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Author
Series
My weird school volume 5
Language
English
Description
A.J. and the other second graders do everything except play sports when they go to "fizz ed" class with their new teacher, Miss Small.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham has charmed children and adults for more than a hundred years. Sebastian Meschenmoser's lush and expressive watercolor and oil painting illustrations bring a fresh look to this unabridged and beloved classic about Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger. Like the gurgling river in the Wild Wood itself, readers will be joyfully swept along to join the antics of these animal friends as they try to keep the irrepressible...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look...
5) Key player
Author
Series
Front desk volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Middle School]
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Middle School]
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
6) Supergifted
Author
Series
Ungifted volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted." But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, all Noah dreams of is the opportunity to fail if he wants to. And he's landed in the perfect place to do it-Donovan's school. Almost immediately, Noah finds himself on the wrong side of cheerleading captain Megan Mercury and alpha jock...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Spacemice volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The spacemice have received an invitation to participate in the intergalactic soccerix championship. It's a tournament for the most popular sport in space! But Geronimo doesn't even know how to play Soccerix, let alone lead a team to victory against aliens with bizarre skills (like flying)! Can the spacemice team prevail?"--Page 4 of cover.
8) One-man band
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 19
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.
9) MVP Summer
Author
Series
Gabby Garcia's ultimate playbook volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite pitcher Gabby Garcia is back and better than ever in the second installment of this laugh-out-loud illustrated middle grade series full of doodles, sports trivia, and home-run humor! Summer is here, and pitching phenom Gabby Garcia has another hot streak all planned out! After she's invited to join an elite baseball league and asked out by her crush, it seems like Gabby is bound to achieve her MVP dreams. But life loves throwing...
10) The ODDlympics
Author
Series
Odd gods volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's Greeks versus Romans in a middle school sports competition! Oddonis isn't thrilled but when Zeus and Jupiter get involved, the stakes are raised: Winner gets Mount Olympus.
11) Control freak
Author
Series
King of the bench volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Steve is King of the Bench. No brag. That's just a fact. And this season, Steve and his friends are ready to sit on the sidelines of the Spiro T. Agnew Middle school football field. But then they stumble upon an old-school video game controller, and they become convinced it can control sports plays. With it, Steve might become King of Football too!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Fed up with their sports-obsessed school, seventh-grade playwright Olive and her best friend Reynaldo decide to kidnap the school's capybara mascot in an attempt to get more benefits and respect for non-athletes.
13) Camp average
Author
Series
Camp Average volume 1
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Camp Average is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of a group of 11-year-old boys sharing Cabin 10 at a six-week summer sports camp for boys. The actual name of the place is Camp Avalon, but the kids call it Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that's the way they like it. But this summer, Winston, the new camp director doesn't like losing, and he's not about to start! Led by the main protagonist, Mack, and his best friend...
Author
Series
Hamstersaurus Rex volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Gibbs and his super-strong tiny buddy, Hamstersaurus Rex, keep encountering creepy abnormal objects like a floating sports jersey and a runaway go-kart. Could bizarre mutant animals be the cause." - back of jacket.
Author
Series
Charlie Joe Jackson spinoffs volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until his parents ease up.
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The third book in the Franklin School Friends series is a fast and funny story about sports, friendship, and sibling rivalries."--
18) 'Snot funny!
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When George, his classmates, and their families go to a ski resort to compete in a charity event against two other schools, George is determined to win the snowboarding contest and meet snowboarding pro Dice Nievson until he gets sick and his best friend, Alex, must compete in his place.
Author
Series
Maybe Marisol volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"One of Marisol's least-favorite things is gym class--especially when Coach Decker announces that they will be playing kickball--so Marisol and her best friend Jada ask the best (and stinkiest) athlete they know--Marisol's big brother Oz--for help"--
20) Comeback kid
Author
Series
King of the bench volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Steve is King of the Bench. No brag. It's just a fact. And this season, Steve and his athletically challenged best friends Joey and Carlos-along with super athlete Becky O'Callahan-are joining the Mighty Plumbers basketball team. But instead of playing on the court, Steve is waiting on the sidelines to perform his top-secret ritual that turns the tide of every game in an instant.
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