Series:

Matt Christopher Sports Series for Kids

25 total works

Cover of Great Moments in the Summer Olympics

The Summer Olympics are chock full of epic athletic achievements across hundreds of disciplines, especially Track and Field, Gymnastics, and Swimming. These are the sports that gave us Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olga Korbut and Mary Lou Retton -- tremendous athletes whose Olympic accomplishments thrill us now just as much as they did when they occurred. Now readers can relive those moments in this fact-filled volume just right for young sports enthusiasts.

And because it's Matt Christopher, young readers know they're getting the best sports writing on the shelf!

Cover of Football Nightmare

Football Nightmare

by Matt Christopher

Published 1 September 2001
Having dropped a pass and made his football team miss having an undefeated season, thirteen-year-old Keith fears that he will continue to make bad mistakes and wonders if he should continue playing football.

Cover of Skateboard Renegade

Skateboard Renegade

by Matt Christopher

Published 1 October 2000
When Zach takes up skateboarding, he realises that he's expected to look a certain way - but he just isn't comfortable with any of the looks. He wants to skateboard just for the fun of it. Will he be ostracised or will his decision make him a renegade, the very attitude his buddies will appreciate?

Cover of Look Who's Playing First Base
LOOK WHO'S PLAYING FIRST BASE Will Mike stand up to his teammates to defend his friend? When the Checkmates need a new first baseman, Mike Hagin's new friend, Yuri, seems like a logical choice. But when Yuri starts flubbing plays and the team's star player threatens to quit as a result, Mike is not sure Yuri is such a good choice after all-for a teammate or for a friend. It appears as if Mike will have to choose between his friendship with Yuri and his loyalty to the team-or is there another solution?

Cover of Long-Arm Quarterback

Long-Arm Quarterback

by Matt Christopher

Published 1 November 1999
Twelve-year-old Cap Wadell wants to play on a "real" football team, but his middle school in a small Texas town does not have enough players--until his grandfather revives interest in the game of six-man football.