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Swing2018
Summary: "When America is not so beautiful, or right, or just, it can be hard to know what to do. Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first they've got to... more »- place hold (0)
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Rebound2018
Summary: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.- place hold (0)
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Toni2017
Summary: "Toni isn't Coach Wise's favorite player on Team Blacktop. Honestly, she's not even in his top five. And if she's being real, her own teammates keep siding with him during practice. But this isn't... more »- place hold (0)
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Justin2016
Summary: As a nerdy Oakland teenager tries to figure out his life, he and his best friend put together a basketball team to play the invincible crew from Ghosttown.- place hold (0)
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Janae2016
Summary: Janae works every day at her grandmother's Strange Goods Superstore, and every night, after closing up shop, she plays basketball with the boys, pushing herself to take her game to the next level.- place hold (0)
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Soar2017
Summary: Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.- place hold (0)
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Starry eyes2018
Summary: When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive.- place hold (0)
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Tangerine2001
Summary: Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.- place hold (0)
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Brawler2019
Summary: High school champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre does not mind his well-earned reputation as a loose cannon, but when he punches a referee he not only loses his chance at the state championships, he... more »- place hold (0)
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Gutless2016
Summary: "With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies from physical contact. When his issues get him cut from varsity, he also loses... more »- place hold (0)
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Here to stay2018
Summary: When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit,... more »- place hold (0)
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The prodigy2018
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Frank Baker is a golfing sensation. He's set to earn a full-ride scholarship to play at the university of his choice, but his single dad wants him to skip college and turn... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickBackfield boys2017
Summary: When best friends Tom and Jason leave New York City for an elite, sports-focused boarding school in Virginia to play football, they find some coaches and teammates to be steeped in racism.- place hold (0)
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The DH2016
Summary: Embarking on a baseball season marked by his parents' divorce, Alex is confronted by unexpected rival Matt, a disgraced athlete who has been given another chance after taking steroids and who wants to steal the affections of Alex's crush.- place hold (0)
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The sixth man2015
Summary: "New kid Max Bellotti has the talent to lead The Lions basketball team straight to victory, but Max he also has a secret that could disrupt their winning streak once it's exposed." --- place hold (0)
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The walk on2014
Summary: After moving to a new town his freshman year in high school, Alex Myers is happy to win a spot on the varsity team as a quarterback but must deal with idea of not playing for two years since the... more »- place hold (0)
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Rush for the gold : mystery at the Olympics2012
Summary: Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming.- place hold (0)
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Cover-up2007
Summary: Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.- place hold (0)
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Girls of July2019
Summary: Told from separate perspectives, four girls, Britta, Meredith, Kate, and Spider, only two of whom had met before, spending an unforgettable July with Spider's aunt in the Adirondacks.- place hold (0)
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Flying lessons & other stories2017
Summary: From basketball dreams and family fiascoes to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.- place hold (0)
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Broken beautiful hearts2018
Summary: Injured high school soccer star Peyton Rios escapes to a small southern town after an abusive relationship leaves her reeling, and meets someone new.- place hold (0)
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Game changer2018
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery--and... more »- place hold (0)
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The box in the woods2021
Summary: Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she's back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of... more »- place hold (0)
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Coming up for air2017
Summary: When high school senior Maggie realizes there is more to life than swimming, she may be placing her long-term friendship with teammate Levi and her hope of an Olympic tryout at risk.- place hold (0)
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Catching Jordan2011
Summary: What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though. She leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school... more »- place hold (0)
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Stealing Parker2012
Summary: Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She's on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she's made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her... more »- place hold (0)
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Defending Taylor2016
Summary: Taylor, a senator's daughter, was captain of the soccer team and contender for valedictorian at her private school, but gets kicked out, sent to a rival high school, and soon she is falling for her brother's friend Ezra.- place hold (0)
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Training camp2019
Summary: "The game will never be the same. Magic doesn|t seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. They|re the lowest-ranked basketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in... more »- place hold (0)
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Fast break2015
Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many... more »- place hold (0)
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Heavy hitters2014
Summary: Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him... more »- place hold (0)
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The batboy2010
Summary: Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.- place hold (0)
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The million-dollar throw2009
Summary: Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a... more »- place hold (0)
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The big field2008
Summary: When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.- place hold (0)
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Travel team2004
Summary: After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a... more »- place hold (0)
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First & then2015
Summary: Devon is a high school senior, wondering if she really wants to go to college, what to do with her cousin Foster (a freshman) who has moved in with her family in Florida, and whether she likes Ezra,... more »- place hold (0)
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Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe2020
Summary: Nineteen-year-old Sam's summer isn't off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip and now she's a counselor at Camp Blue Springs: the summer camp her... more »- place hold (0)
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Being Sloane Jacobs2014
Summary: Sloane Emily Jacobs and Sloane Devon Jacobs, from very different worlds but both with problem families, meet in Montreal where they will stay in the same hotel while attending camp, one for figure skating, the other for ice hockey.- place hold (0)
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Up for air2019
Summary: Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.- place hold (0)
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Hoops2012
Summary: A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.- place hold (0)
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Lu2018
Summary: "Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and... more »- place hold (0)
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