Shawn Pryor
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Shaun White, known as 'The Flying Tomato' because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. . . . He has won a medal every year since 2002 at the Winter X games and won gold at the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Olympics. . . . Learn . . . about [his] life, from his childhood skateboarding days to his . . . Olympic career, and the creation of his own brand of snowboarding gear"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Whoosh! When the high-tops leave the hardwood, it's prime time on the basketball court. From monster in-game jams to gravity-defying contest slams, experience the most ridonkulous dunks from pro basketball's biggest superstars. Some of these rim-rocking plays even blew out the backboards!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Hike! When the center snaps the ball, the defensive line pounces, and it's prime time on the gridiron. From bone-rattling hits to game-changing take-downs, experience the sickest sacks from football's biggest superstars. These tremendous quarterback-crunching plays will leave you stunned!"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Crack! When the bat meets the ball, the gloves are up and it's prime time on the diamond. From sliding snags in the outfield to body-battering grabs at the wall, experience the craziest clutch catches from pro baseball's biggest superstars. These spectacular snatches will leave you spell-bound!"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"On February 1, 1960, four young black men sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation. At that time, many restaurants in the South did not serve black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins in 55 states, and within six months, the lunch counter at which they'd first protested was integrated. How did a lunch counter become a symbol of civil rights? Readers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nat Turner, an enslaved black man, believed he was chosen by God to battle against the evils of slavery. Driven by visions, Turner banded with six others, and on August 22, 1831, his rebellion began with attacks at plantations in Southampton, Virginia. As he and his group moved from plantation to plantation, dozens of enslaved men joined them. Finally, the local militia put an end to their movement, arresting and hanging many of the men involved....
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Wanting to be a striker like her grandpa was, Keisha jumps into soccer practice with both feet and, unfortunately, both hands. She's afraid her habit of catching the ball will end her sports dream, but Coach has a new game plan"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Marlon knows he's not the best player on his t-ball team, but he can't understand why he's striking out at the sport, especially when he tries so hard. Teammate Anna offers to practice with him and soon sees why Marlon can't focus"--
10) Monster master
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Villain Cynthia Cyber has trapped The Gamer's friends in her dangerous Power Combat video game, so if he can not rescue his friends in just ten minutes, they will be stuck in the electronic world forever as monsters.
11) Planet takeover
Author
Language
English
Description
As Tyler Morant sits down to play a space battle video game, his screen flickers and an alarm sounds. Game Galaxy Ten needs the Gamer's help. A villain named Vex Vision is trying to take over the game. Tyler quickly transforms to go on a mission that crosses galaxies. Can he bring down a villain who is truly out of this world?
12) Sueños de fútbol
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Wanting to be a striker like her grandpa was, Keisha jumps into soccer practice with both feet and, unfortunately, both hands. She's afraid her habit of catching the ball will end her sports dream, but Coach has a new game plan"--
13) Aim high
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Friends Kerry and Zack can't get enough of their favorite superhero, a bow-and-arrow-toting character named Brave Bowie. Her magic arrows always save the day. But when the friends sign up for archery lessons, they soon learn that practice and hard work make real-life archers great in the sport, not cartoon tricks"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Cynthia Cyber pulls the Terror Beast out of the digital world and sends it out to attack Crescent City with nightmares, it is up to Tyler in his secret identity as The Gamer to overcome his own fears and defeat the monster.
16) Currency control
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tyler Morant uses the special device given him by the Gaming Masters of the Universe to become The Gamer, and fights evil Cynthia Cyber's latest creation, a monster named Currency, who is robbing banks to get Cynthia the money she needs to build a machine that will give her control over the whole human race.
17) Clone trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Gamer, a.k.a. thirteen-year-old Tyler Morant, must think fast to defeat criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber's latest creation, Gamerton, an evil clone of The Gamer who can match him power for power.
18) Racing ransom
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Cyber has trapped two programmers in the video game Space Racers, which she invented but did not get credit for, and sends a monster racer to destroy them if she does not get a ten million dollar ransom--and it is up to thirteen-year-old Tyler Morant in his secret identity as The Gamer to rescue them before they are destroyed.
19) A dangerous duo
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Cyber has been replaced by a new supervillain named Mutiny Doom, who plans to destroy the Gamer once and for all, but just as Tyler is about to be overwhelmed help arrives from a totally unexpected quarter.
20) Music monster!
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tyler is enjoying the outdoor music festival when evil Cynthia Cyber turns the trumpet belonging to his cousin into a monster, forcing Tyler to once again become a superhero and defeat the musical monster before it reduces the city to rubble.