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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...
2) Skeleton Key
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 3
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
8) Trophy son
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A compelling, provocative novel about a father, his son, and the cost of early excellence in our achievement-obsessed society.
The third audiobook by New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt, Trophy Son tells the story of tennis prodigy Anton Stratis, from an isolated childhood of grueling practice under the eye of his obsessed father, to his dramatic rise through the intensely competitive world of professional tennis. Written with an insider...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Chelsea Handler meets Nora Ephron in this uproarious memoir from the acclaimed actress and comedian. Wentworth takes us through the looking glass and into the wonderland of her life, from a childhood among Washington's elite to a stint in the psych ward they called a New England prep school; days doing L.A. sketch comedy to a series of spectacularly failed loves that eventually led her to Mr. Right. Constant throughout is her mother, Muffie-- a flawlessly...
11) Ugly
Author
Publisher
VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his "ugly" stop him from focusing on what truly mattered."--
12) Some other now
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jessi is caught between two brothers as the three navigate family, loss, and love over the course of her seventeenth and eighteenth summers.
Jessi Rumfield spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had. Now it's been almost a year since Jessi visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone....
14) Open court
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old tennis prodigy grapples with her seemingly incompatible desires to be an exceptional athlete and a normal teenager.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Fletcher's sunny beach vacation with her nephew's family takes a dark turn in this new installment in the USA Today bestselling series. Jessica is delighted when her nephew Grady invites her to spend a few days with his family in an oceanside New York bungalow. She packs her bags and heads down to the city, ready to spend some quality time with Grady, his wife, Donna, and their young son, Frank. But the morning after Jessica's arrival, Donna...
17) I saw him first
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Dana loses the new boy she has a crush on to her manipulating best friend, her talk-show-host parents introduce her to a handsome young tennis star.
18) Game on
Author
Series
The Academy (Monica Seles) volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old tennis star Maya's dreams come true when she earns a scholarship to the Academy, a sports training facility/boarding school for teenaged athletes, but can she survive the constant drama of her talented classmates?
20) Teamwork
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Briefly discusses teamwork and how to be a good teammate. Includes specific instructions for basketball, football, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, soccer, and hockey.
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