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In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she’d get an athletic scholarship to a North American university.

I hate you, Fuller James. I hate your floppy hair and your lopsided grin and those laughing blue eyes that always seem to be laughing at me. I hate that you're the most popular guy in school and I'm still the girl who sneezed and spit out her retainer on someone at a middle school dance. It's just such a cliché. I hate that I'm being forced to tutor you in English and keep it a secret from everyone. Because otherwise it might put our basketball team's chances at winning State in jeopardy, and even though I hate you, I love basketball.

Fifteen-year-old Harper McAllister thinks her summer plans are ruined when her parents receive her latest heart-stopping credit card bill and ship her off to camp at Whispering Pines. Suddenly Harper is at the bottom of a social ladder she can't climb while wearing wedge sandals and expensive clothes. Slowly but surely, she starts to find her place, though, even winning over super cute camp "lifer" Ethan. But when she ruins the camp's chance to have a pop star film a music video on campus, Harper becomes an outcast once again.

Tomorrow, the Wildcat varsity field hockey squad will play the first game of their new season. But at tonight’s team sleepover, the girls are all about forging the bonds of trust, loyalty, and friendship necessary to win. Everything hinges on the midnight initiation ceremony - a beloved tradition and the only facet of being a Wildcat that the girls control. Until now. Coach - a handsome former college player revered and feared in equal measure - changes the plan and spins his team on a new adventure.

If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She’d be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and...everyone else. She wouldn’t spend any time worrying about being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head. 

A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her life: a new coach with a revolutionary training strategy and a charming fellow swimmer named Harry Matthews.  

A competitive diver, 17-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before her dive is locking eyes with Van - her neighbor, former best friend, and forever crush - kissing his girlfriend on the sidelines. But that can’t be all. Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window...looking right back at her.

Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he has a chance to get drafted by the major leagues. But playing for the other team means leaving behind his family, including Antonio, Laz's younger brother, who more and more, seems to be drawn to the dark world of the Jet City's drug ring.

Die 12-jährige Ava hat ihr Pferd verloren und möchte erstmal nichts mehr mit Pferden zu tun haben. Doch dann lernt sie die blinde Stute Soraya mit der außergewöhnlichen, silbernen Fellfarbe kennen. Die Stute übt eine enorme Anziehungskraft auf Ava aus und vertraut nur ihr, sonst niemandem. Mithilfe von Sorayas Besitzern, dem alten Silvester und seiner Enkelin Elsie, beginnt Ava langsam, Soraya in ihr Herz zu schließen, denn ohne sie hat Soraya keine Zukunft. Eine magische Pferdefreundschaft beginnt.

Cocky seventh-grade super-jock Crash Coogan got his nickname the day he used his first football helmet to knock his cousin Bridget flat on her backside. And he has been running over people ever since, especially Penn Webb, the dweeby, vegetarian Quaker kid who lives down the block. Through the eyes of Crash, listeners get a rare glimpse into the life of a bully in this unforgettable and beloved story about stereotypes and the surprises life can bring.

Mathias er okay god til at spille fodbold - indtil han en dag finder et par gamle fodboldstøvler. Med de støvler spiller han ikke bare godt, han spiller FANTASTISK. Men det er næsten for godt til ikke at have en bagside. Og det har det også ... en GYSELIG bagside. FC Genfærd er en fodboldgyser om venskab både på banen og uden for - og om at ville vinde for enhver pris.

In the second of the Paul Faustino novels by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet, teenage football prodigy El Brujito, 'the Little Magician', has vanished without a trace, and Paul finds himself reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, Paul gets more than he bargained for as a story of corruption and murder unfolds, forcing him to confront a bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult.

