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Wie ein Wirbelwind jagt Frank über das Fußballfeld! Es geht um alles oder nichts. Wenn sie gewinnen, haben Frank, Guido und Jan die Chance, in der Allianz-Arena in München zu spielen. Doch ihre Erzfeinde Eberhard und Thomy setzen alles daran, sie mit unfairen Tricks rauszukicken. Schließlich stehen sich Frank und Eberhard bei einem Freistoß Auge in Auge gegenüber.

Jenna, Livvy, Heather, and Manda strive for their best in their respective sports: gymnastics, figure skating, ice-dancing, and downhill skiing. Their ultimate goal: the Olympics. As each girl struggles with life's challenges and rejoices with each triumph, the encouragement of the other Girls Only club members and their faith in God give the girls the moral support needed to push their limits and learn important lessons. In this book, when Heather's brother drops her during an ice-dancing competition, Heather goes to extremes to lose weight from her already thin frame.

Danny has only one dream - football, but he's useless at it. Danny, though, has allies - his teacher Miss Gilby and Chris, who adopted him as a challenge and who is the school's football hero.

When Dante's Inferno is born early on a February night, there are great expectations for him. He may be the grandson of the greatest racehorse in modern times, but Dante's start proves a rough one: He doesn't bond with many people, as they always seem to be either poking and prodding him or trying to get him to fulfill their dreams.

For most girls, sleepaway camp is great fun. But for Amy Becker, it's a nightmare. Amy, whose home life is in turmoil, is sent to Camp Takawanda for Girls for the first time as a teenager. Although Amy swears she hates her German-immigrant mother, who is unduly harsh with Amy's autistic younger brother, Amy is less than thrilled about going to camp. At Takawanda she is subjected to a humiliating "initiation" and relentless bullying by the ringleader of the senior campers.

Annie's roller derby team, the Liberty Belles, are finally on a winning streak. They plan a special Halloween bout with their archrivals, the High Rollers. But Annie sprains her ankle - will it heal in time for the bout? To make matters worse, Tyler seems to be ignoring her and flirting with Kelsey, her school's most popular cheerleader. At least Jesse is proving to be a good friend - he always seems to know exactly how to cheer her up.

David Lee is 12 years old and disappointed in his father Earl, a once-famous rodeo clown who has quit the circuit and moved David to a small town in Vermont to start a new life. David has a hard time adjusting to life as a “normal” boy and is hurt that his father never allowed him the chance to be his partner in the rodeo arena. When Earl tries to buy David a horse at auction, David pretends to have no interest in it, and the horse is sold, instead, to a 70-year-old woman named Sarah Tierney.

Maggie Steele is a gritty farm girl from tiny Grain Valley, Kansas, who pours her broken heart into the daring, dangerous sport of pole-vaulting. Driven by a secret she cannot share with anyone, Maggie finds herself on a quest to soar far higher than critics think a girl should ever go. Unflinching in its exploration of teenage grief and filled with brilliant descriptions of a breathtaking, beautiful sport, Maggie Vaults over the Moon is a powerful and rewarding story for middle-grade listeners and adults.

Sheldon convinces Lucy, Sam, April, and Amanda to join him at a weeklong sleepaway summer camp - Camp Paleo: Live Like a Caveman. Like cavemen, they're going to have to make do without air-conditioning or a heated pool. They'll learn archery and dig for fossils. And Grandma's coming, too; she's taking a job as lunch lady for the camp next door.

Annie and Tyler are going out! OK, he can be a bit controlling sometimes, but Annie's never had a boyfriend before so she assumes that's what they're like. Her roller derby team, the Liberty Belles, are in top position in the league - but are they getting over-confident? Annie misses a few practice sessions so she can spend time with Tyler. As punishment, she gets left on the bench at a big bout. The whole team needs to refocus - especially Annie.

When 13-year-old Eric Parrish comes across glowing mushrooms in the woods behind his house, he's sure there's a scientific explanation. But when they start encroaching on the town - covering the football field and popping up from beneath the floorboards - Eric knows something's seriously wrong. Not that much else is going right.... Then a runaway girl from a nearby boarding school warns Eric that the fungus could portend doom.

