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Lucy and her family are skating on an outdoor rink when she sees a game of hockey going on. It looks like fun, but maybe too challenging. Supported by her parents, Lucy enrolls in an introductory hockey clinic, and thanks to an encouraging instructor, she and her friends learn basic hockey skills, have fun on the ice and decide to add hockey to their list of favorite sports!

Julia and her swim team struggle with a new strict coach, but she is determined to make a big splash regardless in this buoyant chapter book for ages 7 and up. For fans of Mindy Kim and Jasmine Toguchi. Julia is dismayed to learn that Coach Marissa has to leave the Vipers swim team for an urgent...

Après avoir essuyé des refus répétés de la part de ses parents, à neuf ans, le petit Tristan effectue enfin son entrée dans le monde du hockey organisé. Fier membre des Pumas de Saint-Boniface, il est sélectionné dans une équipe de calibre atome A. Tristan vivra ses débuts dans le monde du hockey mineur avec la déception que sa mère n'assiste jamais à ses parties et connaîtra aussi l'angoisse de ne pas être capable d'attacher ses patins seul.

Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for 12-year-old Legacy, it’s the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. That’s all about to change when she hears about Silla’s tournament. Silla, the ruler of Nova, hosts an annual tournament for the less fortunate of her citizens to prove themselves and win entrance to the Academy, where they can train to compete at nationals. The prize is Silla’s favor and enough cash to keep open the orphanage, and Legacy has her heart set on both.

Leo has become a star in the Youth Premier League and one of the brightest young players in the world. But he faces his greatest challenge yet when he joins his junior national team and tries to lead an underdog soccer squad from the United States to victory in the greatest tournament of all for...

Mravenec s puntíčkovanou červenou pentlí kolem krku si ví vždycky rady! I tehdy, když se mu zdá, že jeho druzi v mraveništi nejsou dostatečně fyzicky silní. Tak rád by, aby jim šla všechna práce od ruky a navíc aby všude vyhráli a nikdo je neporazil. A kdo se nepřichomýtne? Brouk Pytlík. "Cvičit, povídám, cvičit! Já to viděl v biografu..." Začátky nebyly lehké. Mudrlant chtěl nad běháním zvítězit přemýšlením, Napucánek si hodil kámen rovnou nad hlavu, a kdyby neutekl, bylo by po něm. Ani královna mraveniště nebyla z Ferdova snažení nadšená.

Samantha’s story begins with the first book in her series. Samantha is a wealthy orphan growing up in 1904. Her grandmother is raising her as a proper young lady with the best of everything. Still, Samantha is lonely. When her Uncle Gard comes to visit with his friend, Miss Cornelia Pitt, and...

Alex Frankovitch is the smallest kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Alex knows he’s gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with the best player—and BIGGEST jerk—in the whole school. Can Alex talk his way...

Coco doit se racheter de sa mauvaise conduite. Tricher lors du tournoi n’était pas une très bonne idée, finalement. Afin de sortir de la prison dans laquelle il a été enfermé, il devra faire preuve de courage, de détermination et surtout, il devra monter une équipe de feu pour remporter un match bien spécial... Sera-t-il à la hauteur ? C’est ce que vous découvrirez en ouvrant le tome 4 des aventures de Coco La Batte !

When a run-in with the local bully means the boys risk losing their beloved dog, they hatch a plan to keep him safe. They'll take him to live with their grandmother in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He'll be safe there, and Grandma—who lives off the grid—will benefit from the companionship. But first they've got to figure out exactly where in the mountains she is. Following clues left in postcards and pictures and using their keen senses of deduction, they finally find her tract of land. But when they get there, they discover that a group of developers is trying to bully her off her property.

The big man went to the window and looked down at it all, spreading his large hands on the glass. "No," he said. "It found me." When Paul Faustino of LA NACION flips on his tape recorder for an exclusive Interview with El Gato - the phenomenal goalkeeper who single-handedly brought his team the World Cup - the seasoned reporter quickly learns that this will be no ordinary story. Instead, the legendary El Gato ("The Cat") quietly narrates a spellbinding tale that begins in a mythic corner of the South American rain forest, where a ghostly but very real mentor, the Keeper, emerges to teach the gangly boy....

Brushing your teeth with a stick! Pooping in the woods! Stink and his friends are raring to learn all that and more in Survival Scouts. Wait! What? Survival Scouts is for boys only? No fair! So with Riley Rottenberger (aka the Great Golu) at the helm, Stink and his friends decide to form their own troop of nature explorers: the Big Bad Badgers. There will be badges to earn, climbing-up ceremonies, and awards to win.

*Soon to be a Major Motion Picture!* Retired Navy SEAL and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jocko Willink takes on one of the biggest issues Warrior Kids have to face—their own egos!—in this compelling and relatable illustrated middle grade novel. A new summer brings new challenges...

When Kenny's anger problem gets out of control, his father signs him up for karate lessons. But even in karate class, Kenny can't get a grip on his temper. He's getting a reputation for being angry. With help from his karate teacher, will Kenny be able to calm down long enough to focus and win?

Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley, the new girl in his class, isn't exactly what he has in mind.

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. For as long as ZJ can...

The Sports Pages, the third volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these...

Perfect for fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World: a heartfelt coming of age story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that...

Award-winning journalist and ESPN personality Mike Lupica crafts a moving tale of perseverance, loyalty, and of the hope that rides on one pressure-packed football toss. If 13-year-old Nate Brodie can throw a football through a small target at a Patriots game, he will win a million dollars. Since his dad just lost his job, Nate welcomes the opportunity at first.

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