Michael couldn't get the hang of ice skating so he did not go to the lake with his brothers and friends. Instead he stayed behind and built a snowman by the pond. As he finishes the snowman and complains about not being able to skate the snowman speaks to him and offers to help him learn to skate. Michael works with Friendly the Snowman everyday and soon becomes the best skater and wins a prize on New Years Day.
BFFs Ari and Kaylan make a new bucket list as they set out for different summer camps in the fourth and final Friendship List novel. The perfect summer read for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russo’s Dork Diaries!
Ari and Kaylan aren’t sure how they’re going to survive their first summer apart. No pool. No sleepovers. No emergency late night chats on the porch.
So as Ari returns to Camp Silver and Kaylan heads off to comedy camp, they come up with a new list of 13 and 3/4 ways to keep their friendship strong as they tackle everything from bias to batik and moping to matchmaking.
Told in alternating perspectives, the fourth book in the popular Friendship List series is sure to make readers cry, laugh, and start plotting their own friendship lists.
Frightful, the peregrine falcon who first appeared in My Side of the Mountain, is back. Her amazing journey through life continues in the face of many rousing wildlife adventures. Will she survive the wilderness, even though she was raised by a human? When an old friend rescues her from captors, Frightful soars into the unfamiliar woodlands and searches for home. Before finding her mountain, she adopts a nest of motherless peregrine chicks. But construction crews, bird poachers, and even a bald eagle threaten her new family. Frightful needs help from Sam Gribley, the human who raised her. Kids and parents alike will be captivated by this action-packed continuation of Sam and Frightful's journey. Acclaimed author Jean Craighead George has won a Newbery Medal. With Jeff Woodman's splendid rendition, you feel the wind blow through your hair as Frightful glides above the hemlock trees.
Den anerkennenden Spitznamen 'Granaten-Uwe' hatte man Uwe Hagens bereits verliehen, als er noch in der Bubi-Mannschaft spielte, und er ist der Verpflichtung dieses Namens bis heute, wo er in der A-Jugend im Sturm steht, gerecht geblieben. Doch er ist mit seinem Ehrgeiz erst am Anfang, jetzt beginnt eigentlich der große Ernst des Fußballs für ihn. Allerdings nicht für seinen Vater, der leider ausgerechnet mit einem Sportmediziner jeden Donnerstag Skat spielt. Diesem Herrn gefällt Uwes einseitiges und übertriebenes Privat-Training überhaupt nicht. Aber Uwe weiß es natürlich besser ...
Georg - 'Schorsch' - ist Berufsfußballer. Fünf Jahre Bundesliga, 29 Jahre alt. Für die letzte Weltmeisterschaft war er noch nicht gut genug und für die nächste wird er wahrscheinlich zu alt sein. Trotzdem kann er sich eigentlich nicht beklagen. Er hat in den vergangenen Jahren nicht nur gut gespielt, sondern auch gut verdient. Allerdings mit dem Nachteil, dass er zwar mit Leib und Seele Fußballer ist, aber kein Geschäftsmann. Das mit dem Geld und den Geschäften, das überlässt Schorsch lieber seiner jungen Frau Daggi. Die versteht davon mehr. Glaubt Schorsch. Aber nun ist sein Verein in dieser Saison vor dem Abstieg kaum noch zu retten - und der große Krach ist vorprogrammiert ...
Dieter Grobeck, der bei seiner Mutter in deren ererbtem Reihenhaus lebt, hat den Sprung zum Vollprofi in der Bundesliga geschafft. Sein Onkel Hans, der Versicherungskaufmann Hans Merten, hat schon lange eine Bundesliga-Lizenz - allerdings nicht als Spieler, sondern als Schiedsrichter. Und ausgerechnet dieser Onkel Hans, der mit Dieters Mutter wegen der Erbschaftsregelung im Streit liegt, pfeift nicht nur Dieters erstes Bundesligaspiel, nein, er muss ihm auch noch, nach einem klaren Foul, die rote Karte zeigen. Für Dieter ist das natürlich ganz klar eine gemeine, unsachliche Rache an der Gegenpartei im Erbstreit ...
Griffith, Graham, and Ruby's father passed away in the war. And now they must join their mother and their father's wartime traveling baseball team, The Travelin' Nine, on a a tour of America to raise money. No one will tell the kids why the team needs money so badly. Their only clue is a baseball with a hole the size of an acorn in it that their Uncle Owen gave to them the night of their father's funeral. They know very little about its significance except that their father made it with his own two hands and carried it with him throughout the war. And when all three kids hold the ball, strange things begin to happen...
The year is 1899, and the Travelin' Nine are crisscrossing the good ol' U.S. of A., raising money to pay off the Payne family's big-league debt!
As the team heads into the River City, Griffith is beginning to realize that there's more at risk than meets the eye, something beyond the need to raise money -- something involving the ball that could put his entire family in danger.
Ruby is eager to help solve the mystery of the ball and plans on keeping her eyes and ears wide open and writing everything down. She knows the answer is out there. All she has to do is see the things that others don't. And figure out what those things mean.
Then there's Graham, who usually only thinks about how to get more time on the baseball field. Even he's beginning to notice that there are strange and shady characters at just about every turn.
Finally there's the Chancellor, one of the wealthiest and greediest businessmen in the entire world. And it looks like he's got his eye on the ball!
As the Travelin' Nine head to Chicago, the team is filled with hope and optimism. After a disappointing loss in Cincinnati at the start of their baseball tour, the heroes of the Spanish-American War bounced back in Louisville. Doc and Woody came through with timely fielding, Crazy Feet and Tales smacked clutch hits, and champion horses provided that extra kick, helping the barnstormers to their come-from-behind victory.
By the end of the thrilling contest, there was no doubt in the minds of Griffith, Ruby, and Graham that the baseball their Uncle Owen had given to them on the night of their father's funeral was magical.
Indeed, the mysteries surrounding their baseball, which their uncle had urged them to keep secret, were deepening. And as excited as they were by the barnstormers' win, the Payne siblings' fears and worries continued to grow. Uncle Owen's tattered, bloody letter had warned them about the Chancellor. What's more, they'd seen the Chancellor's men lurking at the Louisville game. Griffith and Ruby now realized that their adventure was about far more than raising money to pay off a family debt. But what exactly was it about?
After the Louisville match, Griffith confronted his mother. She denied that the Chancellor could be involved, but she promised to answer all of Griffith's questions on the train to Chicago...
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery-and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day? Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts, Game Changer explores the joyous thrills and terrifying risks of America's most popular sport.
New York Times bestselling author Mike Lupica scores a touchdown with his new middle grade sports series!
Ben McBain is every football team's dream player. He's a jack of all trades guy that can handle almost any position. When the game is on the line, Ben's number is the one being called for the final play. But Ben wants to be the starting quarterback and the one thing standing in his way is the coach's son.
Shawn O'Brien looks the part. He has been groomed by his father, a former professional quarterback. But despite his size and arm strength, Shawn is struggling.
Ben is torn between being a good teammate and going after his own dream. As Ben finds out, Shawn isn't the easiest person to help. And when Ben gets an unexpected opportunity, the entire game will change for the both of them.
Bestselling author Mike Lupica kicks off a winning new series about sports and friendship that will captivate listeners.
Still living large off their incredible football championship win just weeks before, Ben McBain and his crew must now prepare for basketball season. Ben is known as the best point guard in the league. And now that Shawn O'Brien has joined their team, they are a shoe-in to win it all. But there is another new kid in town, Chase Braggs, a point guard like Ben who seems to be better, stronger, and faster.
