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1) Bleachers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
From the best-selling author of The Painted House, Skipping Christmas, and The Firm comes a nostalgic novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion. High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Three people--self-centered star quarterback Aaron Hill; pro football player Derrick Anderson, who has strayed from God; and social worker Megan Gunn, struggling to adopt a little boy--are brought together during a season of hope, self-discovery, and faith.
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Series
Dairy queen trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents -- three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew -- has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. Now they're on a media-intensive nationwide tour to reinvigorate support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, the Bravos are guests of the Dallas Cowboys, slated to be part of the halftime show alongside...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times,...
7) Game changer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After an especially rough tackle on the football field, Ash thinks he might be suffering some permanent damage, because suddenly stop signs are blue and always have been. After the second universe-altering hit, he drives a Beemer instead of a Dodge, and a pair of interdimensional twins promises him answers. The more universes he visits, the more Ash has to face perspectives he never thought to consider before, and the closer the universe gets to complete...
8) Paralyzed
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Series
Orca Sports volume Book 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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A football tackle gone wrong puts a boy in the hospital and leaves star linebacker Reggie Scott feeling confused, guilty and alone.
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Series
Hundred Oaks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
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What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though. She leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starting position ...suddenly she's hoping he'll see...
10) Take one
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the high-powered world of filmmaking, two unknown producers, Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison, struggle to make a name for themselves. With millions of investors' dollars on the line, everything starts to fall apart and they realize they may be in over their heads -- a couple of Davids in a world of Hollywood Goliaths. Is it possible to keep things above the line, to beat the odds and make a movie unlike anything ever done before? Or will they lose...
11) Gym candy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
12) Kneel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small Louisiana town. As the team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. When his best friend...
13) Raiders night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs.
14) Juice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Moose must decide if he should risk taking steroids to become a big star on the football team. When a Division One coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future-nothing is too good for his players. With a new training regimen, everything seems to be on a winning track. But when Moose and others...
15) Damage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression that has drained his interest in life, thinks that he has found relief in a girl who seems very special.
16) Stupid fast
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.
17) 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
Series
Field party novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
New to the small town of Lawton, Alabama, Maggie Carlton begins to help Lawton High quarterback West Ashby open up about his grief as well as finally beginning to confront her own.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Derek Fitzpatrick is kicked out of boarding school and must move with his stepmother to her childhood home in Illinois, where he meets Ashtyn Parker, who may be able to achieve her dream with Derek's help.
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