Matt Christopher sports fiction
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3. Touchdown for Tommy
5. Too hot to handle
6. The reluctant pitcher
7. Miracle at the plate
9. Catch that pass!
10. Hard drive to short
11. Johnny Long Legs
12. Look who's playing first base
13. Face-off
16. Soccer hero
17. The submarine pitch
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.
23. Drag-strip racer
25. The great quarterback switch
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.
34. Shortstop from Tokyo
36. The counterfeit tackle
37. Takedown
38. The basket counts
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.
40. Challenge at second base
43. Long stretch at first base
44. Pressure play
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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New player Chico Romez is welcomed to the team by everyone except first baseman String Becker, the most popular member of the team.
49. Fighting tackle
51. The comeback challenge
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.
57. The team that couldn't lose
58. Center court sting
59. Mountain bike mania
61. Roller hockey radicals
62. Soccer scoop
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When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendency to talk alot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible.
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.
64. Long-arm quarterback
65. Snowboard showdown
66. Skateboard renegade
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
69. Wheel wizards
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
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.
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Will Tina's shyness ruin her chances to play goalkeeper on the soccer team?
When shy Tina Esparza is offered the position of goalkeeper on the Wildcats team, she is afraid to accept, fearing to be the center of attention, but when her friends and her parents encourage her, she decides to try.
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
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?
After seeing a young black golfer on TV, Malik Edwards becomes interested in golf and inspired to learn the game, but he must first overcome tough challenges to realize his...
78. Nothin' but net
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
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.
84. Long shot for Paul
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.