As the daughter of a successful Major League pitcher, Charlie Hastings has baseball in her blood. Unfortunately, being the only girl on her high school baseball team, Charlie has always been just one of the guys. When her best friend, and secret love of her life, asks another girl to the prom, Charlie is devastated. She’s tired of being overlooked by boys because she’s not like other girls. Suffering a massive identity crisis, she decides to hang up her cleats. But with only two weeks until the state championships, the Roosevelt High Ravens can’t afford to lose their star catcher.

When softball star Liv Rodinsky throws one ill-advised punch during the most important game of the year, she loses her scholarship to her fancy private school, her boyfriend, and her teammates all in one fell swoop. With no other options, Liv is forced to transfer to the nearest public school, Northland, where she'll have to convince its coach she deserves a spot on the softball team, all while facing both her ex and the teammates of the girl she punched.... Every. Single. Day. Enter Grey, the injured star quarterback with amazing hair and a foolproof plan.

Erick Moreno da Silva, protagonista desta divertida obra de ficção, leva uma vida que muitos garotos já sonharam em ter: jogador de futebol aclamado pela crítica, não só foi eleito o melhor goleiro da era moderna, como, junto à seleção brasileira, venceu a Copa do Mundo de 1998, de 2006 e - por que não? - até de 2014! 

Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado is good at breaking things. Maybe she learned it from her broken home. But since she started boxing with a legendary coach at a gym in Brooklyn, Gravity is finding her talent for breaking things has an upside. Lately, she's been breaking records, breaking her competitors, and breaking down the walls inside her. Boxing is taking her places, and if she just stays focused, she knows she'll have a shot at the Olympics. Life outside the ring is heating up, too. Suddenly, she's flirting (and more) with a cute boxer at her gym - much to her coach's disapproval.

Sommeren er på vej og det samme er en hestetransport med en meget speciel hest ved navn Elvis. Pony ved ikke lige, hvad hun skal synes om staldens nye stjerne. Det ligger nemlig ligesom i luften, at hun skal være den, der passer og rider på den store mørkebrune pony, der efter sigende skulle være en ganske god springer. Det er fristende. Men tænk nu hvis det betød, at hun måtte svigte Tessa? Samtidig har hun sine problemer med Jonathan.

Pony har fået kæreste på - og dermed også et problem. Han elsker fodbold, hun elsker heste... Så hvordan får man tingene til at hænge sammen, når man samtidig også er ret genert og ikke nær så modig, når Jonathan er i nærheden, som man er, når man rider vild galop på Tessa? Så sker der noget, da Pony er på ridelejr, der får hende til at tænke sig om en ekstra gang; På ridelejren er der en sød dreng ved navn Oliver, som meget gerne vil snakke om heste... Og et natløb i skoven udvikler sig til et mareridt, da Tessa og nogle andre heste forsvinder.

Det er frysende kold vinter. Det er ikke mere end et par måneder siden, Pony prøvede at slå op med to kærester på én gang. Selvom hun stadig savner Jonathan lidt, selvom hun er trist over, at det ikke var Tessa, der var under juletræet i år - og selvom hun er død misundelig over at Majas forældre har købt Rainbow og Melody til Maja, så er der også mange store lyspunkter. Hun har fået lov til at ride Bajads til fastelavnsridningen og Tessa er ved at være frisk igen. Så selvfølgelig siger Pony ja, når Maja skal rejse til Indien og spørger, om hun og Lise vil se efter hendes ponyer.

Det er blevet forår. Pony, Maja og Lise glæder sig vildt til at skulle ride ponyvæddeløb og tage på lange skovture og lære at springe på Tessa og Rainbow og alle de andre elskede Welsh Mountain-ponyer på gården. Efter Lises dramatiske vintertur i grusgraven et par måneder tidligere har de tre pigers forældre dog rottet sig sammen og betinget sig, at pigerne samtidig skal have én ordentlig ridetime om ugen hos en rigtig ridelærer på den lokale rideskole. Forældrene får selvfølgelig deres vilje, lykkeligt uvidende om hvad der venter de tre piger af farlige forviklinger.