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1) Left out
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
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
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
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his mother's job forces them to move to a rural area, Mason joins the Clearwater Middle School football team and finds that it will be up to him to teach them how to win.
7) On the line
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
8) Kid owner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
9) Game changer
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma. Told through dialogue, text messages, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts.--
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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.
12) Triple threat
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle loves football almost as much as she loves her father but when she joins the Orville Middle School football team, not all of the boys, or parents, are pleased.
13) Football genius
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
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.
14) Yard war
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Trip Westbrook lives in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964 and discovers the underlying racism in his family and neighborhood when he invites his maid's son Dee to play football in the yard.
15) Gridiron bully
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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?
16) Two-minute drill
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
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2009.
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.
19) Football hero
Author
Series
Football genius novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.
20) Catch that pass!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1969]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows Jim will be the star linebacker on the team if he can only conquer his fear of being tackled, but it takes a boy in a wheelchair to teach him that kind of courage.
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