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

The eighth-grade season couldn't be going better for the Barbers' team, the Hidden Valley Egales. Everything is off to a strong start--until one of the key players on the team is benched for academic probation. Without good grades there is no playing time. No exceptions. Ever. Will the team's hopes for the season be demolished, or can they find a way to help their teammate get his grades up? Fortunately for the Barber brothers, it turns out that the team that...

New York Times bestselling author Tim Green has written an unforgettable story-inspired by interviews with real-life cancer survivors and insider sports experience--showing a brave boy who learns what it truly means to be unstoppable. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature emeritus Jon Scieszka says, Unstoppable is "absolutely heroic, and something every guy should read."

If anyone understands the phrase "tough luck," it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing in the NFL is a longshot.

Then Harrison...

When Kobe joins soccer he couldn't be happier and looks forward to his second season. But when he starts to lose interest in his favourite sport, his dad becomes concerned. Kobe and his dad explore a solution. Up to seventy percent of children quit soccer Kobe however, doesn't quit.

In illustrated diary format, the hilarioustale of a boy who is arugby master not

Marcus is a mathwhiz who is not good at sports. But his dad, a self-help author, is convinced otherwise. He believes that Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to with hilarious results. Flint's gentle, satiric humor and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about rugby."

Buddy Tator is a little potato who wants to follow in his famous uncle Joe Spudtana's footsteps.

But Buddy soon finds out it's not so easy for a young spud to play spud ball. Still, he shows great determination to make the team. But the competition is tough. Can Buddy go all the way?

This book that teaches kids that if they don't give up they can do incredible things.

Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's sports books, New York Times bestselling author Tim Green delivers a gripping addition to his Football Genius series.

Troy's dreams of the big time have backfired. Sure, he's moved to New Jersey to start his new job as "genius" for the New York Jets, but his dad has taken his entire salary, leaving Troy and his mom broke. Now Troy has no hope of going to private school and playing for a football powerhouse with his cousin Ty. Instead he's going to be part of a team with an unbroken losing streak. But Troy fights back.

When he gets Seth...