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Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
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? .
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"When Jackson 'Jax' Kingsford gets to play in the state hockey tournament, he has to play against his former best friend, Archer Foss. The two were once neighbors and best friends. But then Archer's family moved, splitting up their friendship. What will happen when Jax and Archer face off against each other in the big game?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jason never turns down a dare, which has gotten him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time about their 'baby bikes' they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX is way harder than he thought. If he can't learn to ride before the competition, this dare will be his last.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dylan has been looking forward to the Midwinter Meltdown Tournament for months. He knows this will be the year his team dominates. But when a wrist injury takes him out of the game, everything changes. Even though Dylan's wrist is starting to heal, he knows he shouldn't play. Can Dylan be part of the team if he is stuck on the bench?
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Flatte County got its name for a reason: It's flat as a pancake. So even though Jonah and his little brother, Shawn, brought their mountain bikes to Grandpa's house, there's nowhere to do cool tricks..... Except Crooked Hill, but Grandpa says there's a curse on the Crooked Hill that makes riders wipe out. Shawn ends up missing, will Jonah risk the ride of his life to save his little brother?
7) On the line
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Evan's older brother, Chris, breaks his leg skateboarding, their parents decide the sport is too dangerous. They ban skateboarding for the whole family. But Evan loves skateboarding too much to quit. When his grandma discovers he's been skating in secret, Evan knows he has a choice to make. He has to decide what's more important: doing what he loves or telling his parents the truth.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Julie is nervous about starting a new school. Luckily for her, she already knows someone there: Her best friend, Ava. When Ava offers to help her practice for cheerleading tryouts, Julia jumps at the chance. But only one girl can become captain of the squad. If Julia is chosen, is their friendship strong enough to survive?
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tabitha has been volunteering with her best friend Rachael at the Rocky Ridge Riding Center for three months, but she keeps getting in trouble because of her lack of focus--can working with the troubled horse, Diamond, help her to save both of them for the Riding Center?
11) Face-off
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Kyle wants to be a great hockey player just like his older brother, but to do that, he must focus all of his energy on the game and not be distracted by a teammate's injury.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
For the past two years, since attending a Choctaw Nation powwow with his family, thirteen-year-old Tobias has secretly been teaching himself how to hoop dance, but once his secret gets out, he must decide if he wants to share his dancing at the spring talent show.
14) Speedway switch
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Quarter-midget car racer Michael Haynes and his twin brother Mark, the team's mechanic, are used to winning their races, but when a new, unscrupulous racer starts competing, even causing Michael to be injured in a race, the twins are tempted to start using different tactics themselves.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Madeline is on the ski team with her twin brother Parker (who goofs around and enjoys himself), and their friend Sarah, but Maddie cannot help comparing herself to Sarah, the fastest skier on the team, and it is starting to make her angry and spoil her fun--until her father warns her that her attitude could cause problems and ruin her friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sixth-grader Max Stinson is tired of being bullied by Harold Weime and looking forward to a summer in the local paintball league to work off some of his frustration, but he soon learns that anger is not a winning attitude, especially when you take it out on the people around you.
19) Free throw
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Since Derek is now the tallest player on his basketball team, the coach decides to have him play center but Jason, the former center, has little confidence in Derek and will not pass him the ball.
20) Rodeo challenge
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.