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Getting into The Academy is the easy part. Staying there takes more than just talent. After being betrayed by her rival and her boyfriend, Maya knows she needs to shrug off the drama and focus on her game. And after a strong showing in the semi-finals at a tennis competition, Maya seems pretty focused. Until that competition brings a new round of gossip, a modeling gig, and renewed feelings for…her ex? And Maya’s not the only one with drama. Cleo just won her first big golf tournament, but the blogs are bashing her alternative style.

Kevin just wants to play soccer, and maybe get Terri to pay attention to him instead of the star quarterback. The star of the rival team has a grudge against him. His father's dreams are weighing on him. And he's not sure what Terri really feels.

Micah, the new outfielder on the Bulldogs, makes a critical error that loses a game. Now he's got enemies on the team. If only he were a better player! An unexpected ally helps him find a hidden talent that just might bring the bulldogs closer to victory. Breaking Pitch is one of five high interest quick listening stories in the Sports Beats series. These fiction audiobooks weave characters' real-life issues around the sports they play, including basketball, baseball, tennis, skiing, and soccer.

Jenny, like any good pitcher, knows when to throw at a batter. When to throw a fastball. And when to drop and cover. Like now. Especially as big, meaty Lacey glares at her. Hands the size of bear paws, and the entire softball team saying in pretty clear words: Go. Home. The short story that inspired the novel Swing Away. A story of friendship, finding your own place, and just maybe, a date to the prom.

Dies ist die Geschichte von Thomas Ritter, dem Fußballprofi in Diensten des FC X. Verfolge mit, wie Thomas Höhen und Tiefen erlebt, wie er es Mitspielern, Trainern und Beratern rechtmachen muss, um am Ende dort hinzukommen, wo jeder Kicker gerne landen möchte: In die Bundesliga und in einem Endspiel mit der deutschen Nationalmannschaft.

Between finishing late school projects and looking after her brothers and sister, Faith Patel barely has time to play soccer. And when she's at practice, surrounded by girls who can afford to play in club leagues, she doesn't even feel like part of the team. So when Coach Berg starts to give Faith extra attention, she feels...really special. It might be crazy, but suddenly Faith has a crush on her coach. Can she keep her head in the game?

Sadie Windas has always been the responsible one - she’s the star player on her AAU basketball team, gets good grades, dates a cute soccer player, and helps out at home. Not like her older sister, Carla, who hangs out with druggies and leaves her three-year-old daughter, Lulu, with Aunt Sadie while she parties and gets high. But when Sadie and Carla are caught up in a drug deal - wrong place, wrong time - it falls to Sadie to clean up the mess, confessing to a crime she didn’t commit to keep Carla out of jail and Lulu out of foster care. She’s supposed to get off with a slap on the wrist. Instead, she’s sentenced to six months in juvie.

Lauren is a junior high student with some challenges in her life. In her spare time, she plays volleyball on a Rec League team, but at the start of the season, she doesn't know a single person on the team. Even worse, she's far from a pro, shorter than the rest of the team and struggling to serve the ball over the net most of the time. Back home, she's given a difficult time by her neighbor because she doesn't attend a public school.

In this hilarious reboot of Pride and Prejudice, Megan McKnight is a soccer star with Olympic dreams. When her Southern belle mother secretly enters her as a debutante for the 2016 deb season in their hometown of Dallas, she's furious - and has no idea what she's in for.

Max Turner is a tomboy through and through. Her favorite activities include hunting, fishing, playing sports, and running around with her neighbors Peter and Kyle. But when Max meets some girls at the local trampoline park she gets introduced to a whole new world. With her dad's encouragement, Max finds herself in a place she never imagined she would be: an all-star cheerleading gym.

"I Neymars fodspor" handler om den brasilianske gadespiller Junior. Junior har en drøm at blive professionel fodboldspiller, ligesom hans far var. I kraft af sit store talent får Junior en friplads på en privatskole. Skolen har et dygtigt fodboldhold, som går efter at vinde alle turneringer. Men Junior er en spasmager, og til tider virker han useriøs. Han får skylden for, at holdet taber en finale. Efter en trussel om at blive smidt ud af skolen, indser han, at han ikke kan opnå sin største drøm uden selvdisciplin og hård traening.

When 16-year-old Stan Claxton learns that his neighbor Ginny Forrester is coming home, he isn't sure if he should be happy or scared. Ginny - a 15-year-old nationally-ranked junior tennis player - is having trouble with her game, and her coach thinks Stan can pull her out of this slump. After an awkward beginning, Stan settles in as Ginny's coach, and her play improves with each match in a local tournament.

