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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! This graphic biography shows readers the moments that have defined Colin Kaepernick’s life as a quarterback and an activist. His talent and determination made him a college football success and brought him to the National Football League. As a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, he led his team to multiple playoffs and...
2) Final season
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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"With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd to follow in their footsteps. However, after his dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis--connected to all those hard hits and tackles he took on the field--Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit football. Ben isn't playing just for himself though....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This graphic biography shows readers the moments that have defined Colin Kaepernick’s life as a quarterback and an activist. His talent and determination made him a college football success and brought him to the National Football League. As a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, he led his team to multiple playoffs and even competed in the Super Bowl. When outrage over violence against African Americans became a national movement, Kaepernick...
8) The big game
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade season to his Super Bowl champion father, who recently passed away. Then his English teacher catches him cheating on a test. Even though Danny can retake it, he knows there’s no point. He can’t read. And if Danny can’t pass this class, he won’t be eligible to play in the championship game that could unlock his future. Danny is being tested on every level now, and to pass, he may very well have to...
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Zach and Zoe mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Zach and Zoe find their recess football deflated from a hole near the laces, and set off in search of clues to discover how it happened.
10) Game changer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery--and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day? Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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¿Te gusta jugar o ver fútbol? En este título en español, las fotografías de color atraen a los lectores a medida que aprenden los fundamentos del deporte, y un diagrama claro les ayuda a identificar las partes del campo de fútbol. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos ayudan a desarrollar habilidades de aprendizaje de no ficción. Touchdown! Do you like to play or watch football? In this Spanish-language title, full-color...
12) Lone stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"As a frequent Super Bowl competitor, the New England Patriots are a formidable franchise. In 2001, head coach Bill Belichick played quarterback Tom Brady, who at the time was only a sixth-round draft pick. Since then, the team has been successful, including a 16-game season without any losses."--
15) Flag football
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces the game of flag football, describing the rules, equipment, and strategies of the game.
16) Last man out
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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"Tommy Gallagher plays monster back for the Brighton Bears defense--and he's every quarterback's worst nightmare. A fierce competitor, Tommy's the toughest--and bravest--guy on the field. After all, he learned the game from his dad, a Boston firefighter who tackles each fire with a simple mantra: first man in, last man out. But his father never said anything about being carried out. Even Tommy isn't strong enough for what happens when the sirens sound...
17) Left out
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to his advantage and join the school's football team. But the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like Landon...
18) Top prospect
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Travis Gardner is a standout quarterback by the time he reaches middle school. The coach at Gainesville University makes Travis a once-in-a-lifetime promise of a place on the team and a scholarship to go with it. He just has to get through high school first. As Travis starts ninth grade, he'll have to earn his teammates' trust and dodge opponents aiming to sack the star quarterback. Now the pressure is on and Travis has to prove himself with every...
20) Denver Broncos
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The NFL Blitz series helps young readers explore the National Football League's teams. Each title examines a team's history, uniforms, records, key players, stadiums, and much more. Every title uses brilliant photographs and fun facts to bring a team to life--Page 4 of cover.