Jake Maddox sports stories
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1) Free throw
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Since Derek is now the tallest player on his basketball team, the coach decides to have him play center but Jason, the former center, has little confidence in Derek and will not pass him the ball.
2) On the line
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
3) Board rebel
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Tanner moves to an exclusive new town he misses his old skate park, but with the help of the town bully and another new friend, Tanner thinks he can figure out a way to get a skate park built in Woodville.
4) Go-kart rush
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Tony turns twelve and moves up to the next class of kart racing, he worries that he will never be able to compete against the older boys who have more experience.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Quarter-midget car racer Michael Haynes and his twin brother Mark, the team's mechanic, are used to winning their races, but when a new, unscrupulous racer starts competing, even causing Michael to be injured in a race, the twins are tempted to start using different tactics themselves.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Comets hockey team, which is headed for the state championship, has everything start to fall apart when Jill is told she can't play on the boys' team anymore and when Brett, who gets hurt in a match, has to be replaced by Jamie, the star forward.
10) Slam Dunk Shoes
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Series
Description
Jamal's been asked to try out for the super-elite youth basketball team. His dad makes him a deal: If Jamal makes the team, he gets new shoes. But will the fancy new shoes really improve Jamal's game?
11) Soccer shootout
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a new boy joins the Titans soccer team, Berk, who has always played goalkeeper, is challenged for that position and he must decide whether to hold a grudge or act for the good of the team.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Riley and Blake have been best friends forever, even though Blake is a daredevil and teases Riley. That all ends when Blake finds a new group of friends. Riley joins the swim team, and soon finds he doesn't need Blake's friendship to get by. But when Blake tries a crazy stunt and dangerous at the lake one day, can Riley put the past aside and save his former friend?
13) Free climb
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Amir's new friend refuses to learn the right way to climb, and soon finds himself in danger.
14) Karate countdown
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Kenny's anger problem gets out of control, his father signs him up for karate lessons. But even in karate class, Kenny can't get a grip on his temper. He's getting a reputation for being angry. With help from his karate teacher, will Kenny be able to calm down long enough to focus and win? .
15) Kart crash
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Austin moves, he leaves his go-kart behind; now he must compete at the new track in a rental car.
16) BMX Challenge
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jason never turns down a dare, which has gotten him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time about their 'baby bikes' they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX is way harder than he thought. If he can't learn to ride before the competition, this dare will be his last.
17) Cowboy up
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jake is the best bull rider in his division, but after he finally takes a bad spill during a competition he has to overcome his fear before he can ride again.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Flatte County got its name for a reason: It's flat as a pancake. So even though Jonah and his little brother, Shawn, brought their mountain bikes to Grandpa's house, there's nowhere to do cool tricks..... Except Crooked Hill, but Grandpa says there's a curse on the Crooked Hill that makes riders wipe out. Shawn ends up missing, will Jonah risk the ride of his life to save his little brother?
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Evan's older brother, Chris, breaks his leg skateboarding, their parents decide the sport is too dangerous. They ban skateboarding for the whole family. But Evan loves skateboarding too much to quit. When his grandma discovers he's been skating in secret, Evan knows he has a choice to make. He has to decide what's more important: doing what he loves or telling his parents the truth.
20) Behind the plate
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Danny has been the star catcher on his baseball team for three years, but this year his feelings about his parents' divorce seem to be effecting even routine plays.
21) Cycling Champion
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Series
Description
Austin, eager to prove himself and win a sports trophy like his older brothers, joins a local cycling club and enters a Tour de France-style bike race. Not only does he have to find a bike, train, and learn the course, but he also has to deal with a bully who wants him out of the club. For Austin, it feels like a race just to get to the starting line!
22) Gold medal swim
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sam is the best swimmer on his team, and he is happy to help the new student, Julien, practice his laps and technique--but when it comes to an actual race, only one swimmer can win.
23) Hockey Meltdown
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dylan has been looking forward to the Midwinter Meltdown Tournament for months. He knows this will be the year his team dominates. But when a wrist injury takes him out of the game, everything changes. Even though Dylan's wrist is starting to heal, he knows he shouldn't play. Can Dylan be part of the team if he is stuck on the bench?
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Mason can't get used to his new home in Clearwater Bluff.The town smells like manure, the school is ancient, and his class only has twenty-two kids. Even football is different.It's bad enough that the coach doesn't have much time for parctice, but no one wants to be quarterback. If Mason is stuck in this town, he must find a way to help his new home team.
27) Striker assist
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Talented striker Jax Cooper has been Most Valuable Player for the Screaming Hawks for four years in a row, but when he joins a traveling league he finds out that he still has a lot to learn about teamwork.
29) Beach bully
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Isaac and his parents have just moved into a house by the ocean, and he is willing to try surfboarding, but there is a bully among the local boys on the beach who seems determined to drive him away.
30) Board battle
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Conner and Hannah are friends who love to go to the skateboard park on Saturdays, so when a bully named Hank shows up and starts pushing them out of the way, they need to find a creative way to practice for the upcoming tournament.
