Rich Wallace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as (3z(BBloody Lowndes,(3y (Ban extremely dangerous area for white freedom fighters, to assist civil rights workers. Five months later, Jonathan Daniels was shot and killed while saving the life of Ruby Sales, a black teenager....
2) Hoops shadow
Author
Series
Publisher
Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Do you believe in ghosts? Stu sure doesn't. But while practicing for basketball tryouts, he meets a young boy wearing a retro jersey. He helps Stu with his form but disappears when Stu starts asking questions. Could the school gym be Haunted?" -- Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Stu gets lost in the woods just as night closes in, he know he should just sit still and wait for morning because there is a flooded quarry nearby--but when he hears a boy calling for help he follows the sound, ignoring the dog that is trying to steer him in the opposite direction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Stu hears a voice calling him late at night, follows it to the haunted house down the road, and sees the ghost of a boy who was murdered fifty years before, he feels compelled to find out why the ghost is reaching out to him--even if it means risking his own life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stu and his friend Dan are hiking in the forest when a rainstorm leads them to seek shelter in a haunted hunting cabin, which suddenly bursts into flames in the middle of the night. The boys escape with their lives, but when Stu returns in the day he finds the cabin apparently untouched by fire, but in the possession of a ghost that clearly does not want company.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 1
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback.
8) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
9) Curveball
Author
Series
Winning season volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade baseball player Eddie Ventura listens to the sports announcer's voice in his head and gets into trouble when he writes a series of articles for the school paper.
10) Technical foul
Author
Series
Winning season volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.
11) Double fake
Author
Series
Winning season volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Two friends look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 7
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
13) Fast company
Author
Series
Winning season volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When sixth-grader Manny Ramos, one of the fastest runners on the youth football team, joins the new track club, he hopes that his light weight will be a benefit in racing against more experienced guys.
14) Takedown
Author
Series
Winning season volume 8
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling but discovers that to win at the sport he must learn to control his temper.
15) Shots on goal
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league championship, fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush.
16) Sports camp
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.
Author
Series
Kickers volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the fake out.
18) Kickers: benched
Author
Series
Kickers volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben learns some lessons in self-control and sportsmanship when his behavior on the soccer field gets him sent to the bench.
19) Game-day jitters
Author
Series
Kickers volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."
20) The ball hogs
Author
Series
Kickers volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.