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This plausible must-listen novel about the near future offers excitement on the football field and adventure in the tech lab, where Dude and his diverse group of team geniuses struggle with the true meaning of the game and the importance of thinking creatively in sports.

Leah Jung is passionate about Parkour. A dedicated Christian, she has one secret, disabling trauma—a fear of one specific move in the sport she calls her life. During her training, she unexpectedly comes face to face with world-class tracuer, Ethan Simpson. He appears to fall for her and suggests that she train with a group—an idea that grows into a vision of teaching teens Parkour while bringing them to the knowledge of the One True God Who loves them. Together with four friends, Leah brings this dream into reality. But not all is as simple as it seems.

Molly, an expert skier, is sent to the Firethorn Ski Resort in Colorado on her first mission as a secret agent! Another young agent there was investigating a smuggling ring and has had a skiing "accident". Someone using the code name "Dormouse", who isn't an agent, has been continuing the agent's work and sending SOS messages. Molly must find and assist Dormouse and catch smugglers.

Berthe er 17 år, og det er hendes største drøm at komme til OL i Seoul. Hun er eliteløber og bruger al sin tid på træning. Men hvad hvis det ikke er nok? Berthe mærker presset fra omverdenen og sine egne enorme forventninger, og det bringer hende ud i et farligt dopingmisbrug. "Kom nu, Berthe!" er en spændende ungdomsroman, der er baseret på virkelige hændelser. "Levende og medrivende ungdomsroman om de problemer, der kan opstå i topidræt .." - Lektørudtalelse Hans Peter Rolfsen er en dansk forfatter.

Da Benner er 15 år, opdager han, at han har et særligt talent. I stedet for at blive ved med at spille fodbold sammen med de andre drenge vælger han at satse på løb. Men det er ikke hurtigløb, Benner brænder for. Det er udholdenhed, der er hans styrke, og han sætter sig et stort mål: Copenhagen Marathon. "I det lange løb" fortæller om udviklingen fra barn til voksen og fra amatørløber konkurrenceløber. "Mesterligt gjort. Det er sport og spænding." -Politiken Hans Peter Rolfsen er en dansk forfatter.

All good things must come to an end. After spending all of their free time every summer practicing and playing baseball, Malachi, Elizajane, Noah, and Elias must grow up. Playing on the magic diamond against the best players in baseball history would remain one of their greatest experiences, but the field is reserved for the young at heart only, and the big world is good at making people into adults. One Easter, when the four kids are much older and Malachi has kids of his own, they begin talking about the magic diamond they used to play on as kids.

Paula ist stinksauer: Mit dem Umzug nach Hamburg musste sie ihre beste Freundin Ellen und ihre heißgeliebte Handballmannschaft im Stich lassen. Ein neuer Handballverein kommt für Paula nicht in Frage. Und die unsportlichen Großstadtzicken aus ihrer neuen Klasse können ihr gestohlen bleiben. Aber dann kommt ein neuer Sportlehrer an die Schule - Florian Hoffmann, Ex-­Bundesligaspieler und Paulas Lieblingshandballer. Dass sich alle Mädchen wegen ihm plötzlich für Handball begeistern, findet Paula albern. Doch allmählich merkt sie, dass die neue Handball­ AG richtiges Potenzial hat.

Kirby’s life changed one memorable afternoon with the murder of his best friend, Bennett. A promising life was cut short in front of a crowd of hundreds on the steps of Mount Vernon, New York’s, City Hall. Kirby had looked up to Bennett for as long as he remembered and losing him changed his life. Lost between dark thoughts of rage, regret, and revenge, Kirby struggles with who he is and what he might become. Simon knew he had made mistakes few recovered from.

Seventeen-year-old Aluma Banks has always dreamed of soaring freely through the skies astride a powerful winged steed of her own. But flying is a privilege granted only to the Riders of the king's Empyrean Cavalry, the aerial warriors who defend the borders of their land from the fallen kingdom of Laithlann. Each year, Rider hopefuls across Eirelannia compete in the Autumn Tournament for the honor of joining the Cavalry. Aluma, trained to ride and fight by her retired Empyrean Rider father, knows she has what it takes—if only her father hadn't forbidden her from joining their ranks.

