Cambridge Springs Public Library

Contemporary stories about teamwork and sportsmanship.

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.

Zach Thompson can't believe his family can finally afford to send him to the elite hockey camp of his dreams. But even before he hits the rink, Zach feels iced out by his older teammates. They mock the new kid's hand-me-down gear and hog the puck during practice. Can Zach show some hustle and be the leader his team needs to take the camp tournament by storm?

"Layla has worked all summer to prepare for basketball tryouts. When tryouts arrive, she not only makes the team's starting lineup, but is named team captain. Unfortunately her best friend and teammate, Danika, is jealous"--Title verso page.

Gina tries to be the star of the soccer team at her new school, but her teammates do not like her showoff moves.

While playing in the championship softball game, star pitcher KT Sutton blacks out and awakes to a changed world where the roles of academics and sports at her middle school have flipped, making talented athletes, such as KT, outcasts and brainy nerds popular.

Middle school student Brielle has been doing gymnastics with her best friend Naomi for years, but this year she also wants to join the competitive cheerleading team, and that means she will be spending most of her "free" time practicing while still keeping up with her schoolwork; but soon the stress starts getting to her and Brielle realizes she will have to make a choice--disappoint her new team, or let down her best friend.

Thirteen-year-old Wes is on his first ever fishing trip to Leech Lake in northern Minnesota with his best friend Josh and Josh's family and he is more skeptical than enthusiastic--but when he hears the stories about catching a gigantic 'Muskie', he is hooked.

"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--

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.