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23) The underdogs
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
27) Left out
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see him--both on and off the football field.
28) Dino-football
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a football game at the Lava Dome on Mega Bowl Sunday.
29) It had to be you
Author
Series
Chicago Stars volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville--the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars' head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Calebow is everything Phoebe abhors. And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises--a meddling bimbo who doesn't know a pigskin from a
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Danny loves to go fast. With his super speed, he can rush down the football field in seconds. The trouble is he forgets to slow down off of the field. When he zips through his homework, he makes mistakes. When he eats too fast, he feels sick. How will Danny learn that a running back can't always rush?"--p. [4] of cover.
32) First team
Author
Series
New kids novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The companion novel to New Kid, where Brock is in another new town after being on the run with his dad again, and this time, he joins the football team"--
33) Unstoppable
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck, ' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
34) Replay
Author
Series
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
124 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Growing up above his parents' Chinese family restaurant in Sexsmith, Alberta, Warren Chen has always dreamed of being a football star. At 90 pounds and five feet tall, he's not exactly built like a linebacker, but even short kids from tiny towns have big dreams. At first the coach is reluctant to even let him try out, but soon he sees Warren's strengths -- he is small, slippery, and no one can catch him. Warren is named the team's new running back....
Author
Series
Freddy the pig volume 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
While clever Freddy the pig tries to find out if Mrs. Bean's long-lost brother is really her brother, he also attends school so that he will be eligible to play in the big football game between Centerboro and Tushville.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
123 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a videorecording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth. Includes facts about a similar situation faced by Cornell University's team after a game with Dartmouth in 1940.
37) Fantasy league
Author
Language
English
Description
In Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Charlie's skill at fantasy football gains the attention of both the local media and the owner of a professional football team.
Author
Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
39) Turkey Bowl
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Ethan looks forward to the Thanksgiving Day when he and his friends are finally old enough to play in the annual family football game, but that day arrives full of snow and icy roads.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but after the football team's quarterback dies in an accident and is replaced by a girl, Amber knows she should work against this unliked Jaclyn to keep her cheer status but the two fall for each other.
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