Mike Lupica
61) Lone stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
425 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim-- he had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. Otherwise there is no clue to the man's identity. He isn't a local, doesn't have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single lead is from a taxi company that recalls dropping off the...
64) Triple threat
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle loves football almost as much as she loves her father but when she joins the Orville Middle School football team, not all of the boys, or parents, are pleased.
Author
Series
Game changers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (4 hr., 38 min.) : digital, audio ; 3 1/2 x 2 x 1 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fresh off of their football championship weeks earlier, Ben McBain and his crew must prepare for basketball season. Ben is one of the best point guards in the league, and with Shawn O'Brien on the team, they are sure to be league champs. When a new kid in school, Chase Braggs, joins the team and outshines Ben; a rivalry begins between the two. Now, Ben must hit the court hard to practice for his team while trying not to let his rivalry with Chase...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (5.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Small, shy Matt Baker, who has been marginalized because of a speech disorder, and big, bold, and brash Ben Roberson become unlikely practice partners as their baseball team navigates the rapidly approaching end of their season.
70) Defending champ
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When the girls soccer team learns it has been canceled due to budget cuts, they come up with a plan to raise the necessary funds through a face-off with the boys' team, which is led by sneering superstar Chase Gwinn.
73) The Sports Pages
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 are a collection of stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field.
Authors include Dustin Brown, James Brown,
...