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Snowboard Duel Snowboard Duel Jake Maddox Hannah and Brian have the run of Snowstream, the cool winter resort where their parents work. But when the new manager takes over, her son, Zach, decides it’s time to make a different kind of change.… OL15037868W
Fly like an eagle and other stories Fly like an eagle and other stories David Mamet,Elizabeth Van Steenwyk This scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of t… OL15397060W
The Bears' blitz The Bears' blitz Highlights for Children A collection of sports stories by such authors as Isobel Morin, Rick Boyes, and Ann Bixby Herold. OL16038174W
Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown Megan McDonald After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel. OL16113672W
Three cheers for Errol! Three cheers for Errol! Babette Cole Errol the city rat uses his brain as well as his athletic ability when he competes in the Inter-school Ratathalon. OL1640823W
Calico Joe Calico Joe John Grisham Review Written by Bernie Weisz, Historian Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.A. September 30, 2012 Contact: [email protected] Title of Review: The Code of Baseball, A Ruined Childhood & A Trip Down Memory L… OL16628377W
Pongwiffy Back On Track Pongwiffy Back On Track Kaye Umansky When the witches put on a series of athletic events, Pongwiffy finally decides that it is time to get back into shape if she is going to take part. OL17410312W
Joy in Mudville Joy in Mudville Bob Raczka The day after Mighty Casey's strikeout, the Mudville Nine are in a crucial game when a relief pitcher--a girl--is sent in and quickly proves herself to the crowd using moves from football, tennis, an… OL17908587W
Training for Trouble Training for Trouble Franklin W. Dixon Frank and Joe check out a new combat sports facility and are nearly buried by the competition. OL18176320W
Future sports Future sports Jack Dann,Gardner R. Dozois An entertaining anthology of short fiction by some of speculative fiction's biggest names--including Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Alastair Reynolds, Howard Waldrop, Jonat… OL19170838W
Jia ting yun dong hui Jia ting yun dong hui Stan Berenstain The Bear family engage in competitive sports events while demonstrating to the reader the comparison of adjectives. OL19952584W
Papers in the wind Papers in the wind Eduardo A. Sacheri "When Alejandro "Mono" dies of cancer, his brother and two closest friends, a tight-knit group since childhood, are left to figure out how to take care of his young daughter, Guadalupe. They want to … OL19977829W
Fan Fan Rhodes, Danny (Fiction writer) In 1989, eighteen-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. His bl… OL20848471W
Moonbeam in my pocket Moonbeam in my pocket Ed Eriksson "Here is a sports-mystery novel about the Negro League, taking place in 1946 and narrated by the main character, Carl "Moonbeam" Slyder, second baseman for the fictional Jersey City Bluebirds ... the… OL24286875W
Rigby Literacy by Design Rigby Literacy by Design RIGBY 810 OL24345892W
Alex, un gros zéro? Alex, un gros zéro? Gilles Tibo Alex est découragé : il semble qu'il n'arrive plus à compter mille buts par jour et à faire gagner son équipe. Sa carrière de hockeyeur serait-elle terminée? Le garçonnet se met en quête d'un nouveau… OL28758742W
Old Mother Hubbard's dog takes up sport Old Mother Hubbard's dog takes up sport John Yeoman When Old Mother Hubbard criticizes her dog for being lazy, he begins playing a variety of sports, creating havoc around the house and leaving Old Mother Hubbard exhausted. OL3370050W
Cutting It Close Cutting It Close Marion Crook Jayleen lives for the rodeo. She's sure she can be the fastest amateur barrel racer in all of British Columbia, in all of Canada. Her coach, however, doesn't share this faith. Jayleen finds her he… OL3741334W
Breaking loose Breaking loose David Halecroft Star football player Matt Greene is pressured by his all-pro father, which may cost the Panthers their perfect record. OL4107827W
Quidditch Through the Ages Quidditch Through the Ages J. K. Rowling A history of the sport Quidditch, answering such questions such as where the Golden Snitch came from, or why the Wigtown Wanterers have meat cleavers on their robes. OL8119615W
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