Rich Wallace
1) Curveball
Author
Series
Winning season volume 9
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade baseball player Eddie Ventura listens to the sports announcer's voice in his head and gets into trouble when he writes a series of articles for the school paper.
2) Fake out
Author
Series
Kickers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the fake out.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as “Bloody Lowndes,” an extremely dangerous area for white freedom fighters, to assist civil rights workers. Five months later, Jonathan Daniels was shot and killed while saving the life of Ruby Sales, a black teenager....
Author
Series
Kickers volume 4
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."
Author
Series
Kickers volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
8) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Language
English
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying to cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 1
Language
English
Description
After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.
10) Technical foul
Author
Series
Winning season volume 2
Language
English
Description
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 7
Language
English
Description
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
Author
Series
Winning season volume 5
Language
English
Description
When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback.
13) Double fake
Author
Series
Winning season volume 4
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Two friends look forward to a season of soccer with the YMCA summer league.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When young Archer and his partner, Bull, find a silver vein in the Arizona desert, they think they will be rich, but Cactus Flats is a town with many dangers and men waiting to double-cross them, and the reader must choose between three possible endings.
16) Pressure point
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Torry is feeling pressure on the basketball court because he has to guard a player on the rival team who is bigger and older than he is.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It is track season and seventh-grader Marcus is struggling at the 400 meter distance and upset that his best friend Torry jokes about his slow times--so he is determined to build up enough strength to earn a place on the 4x400 meter relay at the upcoming track and field meet.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Max is not keen about staying at his Aunt Ida's house, and when the ghost of her long-dead son, Woe, begins to torment him he decides to take his chances on the nearby mountain, even though it is night--but the ghost pursues him, and how the adventure ends is up to the reader to choose.
Author
Series
Kickers volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
20) Sports camp
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.
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