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Set in a small town in North Mississippi during the early days of school integration, When You Can Throw from Deep Short describes how one high school player, Dwayne Scott, finds in the game of baseball an escape from an unhappy home situation and a meaningful friendship with a Black teammate. The story dramatizes the power of sport to inspire teamwork, camaraderie, and hope, and to change lives for the better.

Jääkiekko on vienyt kuudesluokkalaisen Saken täysin mukanaan. Kun D-juniorien ykkösjoukkue nimetään, Sakke valitaan tietysti mukaan. Mutta ei siinä kaikki. Edessä on pelejä, joissa Sakke on koko joukkueen parhain! Saken on kuitenkin vaikeaa unohtaa aikoja, jolloin koulun jääkiekkoilijat kiusasivat häntä. Elämää sekoittaa myös ihastus Kristiina, josta Sakke ei oikein saa selvää. "Sakke nousee sarjaan" on toinen osa jääkiekkoaiheisessa "Sakke"-sarjassa. Kun Sakke saa uudet luistimet, hän ei arvaa minkälaiseen elämänmuutokseen ne hänet sysäävät.

First a Canadian Rockies avalanche kills their parents. Then Children’s Services threatens to separate them. That’s when the three Gunnarsson kids decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest turns 18 and becomes their legal guardian. Not many would dare. But Jon, Korka, and Aron’s parents ran a survival school. Turns out their plan is full of holes.

Andy Rivera specializes in doing the bare minimum. That is, unless, it involves making his all-star, older brother, Xavier, look bad. But, after Xavier suffers a crippling injury during the homecoming football game, Andy is so shaken with regret that he escapes into the world of middle school wrestling. And, when old habits threaten to sabotage these new challenges, Andy comes face-to-face with a Major Decision.

Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in - her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother’s footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix’s past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening Ava’s hold on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs.  

Summer vacation has begun, and Malachi, Elizajane, Noah, and Elias are bored out of their minds. Playing pig pile doesn’t help. Neither does banging one’s face on the grass. What to do, what to do? The kids decide to go downtown to see what they can see. They wander past the old drugstore, where Elizajane remembers something about sodas and It’s a Wonderful Life. In a heartbeat she is gone, bolting around the corner to the back of the old building, where she finds a way inside.

Ryan hated the move. He hated being uprooted from his home in New York to the rural outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee. But little did he know what was in store for him, as he becomes wrapped up in two worlds, and in two conflicts. After touching a baseball bat found in the attic of his new home, the Belle Meade Plantation, Ryan is transported back in time to the Civil War. It is here that he takes part in a baseball game between Union and Confederate soldiers on the eve of the Battle of Nashville. It would be a summer unlike any other.

En Sidro juga a l'equip de futbol del seu poble i marca tants gols que crida l'atenció dels observadors dels equips més importants de Primera Divisió. Vol rendir al màxim, sobretot ara que el partit crucial que podria definir el seu futur s'acosta, però en Sidro no pot evitar pensar que l'única cosa que a ell realment li agradaria és jugar a bàsquet i estar amb la Clàudia... Un entranyable relat sobre l'adolescència, l'amistat, l'honestedat i el camí de la recerca interior.

Die beiden Schüler-Nationalspieler sollen im Sommer 2008 bei der Schüler-Europameisterschaft in zwei verschiedenen Mannschaften spielen...

Ein Sichtungslehrgang der U15 steht an. Dort trifft Locke auf den Stürmerkonkurrenten Björn Stössken aus Rostock, der mit allen Mitteln versucht, eine Nominierung von Locke im Länderspiel gegen Portugal zu verhindern. Er stellt ihm eine fiese Falle und Bernd Stettler, der Trainer in der U15, muss Locke aus der Mannschaft werfen. Als unser Held eine zweite Chance erhält, nutzt er die im Spiel gegen die Holländer genial. Schließlich wechselt Locke zum großen FC Schalke 04...

Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, award-winning author Carl Deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness...

In this thrilling climbing adventure from bestselling author Roland Smith, summiting one of the most isolated mountains in the world may be the easiest thing Peak does. After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal...

In this thrilling novel from the bestselling author of Peak, mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy. Peak and his team need to descend into Tibet after surviving an avalanche on the remote and...

Tyler has always been known as Nelson High’s goofy clown, the guy with the big mouth. But there’s something people don’t know: he’s tired of being in the shadows of his Raiders’ buddies, and he’s ready to do whatever it takes to get the most popular girl in school to notice him: Roxanne Carmichael. Sammy is just one of the guys, known for her mad boarding skills and her razor-sharp wit. But she has a secret, too—a crush on her best friend. It’s a relationship she’s not willing to risk damaging by getting all romantic about it.

Il girone di ritorno del campionato è iniziato e le Cipolline sono più cariche che mai: Tommi è di nuovo tra loro e l'insopportabile Loris è tornato all'Accademia Blu. Eppure qualcosa non va... Tommi litiga con tutti, Champignon ha uno strano dolorino al petto e i ragazzi sembrano tanti petali, ma non un fiore! Riusciranno a giocare la finalissima?

Il girone di ritorno del campionato è finito e non resta che la finalissima. Come l'anno scorso, a contendersi la coppa sono Cipolline e Accademia Blu. Questa volta, però, i ragazzi di Champignon sono intenzionati a conquistare la vittoria. Perché chi si diverte non perde mai, è vero... ma è anche vero che chi vince si diverte il doppio!

Seventeen-year-old Meg Barnes is all about control. However, the only kind of control she can find is with a razor. As if life wasn't hard enough, an accident has forced her to view everything from a wheelchair. Then a promise to an old friend forces her to resume her martial arts training and save the Little Ninja Program. While relearning self defense and pushing the limits of her body, new friends drag her to church

Emmeline Escot knows that she was born to ride in Seren's cutthroat velocipede races. The only problem: She's female in a world where women lead tightly laced lives. Emmeline watches her twin brother gain success as a professional racing jockey while her own life grows increasingly narrow. Ever more stifled by rules, corsets, and her upcoming marriage of convenience to a brusque stranger, Emmy rebels - with stunning consequences. Can her dream to race survive scandal, scrutiny, and heartbreak?

Pocho es una historia de amistad, aceptación y la lucha por encontrar tu identidad en el mundo. Danny es alto y delgado. A pesar de no ser fuerte, sus brazos son lo suficientemente largos como para lanzar un balón de fútbol americano con tanta fuerza, que cualquier cazatalentos lo...

With a rocky start to senior year, cheerleaders and lifelong best friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot on their minds. Eleanor is still in physical therapy months after a serious concussion from a failed cheer stunt. Chanel starts making questionable decisions to deal with the mounting pressure of college applications. But they have each other's backs - just as always, until Eleanor's new relationship with star quarterback Three starts a rift between them.