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Matt Christopher sports fiction
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1)
Baseball pals
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2)
Little Lefty
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3)
Touchdown for Tommy
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4)
Wingman on ice
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8)
The year Mom won the pennant
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10)
Hard drive to short
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11) Johnny Long Legs
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Pub. Date
1970
Language
English
Description
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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Language
English
Description
Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
15)
Football fugitive
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16)
Soccer hero
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17)
The submarine pitch
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18)
The diamond champs
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20) Soccer halfback
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Pub. Date
[1985], c1978
Language
English
Description
A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.
21) Dirt bike racer
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Pub. Date
[1986], c1979
Language
English
Description
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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23)
Drag-strip racer
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24)
Dirt bike runaway
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25)
The great quarterback switch
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27)
Supercharged infield
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28)
The hockey machine
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Series
Home run kid series volume 1
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him.
30)
Ice magic
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31) Red-Hot Hightops
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Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
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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Pub. Date
1987, c1971
Language
English
Description
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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34)
Shortstop from Tokyo
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35)
Tackle without a team
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36)
The counterfeit tackle
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37)
Takedown
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39)
Skateboard tough
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Author
Series
Home run kid series volume 2
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.
42)
Undercover tailback
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43)
Long stretch at first base
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44)
Pressure play
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45) Top wing
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Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Dana Bellamy searches for the truth behind the fire for which his father is being blamed.
46)
The winning stroke
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48)
Double play at short
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49)
Fighting tackle
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50)
Shoot for the hoop
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52)
Crackerjack halfback
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53)
Olympic dream
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54)
Baseball turnaround
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55)
Penalty shot
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57)
The team that couldn't lose
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58)
Center court sting
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60)
Prime-time pitcher
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61)
Roller hockey radicals
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62)
Soccer scoop
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63) Spike it!
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Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
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.
66)
Skateboard renegade
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67) Soccer duel
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Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
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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69)
Wheel wizards
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70)
Cool as ice
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71)
Inline skater
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72)
Windmill windup
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73)
Dive right in
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74)
Goalkeeper in charge
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75)
Run for it
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76) Body check
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Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
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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78) Nothin' but net
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
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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Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
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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81) Stealing home
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Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
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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Series
Home run kid series volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
After badly spraining his ankle just before the summer baseball season begins, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Charlie Comet who helps him compensate for the injury by learning to switch-hit.
85)
Karate kick
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87) Hook shot hero
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
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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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When a key player on the Grizzlies' baseball team is hit on the head by a ball while practicing with his friends, they must decide whether to keep his injury a secret even after he starts behaving strangely.