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Matt Christopher sports fiction
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1)
Baseball pals
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2)
Little Lefty
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3)
Touchdown for Tommy
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4)
Wingman on ice
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5)
Too hot to handle
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6)
The reluctant pitcher
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11) Johnny Long Legs
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Pub. Date
[1970]
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
12)
Look who's playing first base
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13) Face-off
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Pub. Date
[1972]
Physical Desc
131 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
16)
Soccer hero
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17)
The submarine pitch
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20) Soccer halfback
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Language
English
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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Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year old Ron Baker finds a mini bike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competitions"--Provided by publisher.
22)
Tight end
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23)
Drag-strip racer
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Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
126 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
27)
Supercharged infield
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28)
The hockey machine
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30)
Ice magic
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31)
Red-hot hightops
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32) Tough to tackle
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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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34)
Shortstop from Tokyo
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35)
Tackle without a team
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36)
The counterfeit tackle
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37)
Takedown
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38)
The basket counts
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39)
Skateboard tough
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40)
Challenge at second base
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Series
Home run kid series volume 2
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.
42)
Undercover tailback
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43)
Long stretch at first base
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44)
Pressure play
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45)
Top wing
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46)
The winning stroke
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47) Baseball flyhawk
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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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Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 19 cm
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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Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
52)
Crackerjack halfback
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53) Olympic dream
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Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect.
55)
Penalty shot
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58)
Center court sting
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59)
Mountain bike mania
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61)
Roller hockey radicals
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62) Soccer scoop
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Language
English
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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65)
Snowboard showdown
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67)
Soccer duel
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68)
Tennis ace
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69) Wheel wizards
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Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
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.
71) Inline skater
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
150 pages ; 20 cm
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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Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
135 pages ; 20 cm
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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Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
129 pages ; 19 cm
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.
74)
Goalkeeper in charge
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75) Run for it
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
121 pages ; 20 cm
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.
76)
Body check
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77)
Fairway phenom
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78)
Nothin' but net
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79)
Slam dunk
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80)
Snowboard champ
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81)
Stealing home
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Series
Home run kid series volume 3
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
119 pages ; 19 cm
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.
83)
Lacrosse firestorm
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84)
Long shot for Paul
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85) Karate kick
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Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
118 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
While training for his green belt in karate, Cole Richards also learns some important lessons about jealousy, competition, respect, and motivation.
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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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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...
87) Hook shot hero
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Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 19 cm
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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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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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.
