Fake Out
Ben practices a new move that he hopes will help his soccer team make it to the league play-offs, but has trouble executing it on the field and worries he does not have what it takes to win.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: soccer, human behavior, family life, teamwork (sports), determination (personality trait) [X], families [X], soccer stories
Getting In The Game
When everyone tries to get thirteen-year-old Joanna off the boys ice hockey team, including Ben, her best friend since kindergarten, Jo resolves to deal with the problems caused by her participation.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 980
subjects: hockey, best friends, sex role, determination (personality trait) [X], dysfunctional families, ohio, families [X]
Eliza Bing Is (not) A Big, Fat Quitter
After learning she cannot take a cake decorating class with her best friend, partly because her parents consider her a quitter, eleven-year-old Eliza tries to prove herself by sticking with a taekwondo class all summer.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: tae kwon do, martial arts, determination (personality trait) [X], family life, attention deficit disorder, best friends, families [X], friendship, middle schools, theater, schools