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1) Longing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever. Meanwhile, Cody's work coaching a small-town football team has brought him and his players national attention. In the midst...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Susannah Ramos has always loved the water. A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her life: a new coach with a revolutionary training strategy, and a charming fellow swimmer named Harry Matthews. As Susannah...
3) Crackback
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck; and the resurgent Carson Palmer. That coach is Bruce Arians.
A larger than life visionary who trained under the tutelage of Bear Bryant, Arians has had a major...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, how well, and why. Says Nate Silver: "If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you'll need to read this book." The field of basketball analytics has leaped into overdrive thanks to Kirk Goldsberry, whose spatial and visual analyses of players, teams, and positions have helped us all understand...
6) The legends club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an epic college basketball rivalry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
On March 18, 1980, the immensely powerful Duke basketball program announced the hiring of its new coach -- the man who would resurrect the team, restore glory to Duke, and defeat the legendary Dean Smith, who coached down the road at UNC Chapel Hill and had turned UNC into a powerhouse. Duke's new man was Mike Krzyzewski. The only problem was, no one knew who Krzyzewski was, he had a so-so record in his short time as head coach of Army, and worst...
7) Scarred
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Fifteeen year old Becky Sanger, battles through the emotional ups and downs of why she cuts and burns herself, while coaching young ice skaters to have the confidence and self-assurance she is missing and frighted to find.
8) Game plan
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the Barton High football coach's hospitalization forces skinny student manager Beano Hatton to take over coaching the team, he must deal with a rebellious quarterback and his own lack of confidence.
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