school sports

"Zel learns the importance of taking charge of her life when she competes with a cheerleader at her new school and dreams of joining gymnastics team and despite her clumsy form and extraordinarily long hair"--Publisher.

Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom. From science experiments to art projects, they do everything the students do. But on Field Day, none of the events are the right size for the small mice -- the limbo is too easy, the high jump is too hard, and kickball is absolutely terrifying! So Fergus and Zeke create their own Field Day Challenge, with mouse-size tug-of-war, acorn throwing, and Hula-Hooping. After all the fun and exercise, it's time to go back to the classroom -- but Fergus and Zeke are locked out! Will they be able to use their new skills toget inside in time for ice pops?.

Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.

Twelve-year-old Matt Hill struggles to make the basketball team in his new school while keeping out of trouble.

Kallana, the local fashion queen, is dismayed when her father decides she should join the school basketball team.

"Jack Porter, track star. Everyone liked him, at least that's what he thought. He met Becky at the last meet of the year. Whoa! She was pretty. And she wanted to go to the dance with him. But then she turned ice-cold. Why? She acted so bored he almost didn't care"--Back cover.

"This book discusses some misconceptions about the law as well as an unintended consequence of girls playing sports. One sidebar suggests reasons why boys in the 1960s and 1970s felt uncomfortable competing against girls, given the beliefs of the time"--Provided by publisher.

Mason and his friends are troubled when their basketball team, the Raptors, goes co-ed, even though they have a great player in Cindy; and the divisions caused by the change seem to be dooming their chances of making the national finals.

Nick and Kia meet a great basketball player who has trouble being part of a team.

Not everyone is happy when Mel moves up to the JV basketball team, especially her old teammates.