Matt Christopher sports fiction
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Baseball pals
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Little Lefty
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Touchdown for Tommy
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Too hot to handle
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The reluctant pitcher
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Miracle at the plate
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The year Mom won the pennant
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Catch that pass!
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Hard drive to short
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Johnny Long Legs
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Look who's playing first base
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Face-off
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No arm in left field
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Football fugitive
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Soccer hero
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The submarine pitch
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The diamond champs
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The fox steals home
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Soccer halfback
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Dirt bike racer
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Tight end
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Drag-strip racer
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Dirt bike runaway
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The great quarterback switch
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Catcher with a glass arm
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Supercharged infield
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The hockey machine
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Series
Home run kid series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sylvester loves baseball, but he isn't what you'd call a good hitter. When he meets George Baruth, Sylvester goes from being a terrible hitter to the boy who hit only homers! But how will he answer some of the difficult questions that go with his new talent? And what is the true meaning of success?
This beloved story about baseball, confidence, perseverance, and being a good teammate is a modern classic.
30) Ice magic
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1987, c1973
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
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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Run, Billy, run
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Shortstop from Tokyo
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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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The counterfeit tackle
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Takedown
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The basket counts
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Skateboard tough
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Challenge at second base
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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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Long stretch at first base
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Pressure play
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Top wing
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The winning stroke
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Baseball flyhawk
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Author
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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Shoot for the hoop
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The comeback challenge
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Crackerjack halfback
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Olympic dream
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Penalty shot
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Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Having just begun to learn how to snowboard, thirteen-year-old Dennis faces a frightening challenge when he allows a bully to shame him into racing on a difficult slope"--Provided by publisher.
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The team that couldn't lose
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Center court sting
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Mountain bike mania
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Prime-time pitcher
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Roller hockey radicals
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Soccer scoop
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63) Spike it!
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Unhappy at having to share space and family with her new stepsister Michaela when her father remarries, thirteen-year-old Jamie is further dismayed when Michaela joins her volleyball team and becomes a star player.
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Long-arm quarterback
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Snowboard showdown
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Skateboard renegade
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67) Soccer duel
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Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.
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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Wheel wizards
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Cool as ice
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Inline skater
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Windmill windup
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Dive right in
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Goalkeeper in charge
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75) Run for it
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.
76) Body check
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Brent Mullen discovers that the new assistant hockey coach is teaching the defensemen on his team illegal moves to help them win at any cost.
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Fairway phenom
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Nothin' but net
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Slam dunk
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Snowboard champ
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81) Stealing home
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Joey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.
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Comeback of the home run kid
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Lacrosse firestorm
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Long shot for Paul
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Karate kick
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The home run kid races on
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Hook shot hero
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Out at second
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