Mike Lupica
41) The turnover
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather"--
42) True legend
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
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.
43) Bump and run
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
44) Too far
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A student on the local high school paper enlists the aid of city journalist Ben Mitchell to uncover the truth about the school's championship basketball team when rumors begin to circulate about violent hazing rituals at a team retreat.
45) Defending champ
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When the girls soccer team learns it has been canceled due to budget cuts, they come up with a plan to raise the necessary funds through a face-off with the boys' team, which is led by sneering superstar Chase Gwinn.
46) Broken Trust
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica.
Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world’s richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain’s beautiful wife, Laura,...
Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world’s richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain’s beautiful wife, Laura,...
47) The horsewoman
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world.
48) Blood Feud
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Robert B. Parker's iconic and irresistible PI Sunny Randall is back, and the stakes are higher than ever as she races to protect her ex-husband—and his Mafia family—from the vengeful plan of a mysterious rival.
Sunny Randall is "on" again with Richie, the ex-husband she never stopped loving and never seemed to be able to let go, despite her discomfort with his Mafia connections. When Richie is shot and nearly killed, Sunny is dragged...
Sunny Randall is "on" again with Richie, the ex-husband she never stopped loving and never seemed to be able to let go, despite her discomfort with his Mafia connections. When Richie is shot and nearly killed, Sunny is dragged...
