Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Sports & Recreation - Football

Ty Lewis can't believe it when Coach V recruits him for the football team. This is Ty's big chance to prove how fast he is on the field, get a fresh start in a new school, and be like his older brother, Thane "Tiger" Lewis, who's about to graduate from college--and is being courted by the NFL.

But Ty's guardian, Uncle Gus, won't let him play. Uncle Gus needs Ty to scrub floors and toilets for his cleaning business while he cooks up gambling schemes with the local mob boss, a man called "Lucy."

When Lucy hears just how famous Ty's older brother is, he becomes suddenly friendly....

The weirdness never stops

It's Pee Wee Football season, and A.J.'s new coach is crazy. She wants the boys to do push-ups in the mud. She wants them to pick up a car. And worst of all, she wants to put girls on the team You'll never believe in a million hundred years what happens in the big game.

Troy White can predict a play before it happens.

Star quarterback on his state football team, Troy's a natural for the 7-on-7 tournament that's being held at the Super Bowl in Miami. With any luck, his "football genius" will be working for the Atlanta Falcons on that big day.

Ty Lewis is a wide receiver with exceptional speed. His brother, an NFL star, says getting on a 7-on-7 team will prove Ty's a winner.

From the moment the two football champs cross paths, Troy and Ty begin to size each other up. But when the two rivals find themselves tangled in a web of deceit, they...

The Hidden Valley Eagles are on track to make the playoffs. Full of focus and determination, every player is at his best, and the team is working better together than ever before. But when a bout of chicken pox threatens to overtake the team, will their playoff dreams disappear?

The three classic school stories. Accept no substitute.

More than forty years ago Viola Swamp slinked into Room 207 at Horace B. Smedley School and whipped Miss Nelson's terrible, rude, worst-class-in-the-whole-school students into shape. In the intervening generations since the publication of Miss Nelson Is Missing , millions of children have been fascinated by the legend of Miss Swamp. A diabolical creation from the minds of Harry G. Allard and James Marshall, Miss Nelson's alter ego illuminates the folly of misbehavior through amazing feats of disguise. And she's never been...

The First Match is the first book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.

Sam is football crazy. Everybody says so. Now that Eddie Ford has agreed to help Sam and his friends, they have arranged a friendly match against Parton Rovers. Sam and Danny have made the team and can hardly wait, but Sam has practised so much that he canʼt play well anymore.

What is he going to do?

Join in the fun with Sam, his friends and Eddie in their bid to overcome the problems that come...

Trouble for Foz is the second book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.

It was a good result. The first match ended in a 1-1 draw and everyone was pleased. Eddie has even more good news - he has managed to get the Newton Devils into a league. The new team for the first leg has been picked but some boys are unhappy. David and Foz argue and there is a scuffle.

What has happened to Fozʼs arm?

How long before he can play again?

Will he make the next match?

What about the Girls? is the third book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.

Sam overhears something really odd. The girls want to play football This is worrying. "Girls and football? Itʼs about as natural as me eating salad " is Dannyʼs comment. Sam is very surprised to see some of the girls at the away match, in all that rain too.

How will the boys react to the girlsʼ wish to play football?

Whatʼs Worrying Eddie? is the fourth book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.

When Sam and Danny arrive at school on Monday, Liza, Janey and Fran are already there playing football with the other boys. The boys are surprised at how well the girls play.

Then at the Devilsʼ first home game in the league, who is Eddie talking to?

What has happened?

Nowhere to Train is the fifth book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.

There is bad news for Eddie, Sam and all the others: the Scoutsʼ field had been sold. From next month, they will have nowhere to train The Newton Devils have already won two matches and drawn two in the league. They still have more to play.

What are they going to do?

Who will help?

Are We the Champions? is the sixth book in Set B of Samʼs Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books. With nowhere to train but having come second in the league, Eddie has entered the Devilʼs in a tournament. When a new training ground is found, everybody pitches in and helps give the hut a facelift. It is good news: everybody is happy. Whoʼs in the team for the tournament? What happens in the matches? Who ARE the champions?

"I see dead dogs."

As a toddler, Jamie's pulled from the clutches of death by his loving dog Sal. His awakening gives him the ability to see ghost dogs. Growing up with this gift has its ups and downs. Among those are harsh conversations, difficult choices, and a unique responsibility to do something good.

Understanding why will always be a curiosity. Doing the right thing may come at a cost.