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Cracking the bell

"Isaiah loves football. In fact, football saved Isaiah's life, giving him structure and discipline after his sister's death tore his family apart. But when Isaiah gets knocked out cold on the field, he learns there's a lot more to lose than football"--Provided by publisher.
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End zone thunder

Hank "Thunder" Wilde and Jonas "Lightning" Fine may be total opposites, but the tight ends both want to be team captain and their competition is putting their football team's chance at the state championship at risk.
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Long-arm quarterback

Twelve-year-old Cap Wadell wants to play on a "real" football team, but his middle school in a small Texas town does not have enough players--until his grandfather revives interest in the game of six-man football.
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Last chance quarterback

Sam tries to build his football team's confidence in his abilities as quarterback and finally gets a chance to prove himself at the end of the season.
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The day Roy Riegels ran the wrong way

A boy's grandfather tells him about the famous Rose Bowl game in 1929 when the University of California Golden Bears lost after one of their players ran the wrong way down the football field.
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Bad taste in boys

Future physician Kate Grable is horrified when her high school's football coach gives team members steroids, but the drugs turn players into zombies and Kate must find an antidote before the flesh-eating monsters get to her or her friends.
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The fast and the furriest

The overweight and unathletic son of a famous former football star discovers that his equally fat and lazy dog is unexpectedly--and obsessively--interested in competing in dog agility contests.
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Full impact

Norval, a star on his high school football team, is asked by his coach to watch his best friend, Arnie, for signs of a concussion but Norval feels like he is betraying Arnie, but wants to do what is best for him.
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Home-field football

When his mother's job forces them to move to a rural area, Mason joins the Clearwater Middle School football team and finds that it will be up to him to teach them how to win.
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The great quarterback switch

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.
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