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War & watermelon
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Rich Wallace |
As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tens… |
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Wicked cruel
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Rich Wallace |
Three separate short stories, all set in the same New Hampshire town, in which boys explore the truth behind local urban legends as, for example, sixth-grader Jordan begins seeing a boy from his scho… |
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Benched
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Rich Wallace |
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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Blood brother
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Rich Wallace |
Through Daniels s poignant letters, papers, photographs, and taped interviews, authors Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murde… |
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Double-crossed at Cactus Flats
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Rich Wallace,Hazel Mitchell |
When young Archer and his partner, Bull, find a silver vein in the Arizona desert, they think they will be rich, but Cactus Flats is a town with many dangers and men waiting to double-cross them, and… |
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Dishes
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Rich Wallace |
Nineteen-year-old Danny spends an eventful summer in Maine, looking for romance, working as a "straight" dishwasher in a gay bar, and trying to reconnect with his estranged father. |
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Emergency quarterback
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Rich Wallace |
When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback. |
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Perpetual check
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Rich Wallace |
Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competetive tendencies. |
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Shots on goal
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Rich Wallace |
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league championship, fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush. |
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Sports camp
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Rich Wallace |
Riley feels like the smallest kid at sports camp. In fact, he is. He just turned eleven in April, but most kids here are twelve, and a few are even thirteen--and gigantic. It's hard enough for a shri… |
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Takedown #8 (Winning Season)
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Rich Wallace |
Strong, wiry, and lightweight, Donald seems to have the perfect combination of physical attributes for wrestling. And after seeing a high school wrestling match, he's excited to join Hudson City's mi… |
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Kickers
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Rich Wallace |
Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and fina… |
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Southpaw
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Rich Wallace |
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive… |
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One Good Punch
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Rich Wallace |
ASK ANYBODY AROUND East Scranton High School: Michael Kerrigan is almost too good to be true. Dedicated athlete, captain of the track team, editorial assistant (obituary writer) at the Scranton Obser… |
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The roar of the crowd
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Rich Wallace |
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for bei… |
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Wrestling Sturbridge
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Rich Wallace |
Welcome to Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, a small, dead-end town with nothing to do and no way out. At least that's how Ben, a high school senior and the second-best 135-pound wrestler in school, sees it… |
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Playing Without the Ball
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Rich Wallace |
Feeling abandoned by his parents, who have gone their separate ways and left him behind in a small Pennsylvania town, seventeen-year-old Jay finds hope for the future in a church-sponsored basketball… |
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