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1) Sooley
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After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
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Billie B. Brown volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Come along with Billie as she sets out to prove that girls can play soccer too.
3) Beartown
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten...
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2019.
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Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
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A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success -- and after a series of disappointments and, to be honest, personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption...
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Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
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Simon and his older sister try out for the bubble ball team together, but they end up on opposing sides.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game." "With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all...
11) Jabari jumps
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
12) Olympic dreams
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High hurdles volume 1
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Thirteen-year-old DJ needs God's help in achieving her dream of getting a horse and competing as a show jumper in the Olympics.
14) Out of the blue
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High hurdles volume 4
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Fourteen-year-old DJ is faced with a complicated dilemma when the father that she's never met suddenly wants to become part of her life.
15) Fighting tackle
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Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
16) Moving up
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High hurdles volume 7
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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Now that the new house is completed, DJ realizes she's about to leave the only home she's ever known, and she's not ready to say goodbye.
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Guys read volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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A collection of sports stories featuring a distance runner, baseball player, a trophy, and football.
18) DJ's challenge
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High hurdles volume 2
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A new job for her mother and a possible move to another city threaten to part DJ from her horse.
19) In your shoes
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school, who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncles funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meetin the most unexpected way ... and it is the beginning of everything." --
20) Back Spin
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Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 4
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The boy was born and raised on the tony Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets. For Myron Bolitar, his client, golf superstar Linda Coldren, comes first--and that means unraveling the mystery of her son's kidnapping. But when Myron goes after the missing boy, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. And as Linda's golf-pro husband suddenly makes a run at the U.S. Open championship,...
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