Travel Team By Mike Lupica

Travel Team is about a small 5th Grader who is shorter than everyone else. He got cut from the ravel Team even though he is very good.  The head coach is his friend's dad. His friend's dad is jealous of his dad because his dad was in th NBA and was famous. But his dad puts together his own travel team. read the rest to find what happens next.
 
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Alex Rider (Fiction)

The Alex Rider Stories are vey good, too. They are by Anthony Horowitz.

14 year old Alex Rider just lost his father from supposedly a car crash. But Alex saw the bullet holes on the door of his uncle's car. He found out that his uncle worked for Britain's top secret agency M16(M16 is like the CIA only it's in Britain). But he came to a hard decision the M16 want him to join if he doesn't he'll go to a foster home. Find out what happens next in the 1st book Stormbreaker.Wink

 
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Summer Ball -MIKE LUPICA

Summer BALL IS THE SEQUEL TO TRAVEL TEAM. THE BOY NOW IS GOING TO RIGHT WAY BASKETBALL CAMP WITH HIS FRIENDS> HE ALSO MEETS TARIK, A GUY FROM NY, AND RASHEED A GUY WHO SUPPOSEDLY HATED HIM BECAUSE THE BOY BEAT HIM IN THE TRAVEL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. READ THIS BOOK!
 
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Heat by Mike Lupica

Heat is about twelve year-old Michael Arroyo, who immagrated from Cuba with his dad, Papi, and older brother, Carlos. His dad is a taxi driver in the Bronx, a part of New York City. One day his dad drove a woman to her apartment and she was getting beat up by her boyfriend so Papi defended her and beat the man so he ran away then Papi came home and had a heart attack. So Michael lives with his brother and they keep Papi's death a secret  to keep  them from getting seperated by the Children's Council. Michael's baseball team is so close to getting to Williamsburg because he's tall and a great pitcher thatthe  other coaches don't beleve he is ten, and Michael l;eft his Birth Cirtificate. This is making it worse for their little secret  and Carlos turns eighteen in April so he'll have custody. But Mr. Gibbs from the council disbelieves about Papi being alive. Will they make it through the two seasons? Read the book and find out.
 
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