Mike Lupica
1) Grudge match
Author
Series
Sunny Randall novels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Robert B. Parker's beloved PI Sunny Randall returns on a case that blurs the line between friend and foe...and if Sunny can't tell the difference, the consequences may be deadly. When Sunny's long-time gangster associate Tony Marcus comes to her for help, Sunny is surprised-after all, she double crossed him on a recent deal, and their relationship is on shakier ground than ever. But the way Tony figures it, Sunny owes him, and Sunny's willing to...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her best friend Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, PI Sunny Randall begins to investigate while helping a victim of another crime - two seemingly different cases that converge into one deadly mystery.
"In her latest thrilling adventure, PI Sunny Randall takes on two serpentine cases that converge into one deadly mystery"--
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Last spring Teddy's life changed for the better. He started working out, shaping up, and even earned a spot on the Walton baseball team, and with the team he went all the way to the Little League World Series. But the best things to come out of that season were his friendships with Jack, Cassie, and Gus, and the confidence to finally try out for football. But Teddy learns that his father, who left them a long time ago, is back in Walton and back in...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Owing her landlord and former client a favor, PI Sunny Randall sets out to find Melanie Joan's stalker, but makes a discovery that challenges her loyalty to her old friend, while her aging ex-cop father is threatened by a sleazy lawyer with a desire to settle an old score.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
6) Team players
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates"--
Author
Series
Game changers volume 3
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the...
8) Play makers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Still living large off their incredible football championship win just weeks before, Ben McBain and his crew must now prepare for basketball season. Ben is known as the best point guard throughout the league. And now that Shawn O'Brien has joined their team, they are a shoo-in to win it all. But there is a new kid in town, Chase Braggs, a point guard like Ben who seems to be better, stronger, and faster. Refusing to let his team down, Ben hits the...
10) Fast break
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
11) Too far
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
12) Batting order
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
13) Game changers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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 theposition.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With only days before the last game of the Stanley Cup finals in Boston, eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe are determined to find hockey star Mike Gordon's missing lucky necklace.
17) Triple threat
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alex Carlisle loves football almost as much as she loves her father but when she joins the Orville Middle School football team, not all of the boys, or parents, are pleased.
18) Full court press
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
19) True legend
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"“Patterson and Lupica make a great team” (Carl Hiaasen) who get “deep into the lives of strong women” (Louise Penny) and Jane Smith is their greatest creation—a badass lawyer with a year to live. “Jane Smith is the best character we’ve ever created. Bar none.” —James Patterson and Mike Lupica Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might’ve...