"One day I’m going to play for the U.S. Women’s National Team." That’s what Flora Dupre promised her mom, before her mom died of cancer. Flora and her mom had created a place called Soccerland, an escape world where they went and just talked soccer. And now Flora’s dream of playing for the U.S.A. might be coming true. Flora’s received the invitation of a lifetime: the chance to try out for the Under-15 U.S. Girls’ Soccer Team, an opportunity that could put Flora on the road to making her dream a reality and reaching the real "Soccerland".

An ordinary boy, a mysterious letter, a royal birth, a giant trout, a near-death experience, and an unexpected romance magically come together to create a touching and good-hearted novel about the search for self and the power of belief.

Er sollte sie trainieren... und ihr nicht den Limettensaft von den Lippen küssen! Schon den ganzen Sommer lang träumt Liza Matthews davon, dass Tony, ihr bester Freund und Star-Spieler des Highschool Fußball-Teams, sie endlich küssen würde. Doch als er schließlich aus dem Trainingslager zurückkommt, stellt Liza mit Entsetzen fest, dass die Dinge zwischen ihnen nicht mehr so sind wie früher. Ein neues Mädchen steht auf dem Spielfeld, das plötzlich seine verliebten Blicke erhält! Liza hasst Fußball, doch um ihre Liebe zurückzugewinnen, lässt auch sie sich für das gemischte Team aufstellen.

Meet Sloane Emily Jacobs: A seriously stressed-out figure skater who choked during junior nationals. Now meet Sloane Devon Jacobs, a spunky ice hockey player who's been suspended from her team for too many aggressive hip checks. The two girls are on their way to skating camps in Montreal when a luggage mix-up causes them to meet. Pretty soon, the Sloanes realize that this is the opportunity they’ve been waiting for: the chance to escape their lives and switch places for the summer.

Spannende Fortsetzung der Dreililien-Pferdebuchreihe! Für Nell und ihre Pferdefreunde kommt es knüppeldick: Auf dem Reiterhof Dreililien bricht eine Pferdeseuche aus und drei Jungpferde, darunter auch Nells Lieblingsfohlen, müssen eingeschläfert werden. Trost findet die 16-Jährige zunächst bei ihrem Freund Jörn, der im Krankenhaus seinen Zivildienst macht. Doch irgendwie hat er sich in letzter Zeit verändert, findet Nell. Ob ein anderes Mädchen dahinter steckt? Dann kommt es zum Streit zwischen den beiden und Nell muss sich entscheiden.

Neues Pferdeabenteuer von Nell und ihren Freunden vom Reiterhof Dreililien! Auf Nell und ihre Freunde wartet ein Winter voller Abenteuer: Zum ersten Mal nach langer Zeit wird auf Dreililien wieder ein Fohlen geboren. Matty verliebt sich in Maja, die auf Dreililien ihre Ferien verbringt. Nell plant zu ihrem 16. Geburtstag eine riesige Party, zu der natürlich auch ihr Freund Jörn eingeladen ist. Doch dann kommt es zum Streit zwischen den beiden und es herrscht Funkstille. Werden sich Jörn und Nell noch rechtzeitig zur Party wieder vertragen?

Plötsligt står hon där, ensam i USA. VM i travsport väntar och det är första gången Martina är utomlands. Men, hon har som tur är världens kanske snabbaste travhingst med sig, King of Sunset. Något skumt visar sig snart vara i görningen. De är förföljda av någon som vill skada Sunset. En vacker ung man vid namn Kevin kommer till deras undsättning. Fastän Martina har en pojkvän hemma i Sverige får hon allt svårare att dölja sin förtjusning... Ulrika Ekblom (f. 1961) författade åren 1993-2000 serien i fem delar om Martina och King of Sunset.

Den första delen i serien om den unge fotbollstalangen Markus Cerwin. Han älskar att spela fotboll och hans enda sorg är att familjen saknar parabol så att han kan se fotboll från Italien, Frankrike och Tyskland, där han har sitt favoritlag FC Frankfurt. En dag blir han upptäckt av en talangscout när han spelar fotboll på skoj med några kompisar. Han får ett erbjudande som är svårt att tacka nej till. Men hur ska han få tiden att räcka till? Han har ju även en tjej han gärna vill träffa.