31) Kart competition
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twelve-year-old friends Ted and Ashley are finally old enough to go to Kart Kamp in the summer, where they meet Gil Stevens, son of a famous driver, but soon Teds competitive instincts start to get the better of him, and camp becomes less about learning than winning.
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sixth-grader Max Stinson is tired of being bullied by Harold Weime and looking forward to a summer in the local paintball league to work off some of his frustration, but he soon learns that anger is not a winning attitude, especially when you take it out on the people around you.
33) Caught stealing
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When his father's valuable signed baseball disappears during the team's sleepover, Ian Shin, catcher for the Scottsville Knights, suspects the new pitcher, Hunter Yates, but he cannot be sure, and his trust in his teammates is shattered--so he must uncover the truth to bring the team back together.
34) Hoop hustle
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.
35) Soccer shake-up
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Worried sick about his baby brother's operation, twelve-year-old Dominic does not really feel much like playing soccer, so he just messes around on the field during practice--but when his grandfather teaches him some moves he starts to take an interest, and sets out to win the trust of his coach and teammates.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
37) Doubles Trouble
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Deion wanted to make the traveling tennis team as a singles player but failed. The coach, however, finds a spot for Deion as a doubles player. Deion isn't so sure about doubles. And he's definitely not sure about his doubles partner, Dirk, who seems to be the exact opposite of him. Will Deion find a way to stay out of doubles trouble and find success at the net?
38) Lacrosse laser
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
39) Punter's Pride
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nolan is a fiery fellow with a lot to say as he campaigns hard as a student council president elect hopeful. In his spare time he's the punter and emergency third-string quarterback for the football team. But when the first two QBs go down with injury, Nolan is suddenly thrust onto center stage in more ways than one.
40) Second shot
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
41)
Blue line breakaway
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42)
Pick and roll
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43) Rodeo challenge
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.
44) Secondhand Slice
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Series
Description
Ben is the son of the head groundskeeper at Strongwood, the swankiest golf club around. When entered in a tournament at Strongwood by his wild sidekick, Javi, Ben worries that the competition might be too rich for him. Can he find a way to calm his nerves and straighten out his embarrassing slice or will he forever be too shabby for this type of competition?
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Series
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Blake Easton loves playing wiffle ball with his friends, so when they encourage him to try out for the local traveling baseball team, he decides to give it a shot. Blake has never played organized sports before, and the tryouts are tough, but he makes the team as a second-string player. When a key player on the team gets hurt during their first game of the season, the coach calls on Blake to step in. Can Blake perform under pressure? Will he be able...
46) Backfield blow
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
During a football game star running back Harris Weathers takes a jarring hit and narrowly escapes injury, but after several days he is still rattled, leaving him with a tough decision--quit football or find a way to stay safe while playing the game he loves.
47) Baseball Blowup
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Malcolm loves two things-baseball and science. He's always studying the stats and coming up with ideas to help his team gain an advantage over the competition. But when Malcolm's homemade glove oil causes a major blowup with his teammates, he must find a way to win back their trust. Leaning into science and statistics, he decides to try a new type of pitch to keep batters off balance during his next start. Will Malcolm's secret pitch prove to be a...
48) Curling crunch
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Upset over her parents' divorce and her subsequent move to Minnesota, Maisie joins a curling team and begins to have a change of heart.
49)
Hip-hop hustle
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50)
Karate clash
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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Robinson learns about wheelchair rugby during Super Sports Saturday, he can't wait to try it. But then his family moves to Alabama to help take care of his grandma after she gets hurt. But Robinson's in luck-his dad tells him about an organization called the Shore that has a wheelchair rugby team. Robinson's in for quite a rush as he learns a new sport-and some important lessons about life. Find out in this exciting, easy-to-read chapter book...
52) Puck Panic
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twelve-year-old Calvin is skating his hardest in the hockey tournament. He's ready to bring the Blades a win! But then he takes a hard bodycheck during the first game. The hit leaves him feeling rattled. Nervous. Terrified. Now he's freezing up every time another player comes anywhere near him on the ice. Can Calvin find a way to work through his puck panic and play his best for the team? Find out in this fast-paced, easy-to-read illustrated chapter...
53) Roster Rebound
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Series
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nina's basketball dreams have been dashed. After moving to a small town, she learns her new school doesn't have enough players to form a girls b-ball team. Nina is bummed until she finds out the boys team is short one player-and anyone can try out. Nina decides to take a shot, and her hoop hopes rebound when she wins a spot on the roster. But not everyone is pleased she made the team. Can Nina prove herself as a power forward? Or will she buckle under...
54) Skate Park Plans
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Avani Patel loves to skateboard. With the nearest skate park an hour away, though, she doesn't get much chance to sharpen her skills or practice advance tricks. Then one day, she learns the city council is considering building a skate park in town! But it's far from a done deal. Can Avani and her friends find a way to convince the council that a park is a worthy investment for the community, or will she be stuck doing ollies in her driveway? Find...
55)
Soccer snub
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