Surfing shake-up
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Rosie loves surfing at her Aunt Hazel's surfing school in Byron Bay, Australia, but this summer she is tasked with teaching her cousin Flora to surf although the two have never liked each other--and Rosie is finding it difficult to overcome her dislike.
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