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1) Ghost
Author
Series
Track ; 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons, all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems,...
2) Soar
Author
Language
English
Description
"Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach." --
3) Buzz kill
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Colton, to try to uncover who murdered head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare--and why.
5) Crack coach
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maurice and Vijay, two grade nine football players, decide to take action against their abusive coach when he becomes mayor and his illicit drug use comes to light."--
Author
Series
Go girl! ; 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gemma is convinced that her gymnastics coach is punishing her for accidentally kicking him in the face when he yells at her and gives her extra strength exercises, but she is determined to improve.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After enduring a week of punishing try-outs and making the cut for the girls varsity field hockey team, new players must participate in a night of questionable bonding traditions and loyalty tests, orchestrated by the most senior girls on the squad and performed with the implicit permission of their seemingly all-American young male coach." --
10) The turnover
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather"--
11) Backfield boys
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When best friends Tom and Jason leave New York City for an elite, sports-focused boarding school in Virginia to play football, they find some coaches and teammates to be steeped in racism.
12) Change up
Author
Publisher
Jeter Children's, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Young Derek Jeter is excited when his father becomes coach of his baseball team, but things don't go as he had planned"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Because she is now over six feet tall everybody expects Juniper to be good at basketball, especially her demanding coach (who also happens to be her father)--but she is not sure that she even likes basketball, and she definitely does not like the pressure that she feels when she misses a shot and her father benches her." --
15) Mia
Author
Series
Mia ; 1
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mia has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With the help of a new coach, Mia finds out whether she has what it takes to grow and compete as a figure skater.
Author
Series
Wizenard ; 1
Publisher
Granity Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A struggling team of kids from a poor neighborhood is transformed by the appearance of a mysterious coach." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"To win against Dirk School to avoid cleaning their toilets with a toothbrush, retired baseball pro Mr. Ott steps in to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but his weird coaching tactics may do the opposite."--
18) Season one
Author
Series
Wizenard ; 2
Publisher
Granity Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Reggie has never felt destined for greatness. He dreams about basketball brilliance all day and night, but the hard truth is that he's a benchwarmer for the West Bottom Badgers, the worst team in the league. Even their mysterious new coach, Rolabi Wizenard, can't seem to help them end their losing streak. Reggie is willing to train tirelessly to improve his game, but the gym itself seems to be working against him in magical ways. Before Reggie can...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Chapters, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to every monster's favorite game, Goreball, Zelli and the Danger Club are no match against the undefeated Waterdeep dragons. When all hope seems lost for the gang of misfits, an unlikely new friend steps up to teach them how to unlock their hidden talents. Zelli and her friends will need to trust their new coach's advice if they plan to defeat the fearsome Waterdeep team. But it won't be easy--especially since their new coach is a dragon"--...
20) Lone stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.