John Coy
2) Crackback
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
In his gripping debut novel, acclaimed picture book author John Coy presents the high stakes world of high school football, where doing what it takes to win doesn't always mean doing the right thing.When Miles Manning, a successful high school football player, discovers his teammates are using steroids—and one of them is his best friend—he's faced with a tough decision: Is he willing to do what it takes to win? Football is his life, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from—literally and metaphorically—as well as what unites all of us as humans. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present, making for an accessible and visually striking look at history, family, and identity.
We come from stardust / our bodies made of ancient elements. / We come from single cells / evolving over billions of years. / We come from place,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes. At a time of widespread segregation and rampant racism, this illegal gathering changed the sport of basketball forever"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Jackson lives for baseball, but becomes distracted by the approach of middle school, his mother's latest boyfriend, and the presence of a girl--his good friend's sister--on his team.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text capture a child's perspective while towering over a baby, a butterfly, and a seashell, feeling dwarfed by a giraffe, a waterfall, and the universe, and feeling just the right size.
12) Eyes on the goal
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
164 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Gig's father is deployed to Afghanistan.
13) Love of the game
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Jackson has a rough start in middle school, with bullies on the bus, few classes with his friends, and changes at home but some good teachers, meeting a girl, joining a club, and playing football soon turn things around.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm
Language
English
Description
My Mighty Journey is the story of Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River, and the changes it has witnessed over twelve thousand years. Written from the perspective of the waterfall, the narrative considers the people who lived nearby, the ways they lived, and how the area around the waterfall changed drastically in the past two centuries.
Author
Series
4 for 4 series volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jackson confronts many challenges in his first year of middle school as his mother plans to get married, the best player on his basketball team leaves, he needs to ask a girl to go to a school dance with him, and his best friend's father is injured in Afghanistan.
16) Box out
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
High school sophomore Liam jeopardizes his new position on the varsity basketball team when he decides to take a stand against his coach who is leading prayers before games and enforcing team wide participation.
18) Gap life
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Despite acceptance from his father's college, Cray decides to take a gap year with Rayne, who helps him find a job at a home for developmentally disabled adults, and he learns more about himself and others than any university could teach him.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from-literally and metaphorically. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present in this accessible and visually striking look at history, family, and identity"--
