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1) Bleachers
Author
Publication Date
2003
Summary
Presents a novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion.
Author
Publication Date
2007
Lexile Measure
880L
Summary
Cut from the Cleveland Browns after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, Rick Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian culture, language, and romance.
3) Unstoppable
Author
Series
Publication Date
2010
Lexile Measure
730L
Summary
"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck, ' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
Author
Series
Publication Date
2023
Summary
"Josh Allen makes a difference for the Buffalo Bills by rushing for first downs and throwing touchdowns. He also makes a difference for the Buffalo community by raising money to help sick children and spending his time visiting kids who are in the hospital. How can readers be more like him? This inspiring biography leaves readers with the idea that everyone can make a difference-they don't have to be a star on the football field; they just have to...
Author
Series
Two Medicine country volume 8
Publication Date
2008
Summary
Driven by the memory of a fallen teammate, TSU's 1941 starting lineup went down as legend in Montana football history, charging through the season undefeated. Two years later, the "Supreme Team" is caught up in World War II. Ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's various lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine hungry for heroes. He is to chronicle...
Author
Series
Publication Date
2008
Lexile Measure
880L
Summary
Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.
10) Between Sundays
Author
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Aaron Hill has it all - athletic good looks and the many privileges of a star quarterback. His Sundays are spent playing NFL football in front of a televised audience of millions. But Aaron's about to receive an unexpected handoff, one that will give him a whole new view of his self-centered life. Derrick Anderson is a family man who volunteers his time with foster kids while sustaining a long career as a pro football player. But now he's looking...
11) Game changers
Author
Series
Publication Date
2012
Lexile Measure
870L
Summary
When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
12) Football genius
Author
Series
Publication Date
2007
Lexile Measure
800L
Summary
Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players.
13) Lion & Lamb
Author
Publication Date
2023
Summary
"Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she's got to wear shades....
Author
Series
Publication Date
2016
Lexile Measure
780L
Summary
"Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life he is faced with a much bigger challenge"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publication Date
2009
Lexile Measure
1300L
Summary
Irrepressible individualist and iconoclast Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract in May 2002 to enlist in the United States Army. Deeply troubled by 9/11, he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in Afghanistan. Though obvious to most on the scene that a ranger in Tillman's own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered...
Author
Series
Football Genius volume 5
Football genius novel (AudioGO (Firm)) volume 5
Football genius novel volume 5
Football genius novel (AudioGO (Firm)) volume 5
Football genius novel volume 5
Publication Date
2011
Lexile Measure
790L
Summary
Twelve-year-old football stars Troy White and Ty Lewis are eager to face each other in a seven-on-seven tournament being held at the Super Bowl in Miami, unaware that bad choices made by members of their families will put both boys in danger.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2018
Summary
Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. Yet he led a secret life, one that ended in a maximum security prison. All-American Murder is the first book to investigate Aaron Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own untimely and shocking death. Drawing on original and in-depth reporting, this is an explosive true story of a life cut short in the...
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Summary
"Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. The quarterback: the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized and worshipped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the backyard to Pop Warner, from high school to college, from the NFL to the Hall of Fame, becoming the country's ultimate idol requires single-minded...
20) Dino-football
Author
Series
Publication Date
2012
Lexile Measure
AD 275L
Summary
Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a football game at the Lava Dome on Mega Bowl Sunday.
