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Marie Alphin
The Perfect Shot
Brian uses
basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family
who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a
high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide
how far he should go to see justice served. Includes facts about
miscarriages of justice in American history.
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 Carol
Clippinger
Open Court
A
thirteen-year-old tennis prodigy grapples with her seemingly
incompatible desires to be an exceptional athlete and a normal
teenager.
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 Gene
Fehler
Beanball
Relates, from
diverse points of view, events surrounding the critical injury of
popular and talented high school athlete, Luke "Wizard" Wallace,
when he is hit in the face by a fastball.
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 Tim
Green
Football Genius
Troy, a
sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays
before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite
team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the
coach and players.
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 Mike Lupica
Summer Ball
Thirteen-year-old
Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and
against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
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 Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Off Season
High school junior
D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured
brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing
relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic
aspirations.
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 Robert B. Parker
Edenville Owls
Fourteen-year-old
Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II,
finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull
together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for
his old friend Joanie, and discover theidentity of the mysterious
stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
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 Megan
Shull
Amazing Grace
Tennis has a new
"it" girl and her name is Grace Kincaid. The only problem is --
Grace has suddenly realized that being a teen sensation isn't all
it's cracked up to be. With fame and fortune just a backswing away,
all she really wants is to be ... NORMAL!
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Gordon Korman
Pop
Lonely after a
midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school
quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired
professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose
childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water. |
 Paul Volponi
Rucker Park Setup
While playing in a
crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was
murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that
murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s
father and the police what really happened.
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