Die Wiesenräuber schlagen zu! Statt Fußballtraining pur gibt es für die Coolen Kicker Stress ohne Ende, denn ein Haufen muskulöser Bogenschützen versucht ihnen ihre Fußballwiese abzujagen. Frank und Guido geraten sich auch noch wegen der schönen Angelina in die Haare. Schließlich lassen sich die Coolen Kicker auf eine windige Wette ein und setzen im entscheidenden Spiel alles auf eine Karte. Dieter Winkler wurde 1956 in Berlin geboren, ist mit der Autorin Uschi Winkler verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und wohnt im Großraum München.

When Rufus, Murphy, Lurena, and their pets go camping, they meet Pedro, a shy boy who seems afraid of just about everything - especially the water. One thing leads to another and the kids go into a nearby town to buy him a pet to cheer him up - a guinea pig, naturally. Yet what they bring home may look like a guinea pig, but it can swim - like an otter.

Die Coolen Kicker haben den Aufstieg in die Auswahlmannschaft geschafft, doch irgendwer versucht sie mit fiesen Tricks wieder rauszukicken. Erst schwärzt jemand Frank beim neuen Trainer an, dann werden sie von einer wilden Indianerhorde auf ihrer eigenen Fußballwiese aufgemischt. Die Lage wird sogar bedrohlich, bevor die Coolen Kicker beim entscheidenden Spiel richtig aufdrehen können. Dieter Winkler wurde 1956 in Berlin geboren, ist mit der Autorin Uschi Winkler verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und wohnt im Großraum München.

¡Comienza con el pie derecho! Únete a los animales con el retozo divertido de pies: corriendo, saltando, brincando, y luego descansando, justo como lo hacen los bichos y las criaturas que figuran en Kimberly Hutmacher, Patas, garras, manos, y pies. Acompáñanos en este sueño a un viaje emocionante desde la mañana hasta la noche usando las manos y los pies justo como las ardillas, monos, ratas, arañas, ranas, pingüinos, elefantes, leones, canguros, pandas, y águilas.

Mr. Putter and his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry both like music. He likes the broken hearts and big round heroes of opera. She likes the broken hearts and big-haired stars of country music. One day Mrs. Teaberry has one of her famous ideas. She and Mr. Putter will form their own band. Mr. Putter is a good sport. He buys a little horn and practices for hours. Finally, he decides that everyone will be happier if he uses the horn to hold up his tomato plant.

It’s baseball season, and Katie and her friends are busy rooting for their favorite team, the Cherrydale Porcupines. Katie loves the team, but can’t understand why her friends are so obsessed with the team’s star shortstop, Mike Reed; she prefers the old shortstop who now sits on the bench every game. But when Katie is switcherooed into the team’s star shortstop, she learns that she should never judge someone until she’s standing in their size-12 baseball cleats! 

The Loch Ness Monster. The Frogman. Bigfoot. Twelve-year-old Miranda Cho used to believe in it all, used to love poring over every strange footprint, every stray hair, everything that proved that the world was full of wonders. But that was before her mother’s obsession with monsters cost Miranda her friends and her perfect school record, before Miranda found the stack of unopened bills and notices of foreclosure in the silverware drawer. Now the fact that her mom’s a cryptozoologist doesn’t seem wonderful - it’s embarrassing and irresponsible, and it could cost them everything.

Reminiscent of Dr. Seuss and Hilary Knight, here is a third clever read-aloud starring Priscilla. After she tries out for the lead part in her roller-skating school's upcoming play and is disappointed, Priscilla learns what it really means to be a star. Priscilla's story is told in lyrical verse and young girls will enjoy hearing her roller-skating adventure read aloud.

Kinder-Sport-Reporter auf Verbrecherjagd! Lena und Luis haben als Nachwuchs-Reporter ihrer Schulwebseite einen Interviewtermin mit dem aktuellen Liga-Torschützenkönig, der gerade in den Kader für die Europameisterschaft berufen wurde. Das Interview wird kurzfristig abgesagt, aber Luis dreht dennoch am Trainingsgelände. Als sie wenig später in der Schule das Material sichten, machen Lena und Luis eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.