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Series
My weird school daze volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
Author
Series
Go girl! (Feiwel and Friends) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Gemma is convinced that her gymnastics coach is punishing her for accidentally kicking him in the face when he yells at her and gives her extra strength exercises, but she is determined to improve.
3) The turnover
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather"--
4) Coaches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers explains how coaches teach kids skills they need to play sports. Includes a picture glossary"--
5) Leaving
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When offered the chance to audition for a Broadway musical in New York City. Bailey Flanigan is unable to pass up what she considers an opportunity of a lifetime. However, her boyfriend Cody is staying behind in Indiana to be close to his mother. Now in a big city all by herself, Bailey must embark on the latest chapter in her young life.
6) Soar
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
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.
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Language
English
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Description
For Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke University men's basketball team, certain words have special importance and force. Coach K uses them every day to energize, motivate, and teach his players how to be winners on the court and in every aspect of their lives. Now, in BEYOND BASKETBALL, he offers 40 short, hard-hitting essays-each centered on an important keyword and illustrated with anecdotes from his personal experiences-that educate and inspire....
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Language
English
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Mike Krzyzewski's eight trips to the Final Four and two national championships with Duke University make him one of the most successful college basketball coaches of all time. With Donald T. Phillips, the best-selling author of Lincoln on Leadership, Krzyzewski explains the techniques that have made his program so successful and offers advice on using those same strategies to excel in both your business and personal lives. Coach K's blueprint for...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Eighth-grader Ethan Isaac is looking forward to the soccer season, but he gets a shock when he finds out that their new coach is Ms. Brezinka, his tough seventh grade science teacher--some of the players quit the team, but Ethan does not have that option, and he soon learns that Ms. Brezinka is as demanding a soccer coach as she was a teacher.
10) The sixth man
Author
Series
Triple threat (John Feinstein) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
"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"--
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Language
English
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Description
"Roughly 45 million children each year play youth sports in the United States. A majority are coached by parent volunteers with good intentions, but little training. This lack of training and overemphasis on winning often results in poor outcomes, namely stress and frustration, for coaches and players alike. This can so discourage young athletes that they walk away from sports altogether. With this new guide for amateur parent coaches, Jennifer Etnier,...
14) The walk on
Author
Series
Triple threat (John Feinstein) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 first-string quarterback is not only a local hero, he is also son of the corrupt head coach.
15) Loving
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In the fourth and final chapter in the Bailey Flanigan Series, Bailey is planning her dream wedding to Brandon Paul in Los Angeles. But doubts are wracking Bailey's mind. Did she make the right choice in choosing Brandon? Or should she return home to Bloomington, Indiana and be with Cody Coleman, her first love?
16) McFarland, USA
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California's farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring...
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Language
English
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Feinstein returns to the subjects of his first 10 books (from his celebrated sagas of college basketball seasons to insider tell-alls on pro tennis, golf, and the Army-Navy football rivalry). He recounts the most revealing encounters he's had as a sportswriter.
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Language
English
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"From a woman known as "the Bill Belichick of cheerleading" (The Cut) comes a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of your life. In "Full Out," the breakout star of Netflix's "Cheer," Monica Aldama, shows how she built one of the most successful, beloved -- and now also the most famous -- cheerleading programs in the country. Coach Monica tells her story and shares her advice on leadership, achievement, resilience,...
19) Playing by heart
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Language
English
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Description
Lula Bowman has finally achieved her dream: a teaching position and a scholarship to continue her college education in mathematics. But then a shocking phone call from her sister, Jewel, changes everything. With a heavy heart, Lula returns to her Oklahoma hometown to do right by her sister, but the only teaching job available in Dunn is combination music instructor/basketball coach. Lula doesn't even consider those real subjects! Determined to prove...
20) Soccer sensation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Cameron believes his move to an undisciplined, small-town team will provide the excuse he needs to quit playing soccer, but perhaps this new team is exactly what he needs to make the sport fun again.
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