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1) Cowgirl grit
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sydney Todachine is looking forward to a summer on the beaches of San Diego before starting sixth-grade, but instead she finds herself on her Grandfather's ranch on the Navajo Nation reservation with no wi-fi, and while a couple of the kids are pretty nice, her cousin Hadley is as nasty as ever--but Sydney bonds with a spirited horse called Midnight, and together they start training at night for the upcoming rodeo.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maggie (Magnolia) and her twin sister Beatrice are both figure skaters, but Maggie is trying to find her own style (for instance, cutting her hair and dying it blue) while her sister remains firmly under their uptight mother's thumb--so when their old coach leaves and a man takes over, Maggie seizes the opportunity to try out some of the new spins she has been creating, even if it means upstaging her twin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Ellie is a veteran on her volleyball team, but this year she is frustrated because she is having trouble with her footwork, and she hopes that getting involved with coaching the younger girls in the newly organized after-school group at the Boys and Girls Club will help her work through her problems--besides, it is fun and she was instrumental in setting it up.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Right after dance camp ends, Lily Richter's mother announces that the family is moving to a new town. Separated from her best friend, and enrolled in a larger unfamiliar middle school, Lily struggles to adjust, troubled by the feeling that her new dance team does not really want her.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother begins to take its toll.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the coach of her championship softball team asks Raisa Kumar to teach a new recruit, Annie, how to pitch she is eager to help, especially since she hopes to be a coach herself someday; but when the team's other pitcher turns up with a broken arm, teaching Annie takes on a new urgency--and Raisa's efforts at coaching seem to be frustrating Annie rather then helping her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pilar Ramirez loves to skate on ice, and normally she does not keep being born without part of her right foot a secret, but when her best friend convinces her to try out for the local hockey team Pilar decides not to mention her condition--but hockey presents her with some problems that plain skating did not, and Pilar needs to learn that being part of a team means being open with your teammates, so that they understand all your strengths and weaknesses....
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When eighth grade basketball player Shaena suffers a concussion in a game, she finds herself sidelined two weeks before the big game--and as she watches her team practice with the new freshman player, Shaena, who is used to being the star, starts to worry that by the time she recovers she will no longer be needed.
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