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3) QB 1
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
4) Hero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle loves football almost as much as she loves her father but when she joins the Orville Middle School football team, not all of the boys, or parents, are pleased.
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
8) Strike zone
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick García dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents.
9) Last man out
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
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