Catching Confidence

Catching Confidence

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2018-08

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1496559215

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When Ana Flores spies a college team practicing, she's immediately drawn to the power and grace of softball. She knows she'll need practice and experience if she's going to play with her school team. Unfortunately, she's paired with Mali, the most demanding player on the team. Will Ana find the confidence to compete?


Hoops and Hopes

Hoops and Hopes

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1663911002

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"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to help Autumn realize that, no matter where she's from or how she speaks, she belongs at camp-and on the court-just as much as anyone else"--


Home Court

Home Court

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Stone Arch Books

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1496597516

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Lew loves playing on his community center's basketball team. He is shocked when he learns that the community center might be shutting down, jeopardizing the future of the team. With no school teams available to them, Lew and his friends worry they won't get to compete in basketball at all. Can Lew and his teammates find a way to keep the center open and give their team the opportunity to win big on their home court?


Gridiron Showdown

Gridiron Showdown

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2014-07

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1434291553

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Jasper quit his school football team after blowing a big play, which is giving him a lot of time to get into trouble with his friends--but when he is allowed to rejoin the team rather than face detention he finds that everybody is mad at him: his teammates because he quit, and his friends because he is avoiding punishment.


Bad-Luck Basketball

Bad-Luck Basketball

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2014-07

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1434291561

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Brandon's junior high school basketball team is struggling to make the playoffs, and Brandon is starting to feel that his bad luck is dragging them down--and when their bus breaks down on the way to the big game, Brandon has to turn luck into opportunity.


Home Safe Home

Home Safe Home

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1496559339

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Fourteen-year-old Caleb Parker has not been having much fun playing baseball recently, but when his mother volunteers to host Ricky Alvarez, a nineteen-year-old Dominican player on a local independent team in their Minnesota town, he finds a friend and mentor whose own struggles serve as an inspiration to the young Caleb.


Block and Rock

Block and Rock

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2017-08

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1496549465

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Back before junior high, Justin, Tony, and Miles were the best of friends. Then they got pigeonholed into cliques and Justin was thrown in with the band nerds while Tony and Miles became a part of the jocks. But now that Justin wants to try out for the football team, music and football and stereotypes will surely collide. Will Justin find a way to survive?


Snowboard Hero

Snowboard Hero

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1434296369

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Thirteen-year-old Kaleb has always looked up to his older stepbrother, Luke, in snowboarding and everything else, so when Luke is wounded in Afghanistan Kaleb is devastated--and to honor his brother he is set on competing on the difficult slopestyle course.


Slap-Shot Slump

Slap-Shot Slump

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 149652408X

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Simon Wahlberg eats, sleeps, and breathes hockey. His parents want to see their son achieve his dreams, so they move to the town of Edgewater, known for its elite high school hockey team. Simon tries out for the squad, and even though he's only in eighth grade, he lands a spot on the roster. But playing hockey for Edgewater isn't easy. Every player on the ice is bigger, stronger, and faster than Simon. If Simon is going to keep up, he will have to push himself further than he ever has before. But soon his grades begin to slide, and Simon starts to question if hockey is the right choice for him. Can Simon find a way to do it all?