Champion wrestler Eddie MacIntyre punches a referee--losing his chance at the championships & getting expelled from school. He joins an illegal underground fighting ring, where he finds himself trapped in a world run by bad men & gamblers.
Follows the Fort Yukon Eagles high school basketball team from its 2004 preseason to the 2005 Alaskan state championship, exploring the lives of its players and coach and examining the six-hundred-person village's Gwich'in Athabascan heritage.
Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a fencing champion, dreams of getting the chance to compete. Accepted to private school, he is thrust into a cut-throat world, facing not only his golden-boy half-brother, but the unbeatable, mysterious Seiji Katayama.
The incredible true story of one high school student's determination to triumph against the challenges of autism-and his opponents on the basketball court.
Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam's finally formed after a lifetime of struggle.
Hockey is a thrilling, fast-paced sport, and the action gets even more intense during the playoffs. The Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Quest for Hockey's Biggest Prize covers it all with exciting text and vivid photos.
Throw Like a Girl inspires, motivates, & answers questions on issues that are specific to being a female athlete. Finch's book addresses the entire life of today's girl--not just fitness or physical preparation, but how to integrate the lessons of sports into life.
A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team.
Younger than his classmates at a prestigious private school, Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as a kid, & playing on the Varsity rugby team with his frightening new dorm-mates.