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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime--from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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In order to play tennis with his local rec team, Deion agrees to play doubles, even though it feels like a different game to him--but he has the nagging feeling that he is holding his partner, Cole, back until they both accept help from Deion's stepfather who turns out to have wicked aim.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
Description
In a world where tennis can unlock ancient magic, Legacy enters a tennis tournament organized by Queen Silla in order to raise enough money to save her father's orphanage.
From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. GAME. SET. MAGIC. Game - Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy,...
7) Skeleton key
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 3
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English
Description
Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his Russian host, General Sarov.
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English
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The story of a teenage tennis star in a small town in northern California. She is Rosie, 13, and she has problems. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still beset by grief over the early death of her first husband, Rosie's tennis partner is experimenting with sex and Rosie is attracted to a middle-aged man.
11) Tennis trouble
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Even though she's only in seventh grade, Alexis made the varsity tennis team. But some other girls on the team aren't happy she's there"--Unedited summary from book.
12) Choke
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English
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Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion-- first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Island Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman-- the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man-- and soon he is in way over his head.
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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects, and Rachel and Kristy must snag Alice's magic racquet, the goblins are going to win --- game, set, and match!
18) Double fault
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Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
Description
After joining a tennis camp at a local country club, twins Ashley and Bryce Timberline are blamed for outbreaks of vandalism there, and must work not only to clear their names, but also to find the real culprit.
19) Mixed doubles
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Series
Benchwarmers volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
Eleven-year-old Andi Carillo quickly becomes the star of her school's new co-ed tennis team, and when her talent attracts sports agents who want her to play professionally, Andi's best friend Jeff Michaels helps her thwart the agents by uncovering their underhanded schemes.
20) Doubles troubles
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Series
Gym shorts volume 6
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court?
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