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Fiction |
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (F BLO)
Paul Fisher, a stellar soccer player despite being legally blind,
finally comes into his own when his family moves to the strange town
of Tangerine, Florida. |
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Keeper
by Mal Peet (F PEE)
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero El Gato
describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events,
experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and
renowned soccer star. |
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Home of
the Braves
by David Klass (F KLA)
Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when
a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over
both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date. |
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Ironman
and others by Chris Crutcher (F CRU)
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an
anger management group at school which leads him to examine his
relationship with his father. |
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Why I
Fight by J. Adams Oaks (F OAK)
After his house burns down, Wyatt Reaves takes off
with his uncle, and the two of them drive from town to town for six
years, earning money mostly by fighting, until Wyatt finally
confronts his parents one last time. |
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The
Boxer by Kathleen Karr (HF KAR)
Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny
sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in
late nineteenth-century New York City. |
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Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver (F WEA)
In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday
night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable,
Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important
life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track. |
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Open
Ice by Pat Hughes (F HUG)
Hockey has been Nick Taglio's life since he was five years old, so
when a massive concussion benches him--possibly for good--everything
seems to fall apart, including his schoolwork, his family
relationships, his friendships, and his love life. |
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Iceman by
Chris Lynch (F LYN)
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence
on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his
parents. |
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Pinned by
Alfred Martino (F MAR)
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive
natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each
other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling
Championship. |
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Nonfiction |
A New
Generation of Warriors: The History of Mixed Martial Arts by
Jim Whiting (796.8 WHI)
Chronicles the history of mixed martial arts from ancient Greece to
the early twenty-first century, and looks at some of the skills used
in modern mixed martial arts. |
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Professional Bull Riders: The Official Guide to the Toughest Sport
on Earth by
(791.8 JOH) |
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photo-illustrated guide to professional bull riding that discusses
equipment and profiles famous riders and bulls, such as Justin
McBride, Chris Shivers, and Missy Oak Slinger. |
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| Biographies |
| David Beckham,
Pele,
Julie Foudy,
Cammi Granato, Wayne Gretsky,
Matt Hughes, Mario Lemieux, Jet Li,
Chuck Liddell, Michael Phelps, Venus & Serena Williams |
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