The Kicks: Fans In The Stands
In the weeks leading up to the state championship, Devin and the Kicks have many distractions, including a contest with the boys team to see who can get more fans to watch their games.
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year: 2021
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: friendship [X], soccer, contests, middle schools, school stories, school fiction [X], sports fiction [X]
Falling Short
Best friends Isaac and Marco--one athletically gifted and one academically gifted--have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other so they don't fall short.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends, friendship [X], basketball stories, middle school students, schools, families, mexican americans, basketball, family life, school stories, school fiction [X], sports fiction [X], hispanic americans
Key Player
"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.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: fifa women's world cup, sports journalism, soccer stories, women soccer players, immigrant families, immigrants, chinese, chinese americans, motels, friendship [X], families, racism, asians, racism against asians, middle schools, california, southern, sports fiction [X], school fiction [X], social problem fiction, humorous fiction, novels, family life, hotels, motels, etc, beijing (china)
Not Talking About You
"Khalil, a young Black boy, starts at a new school and is excited to join the basketball team--until he begins to experience and witnesses subtle and not-so-subtle forms of racism among his new teammates.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: basketball, friendship [X], prejudices, racism, school stories, sports fiction [X], school fiction [X], high interest-low vocabulary books
Free Throws, Friendship, And Other Things We Fouled Up
New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: basketball, sports, father-daughter relationship, friendship [X], jealousy, middle schools, school stories, cincinnati (ohio), sports fiction [X], school fiction [X]
Trouble To The Max
"Time out! Simon got Max Brutus's prized World Cup soccer ball stuck in the tallest tree in Picasso Park! Now he's in more trouble than a tater tot in ketchup.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 90
subjects: school children, friendship [X], soccer balls, students, schools, soccer, school fiction [X], sports fiction [X], high interest-low vocabulary books
The Not-so-perfect Plan
Desperate to keep her friend group together, Holly-Mei convinces them to compete as a team in an inter-school tournament across Hong Kong, but when she becomes obsessed with winning, she pushes them away.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: racing, sports tournaments, friendship [X], private schools, hong kong (china), sports fiction [X], school fiction [X]
I Am Extraordinary
Dreaming of playing on her school's soccer team but self-conscious about her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out until some new friends show her that being different is extraordinary, giving her the courage to find self-acceptance and confidence to achieve her goal.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans, hearing aids, hard of hearing, soccer, self-consciousness, self-confidence, friendship [X], first day of school, school stories, sports fiction [X], school fiction [X], picture books