Top Prospect
Top Prospect

Author: Paul Volponi

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1512418757

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Travis Gardner lives to play quarterback. He's a standout QB by middle school, and he's prepared to put everything he has into the game. Then Gainesville University's head coach makes Travis a promise: Travis will have a place on the team, and a scholarship to go with it. He just has to get through high school first. As Travis starts ninth grade, he'll have to earn his teammates' trust and dodge opponents aiming to sack the star quarterback. But his biggest challenge might be staying focused in the face of sudden fame. Because now the pressure is on, and Travis has to prove himself with every pass. "Travis' love for the game . . . seems absolutely authentic. This engaging read will resonate with middle schoolers, especially aspiring athletes."—Booklist

The Sportscaster's Daughter
The Sportscaster's Daughter

Author: Cindi Michael

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-08-23

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 163152108X

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One of the 20 Best Books of 2016, Redbook Magazine Readers’ Favorite Award: Honorable Mention Millions of people watched sportscaster George Michael each week on the Sports Machine, including his daughter Cindi. Cindi Michael appears to live a charmed life: she’s happily married, has a successful career, and is a loving mom to two wonderful children. Yet she longs for a father who hasn’t spoken to her in twenty years, and even secretly watches him on TV when the longing becomes unbearable. When Cindi was eleven, her father fought for sole custody of her and her siblings, raising three children on his own despite being a bachelor and rock ’n’ roll DJ in New York in the 1970s. But with his rising fame as the host of the popular show Sports Machine, his 80-hour-a-week work schedule, and his second marriage, the close relationship Cindi shared with her father began to crack; she did everything to earn his love and attention, but for perfectionist George, it was never enough—and when she was eighteen and a freshman in college, in a burst of anger he told her never to come home again. As the years went on, Cindi struggled to steel her heart while still remaining hopeful that they would one day reconcile, just as her father did with his own dad, and transcend painful family patterns that span generations. Candid, moving, and ultimately hopeful, The Sportscaster’s Daughter is a family story of forgiveness, faith, and strength.

Drizzle
Drizzle

Author: Kathleen Van Cleve

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-03-04

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1101197633

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Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody knows her family?s world-famous rhubarb farm is magical. The plants taste like chocolate, jewels appear in the soil, bugs talk to her, and her best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But the most magical thing is that every single Monday, at exactly 1:00, it rains. Until the Monday when the rain just stops. Now it?s up to Polly to figure out why?and whether her brother?s mysterious illness and her glamorous aunt Edith?s sudden desire to sell the farm have anything to do with it. Most of all, Polly has to make it start raining again before it?s too late. Her brother?s life, the plants? survival, and her family?s future all depend on it. Kathleen Van Cleve has woven an unforgettable comingof- age tale with all the heart and wonder of a Roald Dahl novel.

Roots and Resilience
Roots and Resilience

Author: Susan Edinger Marshall

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2024-11-12

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1647791626

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In Roots and Resilience, the authors invite readers to consider an intimate relationship with the California landscape and its history. Ranching in the region goes back centuries, and many of these essayists have long family lineages in the area, while other contributors are newer to the region. Through their authentic voices, these writers provide a lens through which we can better understand the language of this landscape. The editors have drawn together these stories, poems, and musings from ranchers across the state, calling upon real people to share their experiences, and beckoning readers to find a shared understanding concerning often divisive land-use topics. Many perspectives are considered, including those of transplanted suburbanites to seventh-generation heirs. Notably, many women’s writings are including in the book, offering unique and valuable perspectives on ranching culture. Roots and Resilience gives voice to California’s Indigenous, Mexican American, Basque and other European American ranchers, asking the reader to find common ground in the name of land stewardship and conservation.

Don't Know Tough
Don't Know Tough

Author: Eli Cranor

Publisher: Soho Press

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1641293462

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WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD WINNER OF THE PETER LOVESEY FIRST CRIME NOVEL CONTEST Friday Night Lights gone dark with Southern Gothic; Eli Cranor delivers a powerful noir that will appeal to fans of Wiley Cash and Megan Abbott. In Denton, Arkansas, the fate of the high school football team rests on the shoulders of Billy Lowe, a volatile but talented running back. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his mother’s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, but when his savagery crosses a line, he faces suspension. Without Billy Lowe, the Denton Pirates can kiss their playoff bid goodbye. But the head coach, Trent Powers, who just moved from California with his wife and two children for this job, has more than just his paycheck riding on Billy’s bad behavior. As a born-again Christian, Trent feels a divine calling to save Billy—save him from his circumstances, and save his soul. Then Billy’s abuser is found murdered in the Lowe family trailer, and all evidence points toward Billy. Now nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the whole town apart on the eve of the playoffs.

