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Game changers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game." "With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 19
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Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times,...
4) Bleachers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
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Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in southeastern Afghanistan. Though...
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Dairy queen trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
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The town on Naponee is barely a speck on the state map. It's most famous citizen and favorite son is a high school standout. Sid Malone, who went on to playbig-time football at the University of Nebraska. "Suicide" Side graduated with a heroic nickname, his left knee held together with spit and thumbtacks, and the stigma of having testified against his alma mater before an NCAA investigation committee.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 16
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One of the best quarterbacks in the history of college football traces his path to success, discussing his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
11) Lion & Lamb
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case. Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to...
12) Left out
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Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to his advantage and join the schools football team. But the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like Landon...
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"When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion...
14) Unstoppable
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
15) Football genius
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Series
Football genius novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
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Series
Chicago Stars volume 8
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Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired as his bodyguard, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.
18) The Underdogs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
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When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team-and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again-coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 80 percent of the city underwater, many wondered, Will the city ever come back? And with their stadium transformed into a makeshift refugee camp, forcing...
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Series
Pub. Date
2011, ©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Drake has to pass Mrs. Wray's history test if he wants to play in the football game. Drake is sure he handed Mrs. Wray the test. But when Mrs. Wray realizes Drake's test is missing, Mr. Zane tells her that he saw Drake in her room. Did Drake take his test to avoid getting a failing grade, or does someone else have a stake in whether or not Drake plays?
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