sports fiction

"Elliot is the new quarterback for the Baytown Blobfish. And the only girl on the team! Her parents are worried but she's not. When an older teammate gives her a hard time, Elliot must decide how to handle it. Will she make the right choice?"--Back cover.

C.J. has just joined the hockey team and is ready to sit on the bench, watch and learn, but with half the team sick, it is his time to play. Is he ready?.

"Devin is spotted by an agent who wants her to model athletic wear, and soon she is juggling photo shoots, soccer games and practice, family time, and other activities"--Provided by publisher.

Marcus is the best player on his soccer team and rumors have it that he is being scouted by the best team ever. But Marcus is troubled by a developing loss of hearing, and finds himself unable to concentrate on the game and increasingly isolated from his friends and family. But is that isolation real, or is it the result of his own behavior? As he confronts not only his hearing loss, but the problems with his family, friends, and girlfriend Marcus grows to understand that in life as in soccer, accepting the help of others is essential.

"Adele is a star soccer player with a rotten family, an aching heart, and an impossible frenemy. As pressures at school and home mount, will she overcome all or will she crash and burn? When everything collapses, Adele realizes she can only rely on herself in this feminine take on the soccer world, being a teenager, and figuring out who you are"--Publisher.

"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates"--Provided by publisher.

When a new gym teacher introduces her gym class to soccer, Yasmin fears it will be as rough as the professional sport but must try to find courage to play goalie.

Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.

"Ana and Daniel find out they love climbing, but they don't follow the rules, and that causes problems for Blake"--Back cover.

"This year, everyone gets equal time on the court, but some players, and especially parents, don't like the new rule"--Back cover.