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After facing impossible odds, Roy finds himself back where he first began his path in the martial arts. Questions abound, and the mystery surrounding his Core's strange behavior plagues his every waking moment. Finding answers will mean confronting a past he'd thought was long behind him. But if he wishes to advance further down the path of power, that confrontation is inevitable.

A patch of black ice is all it takes for Ryan “Preach” Armstrong’s perfectly planned future to skid out of control. The car crash shatters his hockey dreams…and injures Woodhaven’s newest student, Grace Milner. Grace can’t believe that all it took was seriously bad timing and a hot but prickly hockey player to threaten her lifelong dream of joining the Air Force. Now, instead of prepping for the track season and the beginning of basic training, she has to complete community service with the last person she would ever want to be stuck with: the guy who shattered her future.

Merritt Wenner has been self-destructing ever since the tragic deaths of her grandmother and her horse, and after an epic all-night bender she walks out of the SAT and disappears. Her parents, looking for a quick fix, ship her off to a residential equine therapy program. At Good Fences, Merritt meets Red - a failed racehorse and a terror in the barn. Red has never bonded with anyone, but Merritt is not afraid of him, which makes all the difference.

From the author of Twenty Boy Summer, a teen pushes the limits to follow her dreams--and learns there's a fine line between bitter and sweet... Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then a betrayal changed her life and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she's a...

Can your first love be your one great love? Can your high school sweetheart be your soulmate? Is it possible to find the person you're meant to spend the rest of your life with so early in life? Ford and I were destined for a great romance until our parents forced us apart. We'll do as they ask and try to stay away, but being apart only makes our love stronger. Trying to live my best life is impossible without him beside me, but I'm trying to live in the moment. Even if I must wait until June to be with the guy I love.

The relationship between the two is like a football game. There are spectacular highlights, and heartbreaking low points. However, through football, the two come to understand each other and appreciate that it is varied strengths and working together that creates a good team. An engaging novel for teens by one of Wales’s best loved authors.

Junior Ty McDermott is a star quarterback for his high school team in Northeast Georgia, where his football career has progressed smoothly and successfully. But when his businessman father accepts a new executive job and subsequently moves his family to a town in Central New Jersey, Ty's football career suddenly hits a rocky road. Ty must now unexpectedly and ardently compete for the starting quarterback position at his new high school.

Mientras el mundo se desmorona a su alrededor, la vida de Joey Lynch es más turbulenta que nunca. Desesperado por sentirse digno de la única persona en la que ha confiado jamás, Joey lucha por alejarse de un entorno que amenaza con destruirlo todo. Pero, con tanto en su contra, ¿logrará mantenerse a flote?

After tragedy hit her family, Meg Matthews officially crossed the line from "good girl" to "bad girl." Motorcycle? Check. Graffiti? Check. The only thing Meg hadn't planned on was blackmail. Too bad now a certain infuriating boy holds Meg's future in his hands . . . When Luke Prescott—star pitcher and town golden boy—catches Meg vandalizing the school, she's given two choices: face the consequences or enter into a fake relationship with him to get his parents and his ex off his back.

Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for players who are teen girls, the stakes are so much higher. In this anthology, the voices of these athletes come alive, highlighting the ferocity of those who are often shunted to the side. From navigating rampant misogyny to forging a sisterhood through sweat or just reveling in the love of the game, the stories in Out of Our League address the phenomenal physical and emotional power of teenage athletes as they compete, persevere, and thrive, on and off the field.

It's his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean should be focused on his future, but instead he's haunted by his past. His rugby coach expects him to fill the roles once played by his lost friend, Joey, as the rugby team's stand-off and new captain. And somehow he's stuck rooming with 12-year-old freshman Sam Abernathy, a cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a serious crush on Annie Altman - aka Ryan Dean's girlfriend, for now, anyway.

Josef Matt, the only man to ever try to conquer this last summit of the Alps, met his end in the pursuit. Now his son, Rudi, dares to complete the same task in memory of his father. Setting off with his father's red shirt, Rudi must courageously pass through the same chasm that took his father's life and finish the challenging climb in order to plant the shirt at the peak.

The American Indian Youth Literature and Morris Award-winning author of Rez Ball returns with the unforgettable story of a gifted young Ojibwe athlete learning to ride in his father’s footsteps while practicing for a skateboarding championship. When Bryce’s mom walks out on her abusive...

Ella es el prototipo de chica jovial. Él es el gracioso de la clase. Pero se avecina una tormenta y este chico del Tommen va a tener que ponerse serio. Los Chicos de Tommen, la serie sports romance YA que ha encandilado a toda una generación. A Gerard "Gibsie" Gibson, el descarado del colegio, la comedia le corre por las venas, pero bajo su carácter alegre y despreocupado se esconde un joven hecho pedazos que vive atormentado por su pasado. Gibsie utiliza el humor para lidiar con sus demonios y ocultarle al mundo todo lo que siente.

Can surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews’ debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of surfing. Born and raised in New York City, Ellie’s world is turned upside down when her father unexpectedly dies and her mother sends her to Manhattan Beach, California to live with her Aunt Jen and her Uncle Charlie—both avid surfers.

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life’s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction...

After five months of sheer absolute craziness I was going back to being plain old background D.J. In photographs of course I’m always in the background—it’s a family joke, actually, that us Schwenk kids could go to school naked on picture day, we’re all so crazy tall. But I mean I was...

A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family. Written in the tradition of Jason Reynolds, Matt de la Peña, and Walter Dean Myers, After the Shot Drops now has 3 starred reviews! * "Belongs on the shelf alongside contemporary...

For fans of Make It Or Break It, a novel about the road to Olympics for the world's most elite gymnasts. Work harder than anyone. Be the most talented. Sacrifice everything. And if you’re lucky, maybe you will go to the Olympics. Grace lives and breathes gymnastics—but no matter how hard she...

Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But that all changes when the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. West Young is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from: handsome, sexy, and full of attitude.West is keeping a big secret from Haley. He hasn't told her who he really is, and helping her - fighting for her - is a shot at redemption, especially since his family is falling apart and it's all his fault.