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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
Author
Series
Check please! volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's checking (anything that hinders the player with posession of the puck, ranging from a stick check all the way to a physical sweep). And then, there is Jack-- his very...
Author
Series
Check please! volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
After suffering a career-ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time -- home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a life he once left behind. Things take an unexpected turn when he is forced back into the world of baseball as the coach of an underachieving college team. Coach Jimmy's rocky relationship with Brandon Elliot...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
Abel's field (2012, 104 min.): Let motherless by tragedy and abandoned by his father, high school senior Seth McArdle is under enormous pressure to support his little sisters. At school, he endures the daily bullying of the football team. When he fights back, he's assigned to an after-school work detail under the supervision of Abel, a reserved groundskeeper. As dark times lure Seth towards desperate measures, the reluctant Abel may be the one person...