Howling, Eric

"Fourteen-year-old Griffin Finch attends school on scholarship and is struggling to stay on the basketball team. Griffin spends the summer playing basketball on a street court for the Running Rebels in a hardscrabble neighborhood. But a summer of fast, high-scoring play ends with Griffin running home, frightened by violence in the street. Griffin makes his school team and persuades a Running Rebels teammate to apply for a basketball scholarship. Opposing ideas of how basketball should be played emerge. How can Griffin convince Coach and the rest of his team that they need to play run-and-gun basketball to win? Can he bring together his schoolmates and his friends from Regent Park?"--Provided by publisher.

"Ed is tall --- really tall and thin. Though he grew up playing football, that all stopped when his dad left town. Now Ed feels he's not the right build for the game and it brings back painful memories. But one day while watching the school team from the stands, Ed suddenly gets roped into being the team's waterboy. Then, to everyone's surprise at practice, Ed makes an amazing catch of a stray ball. Even coach starts to wonder if Ed has potential as a player. But first Ed has to prove it to himself that it's worth giving football one more try"--Back cover.

"Fourteen-year-old Griffin Finch attends school on scholarship and is struggling to stay on the basketball team. Griffin spends the summer playing basketball on a street court for the Running Rebels in a hardscrabble neighborhood. But a summer of fast, high-scoring play ends with Griffin running home, frightened by violence in the street. Griffin makes his school team and persuades a Running Rebels teammate to apply for a basketball scholarship. Opposing ideas of how basketball should be played emerge. How can Griffin convince Coach and the rest of his team that they need to play run-and-gun basketball to win? Can he bring together his schoolmates and his friends from Regent Park?"--Provided by publisher.

What if your biggest opponent is yourself? Finn Hunter has high hopes of making the national kayaking team one day. And he might just make it too, since he made the regional team last year. But this year, since his mom left home, things have been different. Finn is angry, and his paddling and relationship with his teammates are suffering as a result. Can Finn pull it together to achieve his dreams?.

"In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, fourteen-year-old Logan Grant hides his badly scarred face behind an old-fashioned goalie mask"--Provided by publisher.

"In this high-interest sports novel for teens, Cade has to use his triathlon training to save his entire family"--Provided by publisher.

"Colt's coach has been losing his temper and ordering the team to win at any cost, even if it means playing dirty. What makes it worse is that Coach is Colt's father, and his erratic behavior at home and on the field has Colt worried. Colt follows Coach's orders to go head hunting and take out an opponent with a helmet-to-helmet hit. When it turns out that Colt's dad has symptoms from concussions he suffered in his NFL career, Colt is made acting coach for the championship game and has to decide if he will let a teammate continue playing after a head hit."--Publisher.

"In this high interest sports novel, Jamal and his teammates take a stand against their new coach when his bullying and discrimination go too far"--Provided by publisher.

Orlando O'Malley wants to be a star basketball player, but his small size is holding him back. After a player gets injured he finds a temporary place on the team.

"When Coach Gordon suddenly retires, Quinn Brown has to prove to a new coach that he deserves to remain the Spartans' starting quarterback. But Coach Miller's style seems to be throwing Quinn off his game, and big-mouthed second-string Luke is gunning for Quinn's position"--Back cover.