Kickers #4: Game-Day Jitters
Kickers #4: Game-Day Jitters

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0375850953

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Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows he's one of the team's strongest players, but he's been struggling with the jitters. He's just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him?

Game-Day Jitters
Game-Day Jitters

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Random House LLC

Published: 2011-01

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 0375857575

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With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."

Fake Out
Fake Out

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Random House LLC

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 0375857559

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Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the "fake out."

Benched
Benched

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0375857567

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Nine-year-old Ben learns some lessons in self-control and sportsmanship when his behavior on the soccer field gets him sent to the bench.

Kickers #1: The Ball Hogs
Kickers #1: The Ball Hogs

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-05-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0375850929

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Introducing a soccer series for new readers Kickers #1 Nine-year-old Ben is brand-new to soccer, but he's a good athlete and knows he'll do well on the Bobcats, his team in the local Kickers soccer league. If he can only work around his obnoxious teammate Mark, the ball hog, Ben is sure he'll score his first goal. But Coach Patty, and Ben's own teammates, show him a little something about teamwork. And suddenly it dawns on him: he's a ball hog, too. Can he change his ways before the Bobcats lose their shot at the Kickers play-offs? Award-winning sports novelist Rich Wallace introduces the Kickers soccer series, filled with lively black-and-white art and fast-paced, on-the-field action.

Kickers #2: Fake Out
Kickers #2: Fake Out

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-05-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0375850937

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Introducing a soccer series for new readers Kickers #2 The Kickers soccer league is heating up, and Ben's team, the Bobcats, has two losses, one win, and one tie. Ben knows he can pull his team out of its slump and right into the league play-offs with his new move: the fake-out. He practices the tricky footwork every chance he gets. But every time he tries it on the field, he flubs up, loses the ball, and hurts his team. Meanwhile, everyone else is faking him out. Is Ben out of his league? In his Kickers series, award-winning author Rich Wallace offers action-filled novels about the Bobcats, a fourth-grade coed soccer team, and their bid for the league play-offs.

Kickers #3: Benched
Kickers #3: Benched

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-10-11

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0375850945

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KICKERS: a young middle grade soccer series Book 3 It’s a race to the Kickers soccer league play-offs. Nine-year-old Ben is pretty sure that if the Bobcats win two of their last three games, they’ll earn a tournament spot. But in their game against the Tigers, the Bobcats are a mess on the field—they’re not passing well at all—and Ben decides to take control. Someone has to win this thing, and his teammates just aren’t measuring up. Then the whistle blasts, the red card waves, and Ben is out—benched for dangerous moves. Not only that, he’s barred from the next game, too—a key bout against the Rabbits. How can he possibly help his team to the play-offs from the sidelines? The Kickers series, from award-winning sports novelist Rich Wallace, features nonstop soccer action, black-and-white art, and league statistics and soccer tips throughout. Also available: KICKERS #1: THE BALL HOGS KICKERS #2: FAKE OUT KICKERS #4: GAME-DAY JITTERS

Shots on Goal
Shots on Goal

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2010-06-02

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0307477789

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It's soccer season, and sophomore Bones Austin and his team are struggling to make it to the district play-offs--against all odds. To make matters worse, Bones has a crush on the girlfriend of his best friend, Joey. Bones and Joey are forced to learn a little something about teamwork, even when hard times seem to be tearing them apart. Rich Wallace returns to Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, in his stunning follow-up to Wreslting Strubirdge, in Knopf Paperback for the first time.

The Ball Hogs
The Ball Hogs

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Random House LLC

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 0375857540

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Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.

Wrestling Sturbridge
Wrestling Sturbridge

Author: Rich Wallace

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2008-12-24

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0307561283

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Welcome to Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, a small, dead-end town with nothing to do and no way out. At least that's how Ben, a high school senior and the second-best 135-pound wrestler in school, sees it. But Ben's fed up with being stuck on the bench, watching as his friend Al, the state champion, gets all the glory. If Ben doesn't get his life in gear, he could end up like his father and the other men in Sturbridge--working on the line in the cinder block factory. Spurred on partly by a wise, intense young woman, and partly by a strength found deep within himself, Ben looks for a way out--his whole life depends on it. In the words of Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli, "Wrestling Sturbridge isn't just an outstanding first novel; it's an outstanding novel, period."