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1) Kneel
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When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small Louisiana town. As the team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. When his best friend...
2) Unearthly
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Series
Unearthly trilogy volume 1
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Clara Gardner's purpose as an angel-blood begins to manifest itself, forcing her family to pull up stakes and move to Jackson, Wyoming, where she learns that danger and heartbreak come with her powers.
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After an injury forces Ria off the diving team she forms an unexpected friendship with Cotton, a neuro-divergent boy who helps her to see that Coach Benny's training methods were actually abuse. Then Benny returns, offering Ria a second chance with a life-changing diving opportunity. How do you separate the impossible from possible when the one thing you love is so tangled up in the thing you fear most?
4) Flying
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Mana has always lived a normal life, albeit with an overprotective mother, until the day she comes home to find the house trashed and an alien in the garage. It turns out her mother is an alien hunter who has absconded with a piece of technology that everyone--human and alien--wants to get their hands on. When her mother's partner shows up and orders Mana to come with him, it may be up to Mana to save her mother--and the world.
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"After her girls' ice hockey team is cut for budget reasons, Michigan tries out for the boys' team, and earns a place on the starting lineup. But when she bests her teammates with her skills and her refusal to back down, hazing crosses the line into assault."--
6) Whale talk
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English
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Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. The Cutter All Night Mermen, a group of seven misfits who are members of a makeshift swim team, come together to challenge their high school's sports culture and fight for dignity in a world where a moment's inattention...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy. But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills his drawers with letters to the people in his world -- letters he never intends to send -- he spills the truth: he's trying hard, but he just isn't into Theresa....
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Fishing chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Rock Conrad was set to begin the best and final year of his high school education, but a freak accident changes everything, including Polk High's fishing dream tream.
9) Size me up
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Series
Back of the net volume 5
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After a dangerous encounter with some bullies, Ben dedicates himself to applying for college programs in an attempt to get away from the violence and the feel safe at home again"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Wattpad Books edition.
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English
Description
"Brynn Cadence . . . discovers the dead body of a classmate on the football field one Friday night. When she tells the police she saw a masked figure fleeing up the bleachers, they dismiss her and label the death accidental. With no one believing what she saw, Brynn's internal walls start to go up. But there's one wall she has no control over--the one that separates her and Kyler Fellan's gym lockers. . . . While not an unwelcome surprise, Brynn knows...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
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English
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"Kikuzato finally meets Doujima, the first para-athlete--and adult--he's ever looked up to. But it turns out Doujima shares a complicated history with Kikuzato's prosthetist, Chidori. Meanwhile, Kikuzato's middle school friend Takegawa reminisces over the past after he's told to quit the soccer club, and the track-and-field club's competitions are brought to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic!"--
12) Blue box: 2
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
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English
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"Taiki's new doubles partner puts him on an intense training regimen that makes his dream of reaching nationals start to feel a little more achievable. Then Taiki meets another badminton player with eyes for Chinatsu. Will this new rival spell the end for Taiki's romantic aspirations?"--
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Shonen Jump Advanced manga ed.
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English
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"Only five minutes remain on the game clock as the severely battered and beaten Devil Bats continue their daunting struggle against the Hakushu Dinosaurs. Hoping that sheer strength and power will see him through, Hakushu's quarterback plans a last-ditch drive up the middle of the field. Standing in his way, though, is a newly revitalized Kurita (who's also getting some backup from the tiny but mighty Komusubi). Can Kurita and Komusubi hold off the...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Shonen Jump manga edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since he saw the legendary player known as 'the Little Giant' complete at the national volleyball finals. Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? ... Kenma Kozume gives his all rally after rally, wishing that the game would go on forever. But unfortunately, the longtime dream of Nekoma and Karasuno's Dumpster Battle on the national...
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Series
Avant-Guards volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"THE FINAL SHOT. Everything's happening - Liv & Charlie figuring out what it means to be Liv & Charlie, the final game of the season is here, creating the perfect fundraiser and everyone's parents showed up to cheer them on during the most stressful time the team could imagine. It's Just A Lot For Everyone To Deal With. Luckily the entire existence of the league doesn't depend on this one game or the Avant-Guards winning, right? Oh wait ..."--Provided...
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