New Releases by Paul Mantell

At the first practice of the season, Derek takes note of who is on the team. They have some good players, for sure--but also some weaker ones. There''s still one kid missing, and Derek hopes it''s a really good ballplayer to round out the roster. But when the kid arrives, everyone is shocked: she''s a girl! Can Derek''s team come together to have a winning season?

Derek questions his friendship with Dave when Dave unexpectedly turns hostile, and the distraction begins to affect both players on the field.

"Young Derek Jeter is excited when his father becomes coach of his baseball team, but things don''t go as he had planned"--

Young Derek Jeter''s friendship with a new student puts him at odds with his friends and seems to be hurting his baseball swing, plus he gets in trouble for confronting a student who is bullying his sister, in violation of the contract with his parents.

In Kalamazoo, Michigan, eight-year-old Derek Jeter, who dreams of playing for the New York Yankees, learns what it takes to be a champion on and off the field.

The sixth and final novel in this series from NFL superstars and bestselling authors Tiki and Ronde Barber.

Through the course of a difficult season, Ronde learns that his coach is right about football being a mental game, as he tries to fill in as kicker while he and his identical twin, Tiki, help Adam improve his grades.

Get to know three-time Grand Slam singles winner Arthur Ashe in this middle grade nonfiction biography of his early years! As a kid, Arthur Ashe was so small his father said he wasn’t allowed to play football, so he played tennis instead. He went on to become a professional tennis player—the only black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. After contracting HIV from a blood transfusion, Arthur fought to educate people about HIV and AIDS and to fund treatment for the disease until his death in 1993. This book is laced with numerous illustrations, and the back of the book includes a timeline, questions, activities, and a glossary, making it the perfect addition to a classroom or home school setting. Perfect for emerging readers, the Childhood of Famous Americans series illustrates the incredible true stories of great Americans.

In fun and fresh language, this guide helps young chess players imagine themselves as generals of their own armies, warriors geared for the fight. At the same time, it conveys all the basic rules and strategies of the chess game in a clear, straightforward way.

When Coach Spangler leaves at the start of their second year of junior high school, thirteen-year-old twins Tiki and Ronde wonder if his replacement, history teacher Mr. Wheeler, can coach the Eagles to another winning football season.

A bopgraphy of the Indian Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Buddhism and became known as The Buddha, focusing primarily on his childhood.

A biography of legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt.

When Matt Harper steps off the plane, he knows his life is about to change. For one thing, he''ll be living with his uncle for a year. For another, compared to Chicago, Dragon Valley is tiny. But so long as Matt can hit the slopes with his snowboard, he figures he''ll get along okay.

When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes. Simultaneous.

Thirteen-year-old Kelly Conroy, softball star, has to face new challenges in her life, including assignment to a different softball team and her mother''s new boyfriend. Simultaneous. how she will ever get it all back on track. Simultaneous.

Fi is a computer whiz with an obsession for all things weird. Together with her brother, Jack, and their rock star mom, Molly, they crisscross the United States while mom jams with her band. Along the way Fi tries to solve all kinds of supernatural mysteries -- everything from ghosts to UFOs -- even the legend of Bigfoot. So Weird is Disney Channel''s new #1 series airing weekly on Friday through Sunday nights starring Mackenzie Phillips from TV''s One Day at a Time. Everyone knows the legend of Bigfoot, but they don''t really believe in a huge, hairy monster wandering around a forest. But when Fi gets lost in the woods and is rescued by a mysterious creature, she relies on her motto that nothing is too weird to be true.

Rivalry flares between twelve-year-old Freddie and his fourteen-year-old brother Dondi, both on and off the snowboarding slopes, nearly leading to disaster.

Introduces the places, people, historical events, myths, culture, and philosophy of ancient Greece. Includes forty hands-on activities, such as making an early Greek theater, building an Ionic temple, and pressing olives for oil.

"Based on the blockbuster TV series"--P. 1 of Cover.

Dr. Hank McCoy, the mutant also known as Beast, tries to help a young blind woman regain her sight, only to arouse the bigotry of Friends of Humanity, so Wolverine goes undercover to help out.

The X-men are lured into a trap and implanted with the daughters of the Brood Queen, and only Wolverine, with his healing powers, is able to resist

Kid-loving music makers Hart and Mantell present a variety of activities based on music, including singing and dancing, improvisation, and making homemade instruments.

Follow the saga of the Ewing family, rocked by tragedy but blessed with a will for survival as big and brash as Texas itself.