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Saturday night dirt: A MOTOR Novel (Motor Novels)
Par Will Weaver. 2008
While preparing for a special Saturday night stock-car race in a small Minnesota town, seventeen-year-old driver Trace Bonham suspects his…
dad's crew chief Larry Rawlins of sabotaging his car. Meanwhile another teenager, Melody "Mel" Walters, daughter of the Headwaters Speedway owner, checks on track conditions. For senior high readers. 2008Rucker Park setup
Par Paul Volponi. 2007
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend J.R. was murdered, Mackey tries…
to decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007The case of the stinky socks (The milo And Jazz Mysteries Ser. #1)
Par Lewis B Montgomery. 2009
Milo becomes partners with his new neighbor Jazz (short for Jasmyne) as detectives in training on a first case involving…
Jazz's teenage brother Dylan, star pitcher for the school team. Someone has stolen Dylan's lucky (and stinky) socks from his locker before an important baseball game. For grades 2-4. 2009Word nerd
Par Susin Nielsen-Fernlund. 2008
Seventh grader and social misfit Ambrose finds that correspondence courses and lots of free time allow him to finagle recently…
released criminal Cosmo--the landlord's son--into joining a Scrabble club. Becoming friends with Cosmo and improving his Scrabble game bring Ambrose unexpected adventures and acceptance. For grades 5-8. 2008Shift
Par Jennifer Bradbury. 2008
Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a…
fight—the cheap SOB won’t kick in any cash—and you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle, go home alone, and start college. Imagine you think your former best friend does too. Imagine he didn’t, that he was carrying more than $20,000 in cash the whole trip, and that now the FBI is looking for him. Imagine your world shifting. Some strong languageThey'll never catch us
Par Jessica Goodman. 2021
**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us , comes a…
new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—until a teammate’s disappearance throws their lives off course. "An utter page-turner. Goodman's voice is razor-sharp and keenly precise. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn!" — Tiffany D. Jackson NYT Bestselling Author of White Smoke and Grown Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is her life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she also lets herself have fun. She has friends. She goes to parties. She has a life off the course. The sisters do have one thing in common, though: the new girl, Mila Keene. Both Stecklers' lives are upended when Mila comes to town. At first, Ellie and Stella view the new star athlete as a threat. But soon Ellie can't help but be drawn to her warm, charming personality. After her best friend moved away and her first boyfriend betrayed her, Ellie's been looking for a friend to share her secrets. Stella finds herself noticing the ways she and Mila are similar. Mila is smart and strong—she's someone Stella can finally connect with. As the two get closer, Stella becomes something she vowed she'd never be: distracted. With regionals approaching and college scouts taking notice, the pressure is on. Each girl has their future on the line and they won't let friendships get in their way. But then, suddenly, Mila goes out on a training run and never returns. No one knows what happened, but all eyes are on the Steckler sistersHeadlock
Par Joyce Sweeney. 2006
High school senior Kyle, a former gymnast, is training to become a professional wrestler when the grandmother who raised him…
falls ill. Kyle sacrifices his budding career to care for her until his estranged mother decides to help, freeing Kyle to follow his dream. For senior high readers. 2006Silks
Par Dick Francis, Felix Francis. 2008
London barrister Geoffrey Mason, an amateur steeplechase rider, defends an acquaintance, professional jockey Steve Mitchell, against the charge that he…
murdered a competitor, Scot Barlow. One of Mason's former clients muddies up the case with threats. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2008Undercover (Laura Geringer Bks.)
Par Beth Kephart. 2007
Sophomore loner Elisa has a talent for observing the world and operates a business ghostwriting love letters for guys. As…
her parents' marriage disintegrates, Elisa escapes by ice-skating on the local pond. Theo, a client, begins joining her and they fall in love. For senior high readers. 2007Yellow flag
Par Robert Lipsyte. 2009
Seventeen-year-old Kyle comes from a family of NASCAR drivers. Kyle prefers playing the trumpet in a brass quintet, but when…
his racer brother Kris is injured, Kyle steps in. While helping his kin, Kyle becomes torn between racing and music--and two potential girlfriends. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Heat
Par Mike Lupica. 2006
Star pitcher Michael Arroyo is banned from Little League baseball because rival coaches don't believe he's only twelve years old.…
An orphan whose birth certificate is back in Cuba, Michael is on the run from social services because he fears separation from his seventeen-year-old brother, Carlos. For grades 5-8. 2006Stumptown kid
Par Carol Gorman. 2007
Holden, Iowa; 1952. Eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, improves his baseball game with the help…
of Luther Peale, who played in the Negro Leagues. Charlie also learns the meaning of both racism and heroism. For grades 5-8. 2005Peak (A Peak Marcello Adventure)
Par Roland Smith. 2007
A New York City SWAT team arrests fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello for scaling a skyscraper. A judge places Peak on probation…
and allows him to accompany his father, a famous mountain climber, to Tibet, where Peak hopes to be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. For grades 6-9. 2007The missing manatee: A Mystery About Fishing And Family
Par Cynthia C DeFelice. 2008
While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet goes out in his skiff along Florida's coastal channels, where he finds…
a manatee killed by a bullet. When he returns with a deputy sheriff, the manatee's body is gone. But Skeet works to unravel the mystery. For grades 5-8. 2005The stupendous dodgeball fiasco
Par Janice Repka. 2004
Eleven-year-old Phillip's dream of running away from the circus, where his father is a clown and his mother is the…
fat lady, comes true. He moves in with relatives in Hardingtown, Pennsylvania, unofficial dodgeball capital of the world--but life is far from normal. For grades 4-7. 2004Another kind of cowboy
Par Susan Juby. 2007
Sixteen-year-old Alex, a champion western rider, switches to riding dressage. At the stables he meets Cleo, a girl banished to…
boarding school by her Hollywood parents. Becoming friends, the teens search for identity--neglected Cleo by partying and closeted Alex by experimenting sexually. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007Game
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2008
Harlem. African American high school senior Drew Lawson aims to go to college and play basketball for the NBA despite…
his mediocre grades. Rivalry begins when Drew's coach favors Tomas, a new white teammate from Prague. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Title run (Nascar novel #4)
Par Anthony Hampshire. 2005
Race-car driver Eddie and his team vaulted up the standings of the North American Formula Atlantic Series, and one more…
win will give them the title. When Eddie is offered a long-term racing deal, he must decide whether to break up his team. For senior high readers. 2005Crime and punishment: A Collection of Short Stories (Vintage classics)
Par Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bill Meissner. 1993
An impoverished student, Raskolnikov, convinces himself that he is above the law and murders an elderly pawnbroker. But his subsequent…
guilt is overwhelming. Acclaimed 1992 translation into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky from the 1866 Russian original. Some violence. 1993Baseball crazy: ten short stories that cover all the bases
Par Nancy Mercado, Nancy E. Mercado. 2008
Ten authors write about hometown baseball and its players--good, mediocre, and bad. In Joseph Bruchac's "Ball Hawk," Mitchell, whose deceased…
father was a Native American and a great ball player, heeds his uncle's lessons and finally hits a long, high ball to an unusual catcher. For grades 4-7. 2008