Download or read book Pass Me the Ball written by Julie L. Spencer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Jonnie's senior year, and her dream is to be the best wide receiver on the Buccaneers' football team. But when she walks onto the field, the guys aren't looking at her like they used to-especially her best friend and captain of the team, Skyler.Skyler's floored when he sees his best friend Jonnie after being gone all summer. Growing up, she was the tomboy he chased around the playground, but now? He's got a different game in mind.Football is easy. Falling in love with the wide receiver? Things couldn't be more complicated.
Download or read book Pass the Ball Mo written by David A. Adler and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mo may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest basketball player, but he won't let that stop him from playing! This Step 2 reader from Geisel Award winner David Adler is now in Step into Reading! Mo's latest obsession is basketball. He's determined to learn how to pass, but as the shortest member of the team, he can't seem to launch the ball high enough. Can Mo learn to pass in time to help his team win the big game? Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Download or read book Inference Consequence and Meaning written by Lilia Gurova and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inferentialism as a theory of meaning builds on the idea that what a linguistic expression means depends exclusively on the inferential rules that govern its use. Following different strategies and exploring various case studies, the authors of this collection of essays discuss under what circumstances and to what extent the central tenets of inferentialism are tenable. The essays in this volume present the results of a three-year research project “Representation and Inference” which was conducted from the beginning of 2008 to the end 2010. The aim of the project was to assess the research program of inferentialism as it has been pursued recently by Robert Brandom, Mark Lance, and Jaroslav Peregrin. Earlier versions of these texts were presented at the conference “Inference, Consequence, and Meaning” held in Sofia on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2008.
Download or read book Just Give Me the Damn Ball written by Keyshawn Johnson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well, son, I guess we have to go the to bank." That's what Leon Hess told me the day the Jets drafted me as the number-one player in the NFL draft. But that first day, the day of the draft, was one of the happiest days in my life, because I knew I was ready to make things happen in the league and help turn things around for the sorry-ass Jets. But what a nightmare! Week after week, loss after loss. The Jets went in with a loser reputation, and they were earning it all over again. We had no emotion, no energy, no hunger. The media tried to cover it all. Rich Kotite tried to explain the disasters away. But nobody outside the team knew the real truth of what really went on. This book is going to change all that.
Download or read book Fixed written by David Porter and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in the summer of 1978, through the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation in 1980, to the trial that captivated the sports world in the fall of 1981 and its aftermath. This multi-layered story of greed and betrayal combines sports, gambling, and the Mafia into an irresistible morality tale with a modern edge.
Download or read book This is the Life written by Ciarán Murphy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work today The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life is a book about the 99%: a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA from the most intelligent and interesting Gaelic games pundit at work today. Ciarán Murphy - of Second Captains and the Irish Times - has an unmatched feel for the timeless elements of this world and a finger on the pulse of change. He looks at the plight of rural clubs that are losing their players to the cities - and he does so not only as a journalist but as a footballer who made the same move himself. He writes about working as an assistant in the clothing shop owned by the family of Jarlath Fallon - both Ciarán's sporting hero and the local postman. And he looks a things we usually prefer not to talk about, like the role of social class in the GAA. This is the Life is a book about the places the GAA comes from, the places it can take a person, and theings that make a local club worth fighting for.
Download or read book Aussie Rules For Dummies written by Jim Maine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created especially for the Australian customer! Facts, tips and stats for players, spectators and coaches! Fully updated with all the latest rule changes and including expanded skills, coaching and training chapters, Aussie Rules For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes you from getting a grip on the basics to more advanced aspects of playing, watching and coaching Australia's national game. Packed with practical information and fascinating anecdotes, this is the simplest, clearest and most detailed guide to AFL available. Discover how to: Understand positions, umpires and scoring Gear up correctly, and avoid and treat injuries Improve your playing skills and coach effectively Appreciate the clubs, competitions and awards
Download or read book Descending Olympus written by Velvia Wylie Keithley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zach Nikolas isn't a typical high school boy--no acne, no awkwardness for this high school god among boys. Gorgeous, charming, and athletic, every girl in school throws herself at him. Zach's parents, friends, and teachers worship the ground he walks on. He has never known want or sacrifice in his charmed life. He is on top of the world. Things in Zach's perfect life begin to go horribly wrong. A murder attempt and a miraculous escape from certain death leads Zach to unheard-of powers, as an angry god seeks vengeance. The one girl Zach can't have--the beautiful, intelligent Allie Connor, who hates his guts--is the key to everything. When myths become reality, Zach must decide to sacrifice the girl he loves or let the world come to a fiery end.
Download or read book They Come in All Colors written by Malcolm Hansen and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association An “urgent and heartrending novel about an America on the brink” (Matt Gallagher, author of Youngblood), They Come in All Colors follows a biracial teenage boy who finds his new life in the big city disrupted by childhood memories of the summer when racial tensions in his hometown reached a tipping point. It’s 1968 when fourteen-year-old Huey Fairchild begins high school at Claremont Prep, one of New York City’s most prestigious boys’ schools. His mother had uprooted her family from their small hometown of Akersburg, Georgia, leaving behind Huey’s white father and the racial unrest that ran deeper than the Chattahoochee River. But for our sharp-tongued protagonist, forgetting the past is easier said than done. At Claremont, where the only other nonwhite person is the janitor, Huey quickly realizes that racism can lurk beneath even the nicest school uniform. After a momentary slip of his temper, Huey finds himself on academic probation and facing legal charges. With his promising school career in limbo, he begins to reflect on his memories of growing up in Akersburg during the Civil Rights Movement—and the chilling moments leading up to his and his mother’s flight north. With Huey’s head-shaking antics fueling this coming-of-age narrative, the novel triumphs as a tender and honest exploration of race, identity, family, and homeland, and a work that is “emotionally acute…eye-opening and rewarding for a wide range of readers” (Library Journal, starred review).
