Matt Christopher sports fiction
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2) Little Lefty
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Bill Bailey achieves his goal - to pitch for his Little League baseball team. Grades 3-5.
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The reluctant pitcher
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11) Johnny Long Legs
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Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
13) Face-off
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Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
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Soccer hero
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20) Soccer halfback
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A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
21) Dirt bike racer
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Twelve-year-old Ron Baker finds a minibike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competition.
22) Tight end
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A high school football player believes the harassment he is experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison record.
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Drag-strip racer
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30) Ice magic
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The twins' toy hockey game seems to be magic as it plays games identical to the real ones before they even happen.
31) Red-hot hightops
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Normally fearful to play basketball in front of a crowd, Kelly becomes a confident and aggressive player when she dons a mysterious pair of red sneakers that she finds.
32) Tough to tackle
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Disappointed at first by not being large enough to make quarterback, Boots discovers that there is as much challenge in playing tackle.
33) Run, Billy, run
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When 14-year-old Billy joins the track team, he improves his running and other areas of his life too.
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Shortstop from Tokyo
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37) Takedown
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As he is helped by an assistant referee to prepare for a wrestling match with the neighborhood bully, Sean begins to wonder if his mentor could be his long-lost father.
39) Skateboard tough
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"When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using The Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted"--Provided by publisher.
44) Pressure play
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Travis, less obsessed with baseball than his fellow team members, tries to balance his playing with his hobby of horror videos and starts receiving anonymous threats warning him to spend more time on baseball.
45) Top wing
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Dana Bellamy searches for the truth behind the fire for which his father is being blamed.
47) Baseball flyhawk
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Chico Romez is new to the Royals baseball team, but all the players welcome him and his ability in the outfield. All but one, that its. String Becker seems to have it in for Chico. What will it take for Chico to prove himself to String?
49) Fighting tackle
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When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
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Crackerjack halfback
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53) Olympic dream
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When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect.
55) Penalty shot
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Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers.
62) Soccer scoop
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"When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendancy to talk a lot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible"--Provided by publisher.
63) Spike it!
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Unhappy at having to share space and family with her new stepsister Michaela when her father remarries, thirteen-year-old Jamie is further dismayed when Michaela joins her volleyball team and becomes a star player.
67) Soccer duel
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Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.
68) Tennis ace
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Steve and Ginny are frustrated because their father ignores her talent as a tennis player while pushing him harder and harder to win at the sport.
69) Wheel wizards
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Angry and unhappy because he is now in a wheelchair and apparently no longer able to play basketball, twelve-year-old Seth is amazed to discover wheelchair basketball and finds that his life is not over after all.
70) Cool as ice
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Two friends try to prove that size and race do not matter when playing hockey or any other sport.
71) Inline skater
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Cris must choose between "aggro" skating and roller hockey, which also means choosing between his old friends and some new ones.
72) Windmill windup
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Thirteen-year-old Kelly, softball star, has to face new challenges in her life, including assignment to a different softball team and her mother's new boyfriend.
73) Dive right in
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Forced to quit gymnastics to avoid serious injury, twelve-year-old Traci tries to fill the void in her life by taking up diving.
75) Run for it
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Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.
76) Body Check
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Twelve-year-old Brent Mullen discovers that the new assistant hockey coach is teaching the defensemen on his team illegal moves to help them win at any cost.
77) Fairway phenom
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Malik Edwards never had any intention of playing golf, until he sees a young black golfer being cheered on by a crowd of adoring fans. While golf's image changes for Malik, where would he get the gear or money, and where would a kid growing up in Brooklyn, New York get to play?
78) Nothin But Net
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When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes.
79) Slam dunk
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When a new school year starts, and thirteen-year-old basketball star Julian feels a lot of pressure as he realizes he is the only remaining player from last year's winning team, a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective.
80) Snowboard champ
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When Matt Harper steps off the plane, he knows his life is about to change. For one thing, he'll be living with his uncle for a year. For another, compared to Chicago, Dragon Valley is tiny. But so long as Matt can hit the slopes with his snowboard, he figures he'll get along okay.
81) Stealing home
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Joey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.
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Home run kid series volume 3
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Sylvester Coddmyer III, star of "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers" and "Return of the Home Run Kid" is about to face his biggest challenge yet. He sprains his ankle and wonders how he will hit homers—or even singles—when every swing means pain.
85) Karate kick
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While training for his green belt in karate, Cole Richards also learns some important lessons about jealousy, competition, respect, and motivation.
87) Hook shot hero
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When Tim Daniels, now fourteen, returns to Camp Wickasaukee he serves as mentor to three rookie basketball players, continues to work on keeping his short stature from getting in his way, faces a bully, and gets help from NCAA player Dick Dunbar.
88) Out at second
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"When his teammate Stu is injured during practice, Manny promises to keep quiet so he can play, but then Stu starts acting funny, and Manny struggles with whether to keep his silence or break his promise and let his team down" --