Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competitive tendencies.
Jared knows he's the best basketball player in school. But Jared's also got a temper, and when the ref throws him out of the game, he watches his team's chance start to slip away.
Dunk stared at the basket, the one where he'd missed those three shots last night. He took a deep breath and let it out. His heart was beating hard, as much from anxiety as the running.
Jason Fiorelli is having a great year as wingback on the Hudson City Hornets. Now with only three games left, the league title is within reach, until disaster...
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.
Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights
Wallace, Rich
2016
"Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led [Jonathan Myrick] Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murderer, and how these events helped reshape both the legal and political climate of Lowndes County and the nation"--Amazon.
As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.
