Matt Christopher sports fiction
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Author
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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As the captain of his little league baseball team, Jimmie Todd thinks he should be able to choose any position he wants. He wants to pitch, although the other players on the team would rather give that position to Paul Karoski, a left-hander with a talent for pitching strikeouts. But Jimmie wants a chance so badly that he takes the position for himself. It isn't long before his weak pitching sets the team on a losing streak that has everyone, especially,...
3)
Touchdown for Tommy
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4)
Wingman on ice
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6)
The reluctant pitcher
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11)
Johnny Long Legs
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12)
Look who's playing first base
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13) Face-off
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1972]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
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Soccer hero
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20) Soccer halfback
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
21) Dirt bike racer
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1979
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
22) Tight end
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
23)
Drag-strip racer
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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Michael, confined to a wheelchair after an accident, uses mental telepathy to communicate football plays to his quarterback twin brother Tom, then suddenly finds himself on the field in his brother's place.
26)
Catcher with a glass arm
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30) Ice magic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The twins' toy hockey game seems to be magic as it plays games identical to the real ones before they even happen.
31) Red-hot hightops
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Normally fearful to play basketball in front of a crowd, Kelly becomes a confident and aggressive player when she dons a mysterious pair of red sneakers that she finds.
32) Tough to tackle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Disappointed at first by not being large enough to make quarterback, Boots discovers that there is as much challenge in playing tackle.
33) Run, Billy, run
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
34)
Shortstop from Tokyo
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36)
The counterfeit tackle
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37) Takedown
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
As he is helped by an assistant referee to prepare for a wrestling match with the neighborhood bully, Sean begins to wonder if his mentor could be his long-lost father.
39) Skateboard tough
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using The Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Home run kid series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.
44) Pressure play
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Travis, less obsessed with baseball than his fellow team members, tries to balance his playing with his hobby of horror videos and starts receiving anonymous threats warning him to spend more time on baseball.
45) Top wing
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Dana Bellamy searches for the truth behind the fire for which his father is being blamed.
47) Baseball flyhawk
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Chico Romez is new to the Royals baseball team but all the players welcome him and his ability in the outfield. All except String Becker, that is. The first baseman and most popular memeber of the team yells at Chico, snubs him on and off the field and makes fun of Chico's love of diving and swimming. What will it take for Chico to prove himself to String?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
49) Fighting tackle
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
53)
Olympic dream
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55) Penalty shot
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers.
62) Soccer scoop
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendancy to talk a lot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible"--Provided by publisher.
63) Spike it!
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Unhappy at having to share space and family with her new stepsister Michaela when her father remarries, thirteen-year-old Jamie is further dismayed when Michaela joins her volleyball team and becomes a star player.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Cap Wadell wants to play on a "real" football team, but his middle school in a small Texas town does not have enough players--until his grandfather revives interest in the game of six-man football.
67) Soccer duel
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Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.
68) Tennis ace
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Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
69) Wheel wizards
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelve-year-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and finds that his life is not over after all.
70) Cool as ice
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Two friends try to prove that size and race do not matter when playing hockey or any other sport.
71) Inline skater
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Cris must choose between "aggro" skating and roller hockey, which also means choosing between his old friends and some new ones.
72) Windmill windup
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kelly, softball star, has to face new challenges in her life, including assignment to a different softball team and her mother's new boyfriend.
73) Dive right in
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Forced to quit gymnastics to avoid serious injury, twelve-year-old Traci tries to fill the void in her life by taking up diving.
75) Run for it
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.
77) Fairway phenom
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes.
79) Slam dunk
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a new school year starts, and thirteen-year-old basketball star Julian feels a lot of pressure as he realizes he is the only remaining player from last year's winning team, a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective.
80) Snowboard champ
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
81) Stealing home
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Joey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.
Author
Series
Home run kid series volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After badly spraining his ankle just before the summer baseball season begins, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Charlie Comet who helps him compensate for the injury by learning to switch-hit.
85) Karate kick
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While training for his green belt in karate, Cole Richards also learns some important lessons about jealousy, competition, respect, and motivation.
Author
Series
Home run kid series volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Home run slugger Sylvester Coddmyer the Third has an amazing secret. For three seasons, he's been coached by men who look exactly like baseball legends: Babe Ruth, Eddie Cicotte, and Mickey Mantle. Are these men just impersonating famous ballplayers, as his friend Duane insists? Or are they from the "beyond," as Snooky Malone believes? The mystery deepens in this fourth title of the exciting Home Run Kid series when yet another character from baseball's...
87) Hook shot hero
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Tim Daniels, now fourteen, returns to Camp Wickasaukee he serves as mentor to three rookie basketball players, continues to work on keeping his short stature from getting in his way, faces a bully, and gets help from NCAA player Dick Dunbar.
88) Out at second
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a key player on the Grizzlies' baseball team is hit on the head by a ball while practicing with his friends, they must decide whether to keep his injury a secret even after he starts behaving strangely.