Matt Christopher sports fiction
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Little Lefty
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Description
TOUCHDOWN FOR TOMMY Is football Tommy's key to a new home? Football isn't just Tommy's favorite sport-he also thinks that it's the key to a good home. The recently orphaned Tommy is delighted to discover that his foster father, Mr. Powell, coaches Midget League football. By playing well, Tommy hopes that he will make Mr. Powell want to adopt him, and then he will have a real family again. But will things work out the way he plans!
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Wingman on ice
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Too hot to handle
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The reluctant pitcher
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Johnny Long Legs
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Soccer hero
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The submarine pitch
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20) Soccer halfback
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1985], c1978
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
21) Dirt bike racer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ron Baker finds a minibike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competition.
22) Tight end
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
A high school football player believes the harassment he is experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison record.
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Drag-strip racer
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Abducted by a "fan" and forced to become a member of a professional junior hockey team, thirteen-year-old star center, Steve Crandall quickly realizes that he must play not only to win but to survive.
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Series
Home run kid series volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him.
A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him
30) Ice magic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
The twins' toy hockey game seems to be magic as it plays games identical to the real ones before they even happen.
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Red-hot hightops
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Tough to tackle
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33) Run, Billy, Run
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Running has always been the fastest and easiest way for Billy Chekko to get around. Now that he's on the track team, running has a whole new meaning. It's his chance to show his family and his friends what he's really made of. But when Billy is goaded by a bully into a race he stands little chance of winning, he's faced with the greatest challenge of his life. Will he decide to run or walk away?
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Shortstop from Tokyo
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Unjustly dismissed from the football team for drug possession, Scott learns that only by finding out who planted the marijuana in his duffel bag can he clear himself with his parents.
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Takedown
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Long practice improves Mel Jensen's value as a basketball player, but he finds it difficult to surmount the prejudice of Caskie Bennett, the basketball team's star player and Mel's new neighbor.
Long practice improves Mel Jensen's value as a basketball player, but he finds it difficult to surmount the prejudice of Caskie Bennett, the basketball team's star player and Mel's new neighbor
39) Skateboard Tough
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Description
As soon as Brett Thyson steps on "The Lizard", the mysterious skateboard he unearthed in his backyard, he can feel its power. It glides smoothly and effortlessly, but Brett can't shake off the feeling that there's something not quite right about it.
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
CHALLENGE AT SECOND BASE Stan Martin's chances of playing second base seem next to zero at the start of the season. His rival for the position, Gary Newman, looks tough to beat. Stan loves baseball-maybe even more than his brother, Phil, who played pro ball until quitting suddenly the year before-but after experiencing a few setbacks, Stan is tempted to quit too. Then Stan receives a mysterious note telling him to stick it out-and soon Stan finds...
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Series
Matt Christopher sports fiction volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.
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Pressure play
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45) Top wing
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Dana Bellamy searches for the truth behind the fire for which his father is being blamed.
47) Baseball flyhawk
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Chico Romez is new to the Royals baseball team, but all the players welcome him and his ability in the outfield. All but one, that its. String Becker seems to have it in for Chico. What will it take for Chico to prove himself to String?
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
49) Fighting tackle
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Rusty Young is diagnosed with diabetes, his parents want him to stop playing basketball, but Rusty doesn't want to. When Rusty learns that his friends have formed a summer league team, he is determined to persuade his parents to let him join them.
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Crackerjack halfback
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53) Olympic dream
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect.
55) Penalty shot
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers.
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The team that couldn't lose
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Daren's tendency to blame everyone but himself when anything goes wrong causes problems with his best friend, with a young neighbor who idolizes him, and with one of his basketball teammates.
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Roller hockey radicals
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62) Soccer scoop
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendancy to talk alot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible.
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Spike it!
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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
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.
68) Tennis ace
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Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelve-year-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and finds that his life is not over after all.
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Inline skater
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Windmill windup
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Dive right in
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Run for it
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Fairway phenom
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Nothin' but net
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Slam dunk
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80) Snowboard Champ
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Living with his uncle while his mother works overseas, Matt takes comfort in knowing he can still hit the slopes with his snowboard, but a rival at his new school challenges Matt and his reputation.
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Stealing home
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Comeback of the home run kid
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83)
Lacrosse firestorm
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85)
Karate kick
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Series
Home run kid series volume 4
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
c. 2010
Language
English
Description
Home run slugger Sylvester Coddmyer the Third has an amazing secret. For three seasons, he's been coached by men who look exactly like baseball legends: Babe Ruth, Eddie Cicotte, and Mickey Mantle. Are these men just impersonating famous ballplayers, as his friend Duane insists? Or are they from the "beyond," as Snooky Malone believes? The mystery deepens in this fourth title of the exciting Home Run Kid series when yet another character from baseball's...
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Hook shot hero
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88)
Out at second
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