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Dairy Queen

Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. cant help admitting, maybe hes right. When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isnt...
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Booked

Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award Long ListNew York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you ... In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel...
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The Final Four

Paul Volponi - Viking Juvenile
Format: Book

Four players with one thing in common: the will to win. Malcolm wants to get to the NBA ASAP. Roko wants to be the pride of his native Croatia. Crispin wants the girl of his dreams. M.J. just wants a chance. March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams left in the NCAA...
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Coming Up for Air

MIRANDA KENNEALLY - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Swim. Eat. Shower. School. Snack. Swim. Swim. Swim. Dinner. Homework. Bed. Repeat.All of Maggie's focus and free time is spent swimming. She's not only striving to earn scholarships -- she's training to qualify for the Olympics. It helps that her best friend, Levi, is also on the team,...
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Leverage

Joshua C. Cohen - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Book

The football field is a battlefield. There's an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High. It is paid on-and off-the football field. And it claims its victims without mercy-including the most innocent bystanders. When a violent steroid-infused ever-escalating prank war has devastating...
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Ghost

Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying...
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Tangerine

Edward Bloor - HMH Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition
Format: Hardcover

Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s not so blind that he can’t see there are some very unusual things about his family’s new home in Tangerine County, Florida. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the local school,...
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Heat

Mike Lupica - Philomel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Book

The #1 New York Times bestseller inspired by the true-life story of a former little leaguer. Twelve-year-old Michael Arroyo lives in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, home of his heroes, but a place that might as well be on a different continent since he can't afford to see the inside....
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BACKFIELD BOYS

JOHN FEINSTEIN - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

In Backfield Boys, "The best writer of sports books in America today" (The Boston Globe) tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.Renowned sports journalist and New York Times-bestselling author John Feinstein's young adult...
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Stupid Fast

Geoff Herbach - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Book

I AM NOT STUPID FUNNY. I AM STUPID FAST. My name is Felton Reinstein, which is not a fast name. But last November, my voice finally dropped and I grew all this hair and then I got stupid fast. Fast like a donkey. Zing! Now they want me, the guy they used to call Squirrel Nut, to try out for the football...
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The Running Dream

Wendelin Van Draanen - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Winner of the 2012 Schneider Family Book Award

Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live...
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