AllStar SportStory
Author
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When they lose their coach, Scott and his teammates decide that he should try his hand at coaching, but it takes teamwork and the efforts of a player they call "Brain" to produce a winning season. Includes historical facts about player coaches.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With help from a new student and inspiration from an old magazine article, the players on Michael's seventh-grade basketball team hope to overcome their shortness and win their game against the eighth graders.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not. Includes facts about Michael Jordan and BIll Russell.
7) On the line
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Worried that his inability to make free throws is making his junior high basketball team lose games, Marcus learns an unconventional underhand shooting method from a friendly custodian but is not sure he wants to use it. Includes a history chapter discussing great basketball players who have used the underhand toss.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.