Set in a small town in North Mississippi during the early days of school integration, When You Can Throw from Deep Short describes how one high school player, Dwayne Scott, finds in the game of baseball an escape from an unhappy home situation and a meaningful friendship with a Black teammate. The story dramatizes the power of sport to inspire teamwork, camaraderie, and hope, and to change lives for the better.

Jääkiekko on vienyt kuudesluokkalaisen Saken täysin mukanaan. Kun D-juniorien ykkösjoukkue nimetään, Sakke valitaan tietysti mukaan. Mutta ei siinä kaikki. Edessä on pelejä, joissa Sakke on koko joukkueen parhain! Saken on kuitenkin vaikeaa unohtaa aikoja, jolloin koulun jääkiekkoilijat kiusasivat häntä. Elämää sekoittaa myös ihastus Kristiina, josta Sakke ei oikein saa selvää. "Sakke nousee sarjaan" on toinen osa jääkiekkoaiheisessa "Sakke"-sarjassa. Kun Sakke saa uudet luistimet, hän ei arvaa minkälaiseen elämänmuutokseen ne hänet sysäävät.

First a Canadian Rockies avalanche kills their parents. Then Children’s Services threatens to separate them. That’s when the three Gunnarsson kids decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest turns 18 and becomes their legal guardian. Not many would dare. But Jon, Korka, and Aron’s parents ran a survival school. Turns out their plan is full of holes.

Andy Rivera specializes in doing the bare minimum. That is, unless, it involves making his all-star, older brother, Xavier, look bad. But, after Xavier suffers a crippling injury during the homecoming football game, Andy is so shaken with regret that he escapes into the world of middle school wrestling. And, when old habits threaten to sabotage these new challenges, Andy comes face-to-face with a Major Decision.

Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in - her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother’s footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix’s past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep them afloat, threatening Ava’s hold on the one place and the one person that make her feel like she belongs.

Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do, and undeniable chronic back pain. While she might never be an Olympian, she has dreams of leveling up to elite, making Nationals, and competing in college. But when one epic face-plant changes all that and Caroline’s back pain goes from chronic to career-ending, her dreams are shattered and her life is flipped upside down. Enter Alex Zavala, a three-sport athlete who’s both incredibly cute and incredibly off-limits.

Summer vacation has begun, and Malachi, Elizajane, Noah, and Elias are bored out of their minds. Playing pig pile doesn’t help. Neither does banging one’s face on the grass. What to do, what to do? The kids decide to go downtown to see what they can see. They wander past the old drugstore, where Elizajane remembers something about sodas and It’s a Wonderful Life. In a heartbeat she is gone, bolting around the corner to the back of the old building, where she finds a way inside.

Ryan hated the move. He hated being uprooted from his home in New York to the rural outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee. But little did he know what was in store for him, as he becomes wrapped up in two worlds, and in two conflicts. After touching a baseball bat found in the attic of his new home, the Belle Meade Plantation, Ryan is transported back in time to the Civil War. It is here that he takes part in a baseball game between Union and Confederate soldiers on the eve of the Battle of Nashville. It would be a summer unlike any other.

Book two in The Horse Girls of St. Croix County.

Tri had anxiously been waiting for this day throughout the entire school year: The beginning of summer, when his days would be filled with beach volleyball, surfing, and more beach volleyball. But when he signs up for summer beach volleyball at Outrigger Beach with his best friend and partner, Trevor, he discovers the devastating news that Trevor has teamed up with his arch-rival, Ricardo. Now Tri, with the help of his tough-love auntie, must befriend a misfit named Travis, building a new team, a new partnership, and a deep friendship that changes his view on beach volleyball and life.

Tyler has always been known as Nelson High’s goofy clown, the guy with the big mouth. But there’s something people don’t know: he’s tired of being in the shadows of his Raiders’ buddies, and he’s ready to do whatever it takes to get the most popular girl in school to notice him: Roxanne Carmichael. Sammy is just one of the guys, known for her mad boarding skills and her razor-sharp wit. But she has a secret, too—a crush on her best friend. It’s a relationship she’s not willing to risk damaging by getting all romantic about it.