Riding Astra makes Lily feel closer to her mom-even if Lily's dad blames horses for her mother's deathAt thirteen, Lily O'Neil dreams of riding Arabian endurance horses in the Sierra Nevada foothills like her mom once did before her fatal accident.
The leading character, Sandy Scott, a strong swimmer, leaves his home in the mountains of Western North Carolina and enters college in California to learn the sport of water polo.
Growing up without her parents, shy, young Annalise happily lives with her Nana and relies on her Aunt Mimi, Uncle Matt, and her two cousins for her education in nature, wild animals, and all outdoor adventures.
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable book in the Young Adult categoryFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight comes a story about friendship, privilege, sports, and protest.
A fantastic series starter about a group of friends and the lessons they learn about friendship, life, and family through their love of the world's most popular sport-soccer!
Second in a fun, empowering series featuring an all-girls roller derby team, the challenges they must overcome, and the unique qualities each character has that helps lead to victory.
In LoveVells first book, Adventures of the Pink Tee Pee Wees: Good Sportsmanship, losing the big competition that you have looked forward to for months can be a major disappointment, but not for Penny.
Inspired by Derek Jeter's own life, Fair Ball is the fourth middle grade novel in the New York Times bestselling Jeter Publishing Program and focuses on the theme ';the world isn't always fair.
Learn about tennis superstar Sloane Stephens in this book in a nonfiction series about your favorite athletes' childhoods and what (or who) helped them become the stars they are today!
Learn about NBA superstar Kevin Durant in this book in a nonfiction series about your favorite athletes' childhoods and what (or who) helped them become the stars they are today!
From acclaimed author Terry Davis comes the cult classic, Vision Quest, which was called the truest novel about growing up since The Catcher in the Rye by New York Times bestselling author John Irving.
In this hilarious, coming-of-age novel that's ';Ready Player One for the middle grade crowd' (School Library Journal), twelve-year-old Bryan Biggins wakes up to find that his life has become a video game.
It's the girls against the boys when the fight for a baseball diamond erupts into an all-out warFifth graders Eddy Wong, Carlos Garcia, and Bucky "e;Buckaroo"e; Brockhurst all live in the Castle Court apartment complex.
A little girl and an extraordinary teddy bear share the secrets of a wondrous, sometimes puzzling world in this charming children's tale that celebrates diversity, from the acclaimed author of the schoolroom classic To Sir, With LoveLisbeth has a new best friend, her toy bear, Billingsly, who has one perfectly formed ear that is ideal for hearing what goes on in the world around him.
A little girl and an extraordinary teddy bear share the secrets of a wondrous, sometimes puzzling world in this charming children's tale that celebrates diversity, from the acclaimed author of the schoolroom classic To Sir, With LoveLisbeth has a new best friend, her toy bear, Billingsly, who has one perfectly formed ear that is ideal for hearing what goes on in the world around him.
Baseball-loving seventh grader Richard has hopes of turning himself and the new kid, Napoleon, into the best baseball players Boston has seen since the Gold Dust Twins"e;As long as you have baseball on your side you can overcome anything.
One boy's journey to see his favorite soccer player in action becomes an uplifting song to the South African spirit A modern-day folktale set in the heart of South Africa, Bafana Bafana is the story of Pele, an eleven-year-old village boy whose dream is to see his soccer team play.
