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MYS JE ADLER

Supersleuth Cam Jansen solves three mysteries during her class’s Sports and Good Nutrition Day.

E ALBOROUGH

Duck and friends go out one day, with a bat, a ball and a glove to play.

J BARBER

Identical twins Ronde and Tiki Barber’s excitement over the approaching state championship football game turns to worry when there is a chicken pox outbreak at Hidden Valley Junior High.

J AMERICAN

As a soccer player, the reader decides whether or not to give a teammate who needs practice a chance to shine during a game.

J AMERICAN

When Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks’ cast comes off she dives back into gymnastics training in hopes of making the competitive team, but after volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding center, she considers broadening her interests.

E CODELL

After the boys won’t let her join in their basketball game, Lulu decides to host a Basket Ball, where girls from all over come to participate and, with Lulu as captain, end up forming a special team.

E ELLIOTT

When Hunter and Stripe, two raccoons who are best friends, play on opposing soccer teams, they must figure out a way to keep the competition on the field from spoiling their friendship.

ER GANTOS

When Rotten Ralph, the cat, fails to win a spot on a baseball team with his friend Sarah, he becomes the “cat boy” instead, still dreaming of proving himself the superstar he imagines himself to be.

J GRATZ

Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.

J GUTMAN

With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.

E LONDON

Froggy looks forward to playing in his first T-ball game but finds it hard to remember the rules.

J LUPICA

Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city’s football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.

E MANNING

During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.

J796.3576 NEL

Using an “Everyman” player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.

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An illustrated collection of poems for children about various sports activities.

J RIPKEN

Connor Sullivan, All-Star third bseman on his Babe Ruth League team, has a terrible temper and problems at home, but when the sports editor of the school paper threatens to publish an embarrassing story about his tantrus, Connor must make a change.

J WALLACE

Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.