Mikayla's Victory

Mikayla's Victory PDF Author: Cynthia Bates
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550286380
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
Mikayla is thrilled when she is asked to try out for the position of school pentathlete.

Mikayla's Victory

Mikayla's Victory PDF Author: Cynthia Bates
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550286380
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
Mikayla is thrilled when she is asked to try out for the position of school pentathlete.

Swim to Win

Swim to Win PDF Author: Vallery Hyduk
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552776670
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Book Description
Birch Hill Swim Club has a new coach and the team's star swimmer, eighth-grader Lasha Boyko, couldn't be more excited. Even though the lanky swimmer comes from an immigrant Ukrainian family of modest means, she dreams big. The coach has a track record of producing Olympians and Lasha wants to be her next star. The hitch is that she's one of the fiercest trainers in world. To achieve her lofty goals, Lasha must look within herself to find the strength. Can she be a champion?

Shooting Star

Shooting Star PDF Author: Cynthia Bates
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550287264
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
"Quyen's parents seem haunted by something that has happened in Vietnam. On top of that, Quyen has a troublesome teammate on her new basketball team" Cf. Our choice, 2002.

Mud Run

Mud Run PDF Author: Bill Swan
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550287868
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Book Description
Matthew Thompson's family has moved into a strange house, in a strange neighborhood, near a strange school, where he will start grade eight with a bunch of strangers. When Matt discovers he's too late to register for his new school's hockey team, he reluctantly joins the cross-country running club. At first no one is running with the pack, until the coach demonstrates that tough competitors know the value of teamwork.

Rookie Season

Rookie Season PDF Author: Jacqueline Guest
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550287240
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Book Description
Leigh Aberdeen is determined to win the hockey championship with a new, all girls team, the Chinooks. So when the coach adds a know-it-all boy to the mix, Leigh is furious. To make matters worse, the team goalie -- Leigh's best friend -- starts mysteriously dropping out from practices just as the Chinooks show they can win. With humour, action, and suspense, Jacqueline Guest weaves these threads together to their surprising conclusion.

Mud Happens

Mud Happens PDF Author: Bill Swan
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550288988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Book Description
Matt and his teammates are disappointed when their favourite track coach can no longer lead the school team. But, their new coach is from the Riders -- a dream team of elite athletes who have the potential to become "real" runners.

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith PDF Author: Michele Martin Bossley
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550286861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Book Description
For Amy, winning the novice Canadian skating champion-ships is a do-or-die situation.

Hat Trick

Hat Trick PDF Author: Jacqueline Guest
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 155277564X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111

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Book Description
Leigh Aberdeen is one of the top players on her Alberta hockey team, the Falcons. But as a Métis and the only girl on the team she's different--and not everyone is happy about that. To top it off, she doesn't think her mother wants her to play hockey, so Leigh hasn't told her about the Falcons. Soon she's getting threatening messages on the phone, the Falcons'captain tries to get her kicked off the team, and her mother wants Leigh to go to a dance recital on the same night as the finals. When the pressure becomes too intense, Leigh has to face some hard decisions. Hat Trick is a suspenseful, action-packed story about a young woman who learns the price of living a double life--the hard way. [Fry Reading Level - 4.2

Home Court Advantage

Home Court Advantage PDF Author: Sandra Diersch
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552776859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 119

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Book Description
When Debbie is on the basketball court she feels free and alive. But while she's a good player she's also an aggressive one, and rough tactics get her in trouble more than once. Off the court she's different from other girls, a foster child without "real" parents of her own. When Debbie learns she's going to be adopted, her world is turned upside down. Until, that is, she's accused of stealing from a teamate. From then on, it's an uphill battle to prove herself to her new parents and her team. Home Court Advantage shows how young players' behavior on the court and their lives off it are inextricably linked. [Fry Reading Level - 3.2

Free Throw

Free Throw PDF Author: Jacqueline Guest
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552776875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Book Description
Matthew Eagletail is the star player for the Warriors, his basketball team on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary. When his mother remarries, everything in Matthew's life is suddenly different and new: a new school, a new father, five pesky new sisters, a new dog named Precious. Worst of all, he has to quit the Warriors. When he's asked to join his new school's team, the Bandits, he claims he'll never play for the competition. His sister Jazz thinks otherwise, and sets out to prove it. Free Throw is the story of how one young man come to terms with change and returns to the court--with a little help from his friends. [Fry Reading Level - 4.7