Download or read book Give Them Lala written by Lala Kent and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Vanderpump Rules provocateur opens up about her rocky road to fame and sobriety in this collection of humorous and brutally honest essays"--
Download or read book Curse the Moon written by Silvana G. Sánchez and published by Second Star Press. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is a vicious monster. The moon, its accursed emissary. When Kade warped out of Vesely Academy with the wolf shifter Laurent, he chose an unintended destination. As the top wanted criminals on the wards’ radar, they’re forced to lie low at his family’s ancestral home. Their hideout confronts Kade with his past in shattering ways. Most tormenting of all, is resisting the nearness of the man who stole his heart a decade ago. Kade’s love for Laurent has been his greatest secret. He vowed to never drag him into his messed-up life. But when an old flame of Kade’s breaks into their lair, chaos ensues. Not only does the angel Cassiel know who killed the Brysons, but she’s determined to win back Kade's love. Little does she know that a wolf shifter might hinder her plans. No one must have him, if not her. And God knows nothing is as dangerous as an angel’s overzealous love. Curse the Moon is a paranormal mystery adventure that portrays the becoming of a villain, whose outcome might not be what everyone expects. It features a pansexual antihero torn between two loves, who, although immensely flawed, has his heart in the right place. TW: Cursing, death or dying, mental illness, blood. Reading book one is strongly advised before diving into this installment. Don’t miss the second installment of Vesely Academy, a Forced Proximity, Yandere, and Friends to Lover’s thrilling paranormal mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Download or read book Forever Arabian written by Don W. Laney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forever Arabian is a recollection of the authors memory of growing up in the small town of Arab, located in north Alabama. The book describes the years from 1956 through 1966 when the author was in school. It describes the local, national, and international events that influenced an entire generation. There are stories about kids playing outside games such as kick the can, sandlot baseball, and slow-motion football. Segregation, assassinations, the atom bomb, the space race, music, TV, movies, and sports are all discussed. It is a look back at the way it was.
Download or read book The Last Changeling written by Chelsea Pitcher and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elora, the young princess of the Dark Faeries, plans to overthrow her tyrannical mother. All she has to do is convince her mother’s loathed enemy, the Bright Queen, to join her cause. But the Bright Queen demands an offering first: a human boy.
Download or read book Schooled on Fat written by Nicole Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Reader Views Literary Award, Societal Issues and the Reviewers Choice Best Non-fiction Book of the Year, Specialty Awards, Schooled on Fat explores how body image, social status, fat stigma and teasing, food consumption behaviors, and exercise practices intersect in the daily lives of adolescent girls and boys. Based on nine months of fieldwork at a high school located near Tucson, Arizona, the book draws on social, linguistic, and theoretical contexts to illustrate how teens navigate the fraught realities of body image within a high school culture that reinforced widespread beliefs about body size as a matter of personal responsibility while offering limited opportunity to exercise and an abundance of fattening junk foods. Taylor also traces policy efforts to illustrate where we are as a nation in addressing childhood obesity and offers practical strategies schools and parents can use to promote teen wellness. This book is ideal for courses on the body, fat studies, gender studies, language and culture, school culture and policy, public ethnography, deviance, and youth culture.
Download or read book Don t Foul Out written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freak written by Allison Kenney and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based in 2004 in New York City, Manhattan, eighteen-year-old Aaron Felix begins his first day at Martin High, his ninth high school in seven years. His family is crumbling apart, and he is bullied at every school that he attends because of his brains and his new student status. He becomes friends with a girl with Aperts syndrome, Freak, and a closeted gay, Adam. They change his life, and together they go through changes and drama, testing Aaron's instincts and emotions and clashing with the cruel head cheerleader, Justine, her boyfriend, Nick, and Aaron's workaholic and controlling father
Download or read book Ghost Most Foul written by Patti Grayson and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer has just been made captain of her junior high school basketball team when her coach is ‘lost’ in a plane crash. Returning to school, Summer discovers: a) the most popular all-star player’s step-dad is now the coach, and he’s a jerk b) the team’s already working hard to lump her in with the team ‘loser’, Dodie, and c) she can see the woeful ghost of Coach Nola when she plays ball. Although Dodie’s keen to help Summer work on the ghost problem – and turns out to be a quick thinker who’s good at getting out of trouble – Summer’s popularity is so fragile she can’t afford to be friends with her. The team ostracizes both of them, and the coach makes it worse by never allowing Dodie on court, even in practice! With a crappy coach and a broken team that refuses to acknowledge its captain, they begin their worst season ever. Summer’s running out of ideas, and facing blocks at every play. If the ghost is trying to send energy through Summer to help the team, then Summer is failing her miserably.
