Tom Greenwald
1) Dinged
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Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
2) The real us
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Told from different viewpoints, everything changes when Calista Getz, always known as the prettiest girl in school, gets a pimple shortly before the big eighth-grade dance.
3) Game changer
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"While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma. Told through dialogue, text messages, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts"--OCLC.
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After a text goes wrong, Charlie Joe Jackson's best friend Katie Friedman decides to go a week without her phone. Then she is offered a deal: If she can get ten friends to also give up their phones for a week, everyone gets backstage passes to an upcoming concert. Can she do it?
6) Rivals
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In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
7) Hooked
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A boy and his dad discover all they have in common on a fishing trip in this sweet picture book about father-son bonding.