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41) Winners take all
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
42) Beast in show
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After Julia and her dog Huxley enter a very unusal dog show they quickly realize the challenges of competing against fire-breathing, levitating, extraterrestrial pets, but good-natured Huxley gives it his all.
45) Bravo, Mia!
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mia's chances of skating in regionals are threatened by a family crisis, but she determines to face the possibility that she won't get to compete with determination and grace.
48) Tumble bunnies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Feeling inept in the team sports scheduled for his school's Gymboree, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the "twirly burly."
49) Double trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Isabella Clemente plays second base on Peabody's softball team. The team has won two championships in a row! But this season the team is faltering. When Isabella lashes out at her teammates, Coach Dawson points out that it is easy to be a good sport on a winning team. Can Isabella support her team when its season will be a losing one? What does she truly value?" --
50) Technical foul
Author
Series
Winning season volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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
Series
Nellie Sue books (Rebecca Janni) volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nellie Sue enjoys the county fair, but cannot wait to compete against the reigning champion of the bicycle rodeo, A.J. Picket.
Author
Series
Howard B. Wigglebottom books volume 10
Publisher
Thunderbolt Pub. We Do Listen Foundation
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Howard B. Wigglebottom likes to win, but he learns that nobody wins all the time. Howard learns how to become a teamplayer when his soccer team makes it to finals.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Facing up to a cheater at an elite soccer day camp and some difficult events at home helps eleven-year-old Lucy do some growing up during a summer which, while very different from the one she imagined, turns out to be just right.
Author
Series
Publisher
Night Sky
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Things start out fine when Rainbow Fish and his friends organize an impromptu sports day, but Spike is a sore loser, Puffer is a poor winner, and no one has any fun until Dyna finds a solution.
58) Tryout trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Katie Flanagan is a star striker on Peabody's soccer team. Her strength is in her legs! When she tries out for the basketball team, she finds that her upper body is not as strong. Then Katie is bullied by another girl for her performance. Can Katie balance her strengths and weaknesses to find success? And are good teams made of only the best players?" --
59) Good sport Gwen
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gwen learns that being a good sport means helping people on your team whether it is for soccer or the spelling bee.
60) Kickers: benched
Author
Series
Kickers volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben learns some lessons in self-control and sportsmanship when his behavior on the soccer field gets him sent to the bench.
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