epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Bly

* * * * * The bike ride back to town went quickly. The boys saw no one on the old stage road until they came to Expedition Lake. Cody ...

epub |eng | 2008-01-15 | Author:Mike Leonetti

Hank was up again in the fourth inning. The crowd rose to its feet as he put his hard hat over his soft cap and stepped into the batter's box. ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-24 | Author:Aaron Reynolds [Reynolds, Aaron]

Bots of every make and size fill the chill with joyful cries. Icy sculptures dot the lands, thanks, in part, to chainsaw hands. By afternoon, great battles roar. Supersonic snowballs ...

epub |eng | 2009-12-19 | Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]

Chapter Seven 1992 Back to Stay Mo spent the off-season working out at a college just outside Boston with his Pawtucket teammate Eric Wedge. Now that Mo had played in ...

epub |eng | 2009-12-19 | Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]

Chapter Seven 1992 Triumph and Tragedy No matter how hard he tried in the 1992 season, he continued to struggle. It began to appear as if Randy Johnson would finish ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-04 | Author:Thomas K. Adamson [Thomas K. Adamson]

accelerometer—an electronic device that measures pressure and stress ASH OR MAPLE BATS? One of the reasons college and amateur baseball teams use metal bats is because they don’t break. Major ...

epub |eng | 2020-01-02 | Author:Suzanne Kamata [Kamata, Suzanne]

18 The big freeze continues throughout afternoon practice and on into the next day. At lunchtime, Junji pushes his desk next to Shintaro’s. I move my desk over by theirs, ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-04 | Author:Suzanne Slade [Suzanne Slade]

FACT A crack travels about 3,400 miles (5,470 kilometers) per hour through glass. So a crack moves across an entire backboard in 0.001 seconds! PLAY IT AGAIN Referees can’t see ...

epub |eng | | Author:Matt Oldfield

CHAPTER 15 ON CLOUD NINE A chance to play for Norway in the Under-20 World Cup was a dream come true for Erling, prompting calls to all his friends and ...

epub |eng | 2014-06-12 | Author:Shane Frederick [Shane Frederick]

Did You Know? Quick has pulled off a rare feat twice—once in college and once in the minor leagues. The goalie was credited with scoring a goal by being the ...

epub |eng | 2015-12-10 | Author:Nick Hunter [Nick Hunter]

Wide, flexible snowboards are used for halfpipe tricks. The snowboard was invented in the 1960s. Artificial snow Technology can also be used to help the weather for the Winter Olympics. ...

epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Matt Oldfield [Matt and Tom Oldfield]

CHAPTER 14 BIG CLUB INTEREST In the summer of 2008, Oliver Kahn decided to retire, after fourteen amazing years at Bayern Munich. It was sad to say goodbye to such ...

epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Matt Oldfield [Matt Oldfield]

PART TWO THE DUNGA DAYS Brazil bounced back well after that World Cup thrashing by Germany. In fact, their new manager Dunga led them to ten wins in a row, ...

epub |eng | 2022-01-28 | Author:Eric Walters & Eric Walters [Coccia, Paul & Walters, Eric]

Eighteen Mom was a different type of driver than my dad. She didn’t run stop signs or sit on other cars’ bumpers. She rarely even honked. But she stepped on ...

epub |eng | | Author:Timothy Gill

“Hey, Fin,” yelled Flip. “What did one tide pool say to the other?” “Show me your mussels!” said Fin. Even the big kids were laughing now! “Hey, Flip,” said Fin. ...