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Hoop Girlz (age 10+)
by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
friendship ... sports
Publisher comments: When ten-year-old River, who is crazy about basketball, is not chosen to play on the A-Team, she decides to play her heart out for the B-Team, a team that proves to be unusually talented.
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The Broadway Ballplayers (age 10+)
by Haureen Holohan
friendship ... sports
Meet the Ballplayers, a fearless five with a passion for sports, hanging with friends, and life on Broadway Avenue. As the new summer basketball league kicks off, these five friends team up to form the Broadway Ballplayers. But Molly and the others run into some serious competition both on and off the court. Can they bring the championship home to Broadway Avenue?
title: The Broadway Ballplayers: Friday Nights by Molly
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Summerland (age 10+)
by Michael Chabon
fantasy ... magic ... sports
For over a century, the people of Clam Island, Washington, have enjoyed barbecues and baseball games and Summerland, on the Western tip of the island, where it never rains. The small beings...known as ferishers...who ensure this perfect weather, however, are threatened by an ancient enemy, and need a hero...a baseball star, in fact...to vanquish their foe.
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Maniac Magee : a Novel (age 10+)
by Jerry Spinelli
folklore ... humor ... bigotry ... realistic ... friendship ... sports
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Duveneck Elementary School, Sat Aug 25 11:55:27 2012
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