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Winter holiday (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1988
The Walker and Blackett children all come down with the mumps during their Christmas holiday. Quarantined in the house by…
the lake for an extra month, they set out on an imaginary adventure to the North Pole. Sequel to Peter Duck (DB 30557, BR 17522). For grades 4-7. 1933Playing for pizza: A Novel
Par John Grisham. 2007
Third-string quarterback Rick Dockery of the Cleveland Browns disgraces himself in a championship game and is fired. Dockery insists that…
his agent, Arnie, find him another job. When Arnie comes through, Dockery heads to Parma, Italy, where he faces culture shock. Bestseller. 2007Pigeon post (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1992
As the Walker, Blackett, and Callum children prospect for gold in the Lake District during their summer holiday, three carrier…
pigeons--Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho--keep Mrs. Blackett informed of the children's whereabouts. Sequel to Coot Club (RC 31634, BR 17524). For grades 4-7. 1936The big six (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2000
Members of the Coot Club, a bird protection society, are sailing on the Norfolk Broads when they are accused of…
setting boats adrift. The friends' clever detective work proves their innocence. Sequel to Secret Water (DB 33143, BR 17527). For grades 4-7. 1940Secret water (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1995
The Walkers are set for a camping trip when Commander Walker is recalled from leave. He lets the children go…
on their own, with supplies and an unmarked map, to an uncharted island. Sequel to We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (RC 15054, BR 17526). For grades 4-7. 1939Great Northern?: a Scottish adventure of Swallows & Amazons (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2003
John, Susan, Titty, Roger, Nancy, Peggy, Dorothea, and Dick are on holiday in the Hebrides when Dick discovers a pair…
of great northern divers. The children race to save the birds from an unscrupulous egg-collector. Sequel to The Picts and the Martyrs (RC 15071, BR 17530). For grades 4-7. 1947The desperado who stole baseball
Par John H. Ritter. 2009
California, 1881. Twelve-year-old Jack Dillon hopes to play baseball on his uncle's rough-and-tumble Dillontown Nine team. While crossing the desert…
on horseback, Jack encounters Billy the Kid and reads him a news clipping about the team's big-stakes challenge to the champion Chicago White Stockings. For grades 5-8. 2009Shooting star
Par Fredrick McKissack. 2009
Talented Jomo Rodgers finishes his first year on the varsity football team and draws the attention of the press and…
college scouts. After recruiters comment about his small size, Jomo tries steroids, becomes addicted, and struggles to maintain control of his life. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2009Snowboard champ (Matt Christopher)
Par Matt Christopher. 2004
Thirteen-year-old Matt looks forward to improving his snowboarding skills while he lives with his uncle in Dragon Valley. But eighth-grade…
snowboard star and class bully Riley starts a smear campaign that almost gets Matt arrested. For grades 5-8. 2004Catching waves (Matt Christopher)
Par Stephanie True Peters. 2006
Fourteen-year-old Kai Ford loves surfing in Southern California and respects the ocean's power. But he hasn't learned to respect people's…
privacy. Kai's curiosity about a former surfing star's identity conflicts with the star's desire to keep her background secret. For grades 4-7. 2006Trading places with Tank Talbott
Par Dori Hillestad Butler. 2003
Jason, who would rather work on his horror movie screenplay than learn to swim, finds an unlikely ally in Tank,…
the class bully, who is forced to take ballroom dance lessons. Soon a plan to switch places is put into action. For grades 4-7. 2003Lacrosse face-off
Par Stephanie True Peters. 2006
Sixth-grader Garry Wallis is embarrassed that his nonathletic, overweight brother Todd has joined his lacrosse team. When popular player Michael…
Donofrio starts picking on Todd, Garry is reluctant to defend his older sibling. For grades 4-7. 2006Yikes! Bikes! (Ready, Freddy!)
Par Abby Klein. 2006
Freddy's class is riding in a bike-a-thon to raise money for a pet shelter. Freddy bets Max, the class bully,…
that he'll ride more laps than him. But Freddy doesn't know how to ride a two-wheeler--and the race is only two weeks away. For grades 2-4. 2006Skateboard renegade
Par Paul Mantell. 2000
Zach Halper decides to bleach and spike his hair to please his skateboarder friends--a move that might not go over…
well at the exclusive private school where he will start seventh grade. He also can't afford it, but his nine-year-old sister has saved lots of money. For grades 4-7. 2000Dive right in (Matt Christopher Sports Fiction Ser.)
Par Robert Hirschfeld. 2002
Gymnastics has always been the most important thing in twelve-year-old Traci Winchell's life. Then her coach warns that she risks…
serious injury to her knees and should change sports. Traci takes up the challenge and begins training to be a diver. For grades 4-7. 2002Accidents of nature
Par Harriet McBryde Johnson. 2006
North Carolina, 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean, who has cerebral palsy, attends Camp Courage, where for the first time she meets other…
teens with disabilities. Her radical, new friend Sara directs an anti-telethon skit and changes Jean's perceptions of the normal world. Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2006Inline skater (Matt Christopher Ser.)
Par Robert Hirschfeld. 2001
Twelve-year-old Cris enjoys stunt skating with his best friend, Max, but he would like to learn roller hockey, a team…
sport that Max makes fun of. Cris worries that Max won't be his friend if he goes out for the hockey team. For grades 4-7. 2001The million dollar kick
Par Dan Gutman. 2001
Thirteen-year-old Whisper Nelson hates soccer, but she won a slogan contest that now requires her to kick a goal past…
a star player in front of the whole town. The prize is a million dollars. Self-styled computer nerd Jesse and Whisper's mentor come to her aid. For grades 5-8. 2001Bad girls, bad girls, whatcha gonna do? (Bad Girls Ser.)
Par Cynthia Voigt. 2006
Mikey Elsinger and Margalo Epps, best friends since fifth grade, help each other cope with ninth-grade problems. Margalo pursues her…
plans in drama while Mikey puts honesty above winning in tennis, and both girls aid their friends. Sequel to Bad Girls in Love (BR 14572). For grades 6-9. 2006Samurai shortstop
Par Alan Gratz. 2006
Tokyo, 1890s. After his uncle commits ritual suicide, Toyo enters an elite Western boarding school. But to understand his family's…
samurai tradition, Toyo trains in the old ways, which profoundly affects his baseball game and his relationship with his father. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2006