Jesse is a wide receiver for the freshman team. Can he play against type and help his team as a quarterback?

Last year Jake was one of his team s best players. But this season it looks like a new kid is going to take Jake s place as team leader. Can Jake settle for second-best?

THE FALCONS HAVE a problem: they've lost the first two games of the season. Although they have skill, they lack height.When Michael Mancino comes across an old issue of Sports Illustrated and he discovers the similarly vertically chal...

Thirteen-year-old Josh tries out for the United, an elite travel league soccer team, and is thrilled when he makes the cut. But once the season is underway, he discovers that the practices are grueling and the other team members are p...

Brett blew a key play in an important game. Now he feels like a loser for letting his teammates down and he keeps making mistakes. How can Brett become a winner again?

CHRIS SKALLERUP YEARNS to be more than a benchwarmer on the Oak View Middle School basketball team. To improve his game, he turns to one of his best friends, the high-scoring star of the middle school girls team, Greta "Gretzky&q...

MARCUS IS ONE of the best players on his junior high school basketball team. He's the highest scorer and the best rebounder, but he's not so great at free throws. When Marcus misses four free throws at the end of an important game and...

Eighth-grader Nate Osborne is a forward on his U-14 soccer team, the Strikers. He and the rest of his teammates are very competitive, especially when it comes to playing against their rivals, the Monarchs. They want to win so badly th...

Eighth-grader Richie Mallon has always known he was a shooter, but will his amazing shooting talent be enough to keep him on the team? Outside Shot tells the story of eighth-grade basketball player Richie Mallon, who is known as the s...

Isaac is a serious pitcher. He's got an awesome fastball and sneaky changeup. He's determined to pitch a perfect game: no hits, no runs, no walks, and no errors. He gets close a couple of times, but when the batter gets on base, Isaac...

BRENDAN IS ONE of the best players in the league, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't make his team win. An unexpected event and the story of legendary Cubs player and Hall of Famer, Ernie Banks, make Brendan realize that it's l...

Matt expects to be the starting quarterback on his middle school team. But after a few practices watching Devro, a talented seventh grader, he s starting to get nervous. To make matters worse, his English teacher is on his case about ...

Ben s looking for a point guard for his basketball team and he s sure he s found his man in Hud, a talented kid from the local rec center who s new to Ben s school. Hud can run, pass and shoot at top speed. But he s not much of a team...

A fascinating historical back story and exciting soccer action combine in this second title in the new series from a popular sports author.Tyler's hopes for an unbeatable season for the Cougars disappear when his friend Zack, the team...

MORE THAN ANYTHING, T. J. wants to be a pitcher. But he's smaller than his teammates, and his pitches just don't pack the power they need to strike out the batters. When T. J. learns about one of baseball's early heroes, Pittsburgh Pi...

Four friends who share a love of basketball have to go through tryouts for the school team. Slowly it becomes clear that they may not all make the team.

WITHOUT HIS LUCKY glove, Jamie doesn't believe in his ability to lead his baseball team to victory until he learns that faith in oneself is the most important equipment for any game.Jamie lovingly oiled his glove all winter and, as th...

THE TIGERS ARE IN TROUBLE.Baseball season is underway, and Coach Skelly has just quit. When Scott and his teammates can't find an adult to coach the team, it looks as if the Tigers' season might be over before it really begins.But the...

Jack throws the fastest pitches in the league, but lately his blazing fastballs haven't been enough to stay ahead of the batters. His coach wants him to slow down and learn new pitches to throw strikes. A former college player has off...

An action-packed story and an involving ethical dilemma will engage readers in the first book in this new series from a popular sports fiction author.Sam loves football. Most of all he loves the feeling he gets when his team, the Cowb...

IN ORDER TO WIN an important baseball game, twelve-year-old Kyle claims to have made a difficult catch which he actually dropped. The unearned win gives his team, the Reds, an unfair advantage in the championship series against the Cu...