Management Secrets of the New England Patriots: Achievements, personnel, teamwork, motivation, and competition
Management Secrets of the New England Patriots: Achievements, personnel, teamwork, motivation, and competition

Author: James Lavin

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0976203952

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The definitive account of the 2001-2004 New England Patriots. Analyzes the many "success factors" underlying the team's two Super Bowl victories in three seasons. Entertains with humorous, insightful quotations from players, coaches, executives, and owners while helping fans vicariously experience life as a New England Patriot. "Management Secrets" is essential reading for any serious fan of Bill Belichick's Patriots and anyone seeking to build a great organization. (Vol. 1 covers the team's achievements, personnel, teamwork, motivation, and competition. Vol. 2 to be published February 2005.) James Lavin earned his economics Ph.D. at Stanford, where he analyzed "high performance work organizations" (like the Patriots). He also holds degrees in: political science (Harvard, magna cum laude), economics (London School of Economics), and East Asian studies (Stanford). James grew up in Wayland, MA cheering for many lousy Patriots teams.

A Manor of Murder
A Manor of Murder

Author: June Shaw

Publisher: Lyrical Press

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1516100948

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Home renovation, like romance, can cause its share of headaches. And in Louisiana’s Bayou country, the path of love can be strewn with murder . . . Between maintaining a home renovation business and patching up their personal lives, twin sister divorcees Sunny Taylor and Eve Vaughn are too busy to meddle in their aging mom’s romantic affairs. That is, until the strong-willed senior makes plans to marry her retirement community’s newest resident. Her cadre of buddies at Sugar Ledge Manor are worried that Mom’s beau is only after her money. But when the groom-to-be’s nephew, Edward, is found dead in the house he’d hired the sisters to remodel, the situation gets even stickier. Everyone knows Edward and the twins disagreed about the upcoming marriage. The crime hasn’t just thrown a wrench in their professional reputations—now the killer seems to be taking aim at Mom. That discovery, along with a second sudden death, sends Sunny and Eve sifting through motives thicker than a Louisiana gumbo...and trying to nail a murderer before all dreams of happiness come crashing down along with their family...

The End of College Football
The End of College Football

Author: Nathan Kalman-Lamb

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2024-10-04

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1469683474

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In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players from some of the country's most prominent college football teams, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football is both predicated on a foundation of coercion and suffused with racialized harm and exploitation. Through the stories of those who lived it, the authors examine the ways in which college football must be understood as a site of harm, revealing how players are systematically denied the economic value they produce for universities and offered only a devalued education in return. By illuminating the plantation dynamics that make college football a particularly racialized form of exploitation, the book makes legible the forms of physical sacrifice that are required, the ultimate cost in health and well-being, and the coercion that drives players into the sport and compels them to endure such abusive conditions.

Something's Afoot
Something's Afoot

Author: Kipp McKenzie

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2021-03-08

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1662421184

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Something's Afoot is a hilarious tale that will keep you guessing!It is a sequel to The Fall of Two Moons. Steve McConnell is back with his entertaining antics! He must navigate his first job, his first car, varsity football, earth science, and his lead role in the school's musical, Somethings' Afoot. Steve must deal with his behavioral shortcomings, his relationship with his peers, and his eccentric family. Steve finds himself in a conundrum as two girls set their eyes on him romantically. He must balance those increasingly complex relationships while he tries to decide which girl is the one for him.Andy McConnell has Down syndrome. He must find his place in the McConnell family, survive a family vacation, and navigate his relationship with his adoptive father, Will. Andy finds himself promoted to team manager for the Portside High School football squad as he becomes good luck for the superstitious team. His sudden rise in popularity gets him voted onto the homecoming court. Andy must play his role in helping the team win the football league title and homecoming game while he manages his rising expectations to be named homecoming king.Will McConnell plans an epic family vacation that will go down in infamy. Will also balances his role as the Portside Education Association's lead negotiator and his relationship with his superintendent and boss. When the teachers go on strike, Will must settle negotiations, save the homecoming game, homecoming dance, and his son's musical, and pass a school facilities bond. With the weight of the world on Will's shoulders, he must also save his relationship with Andy, handle his daughter's dating entanglements, and keep a close eye on Steve's growing impulsive behaviors.Something's Afoot and the center stage is set for a wild ending. Steve's worlds collide once again in a zany comedy that will make you laugh out loud.

Burn
Burn

Author: Suzanne Phillips

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 0316040975

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"Are our schools safe?" It's hard to turn on the news without hearing this question, and the answer is typically "no." This novel explores what happens when bullying escalates to violence, and it challenges our definition of victimization. With thought-provoking prose, Suzanne Phillips explores the psyche of Cameron, a bullied freshman who ultimately does the unthinkable: he kills another student. As she did with Chloe Doe, Suzanne has found a way to make this seemingly dark story ultimately redemptive. But she also dares readers to look at the behavior that provokes violence as having the potential to be as dangerous as the violence itself. It's Suzanne's hope that Burn will inspire readers to take a precautionary stance against bullying rather than waiting to react to it.