Kick

Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman

Walter Dean Myers is a very established young adult author, he probably gets tons of emails and letters sent to him every year. So what was it that made him want to write a book with one of those letter writers?

Kick is the result of the collaboration between Myers and teenager Ross Workman. Here's the summary:
Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. and heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. They're competing for the State Cup, and Kevin wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential.
Kevin's never been in any serious trouble ... until the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor.
If Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around before it's too late.
Here's an introduction from the authors.

Breakaway

Breakaway by Andrea Montalbano Summary: LJ knows her place in the world is on the soccer field. When she's out there scoring goals, everything is right. But being a big-shot on the field is starting to go to her head. She's letting her temper get the best of her - both on the field and off, alienating everyone around her. Everyone except Tabitha, the popular girl who cares more about credit cards than yellow cards and spends most of her time on the bench. But when it's LJ on the bench instead of Tabitha, forced to be a spectator instead of a star, she realizes that sometimes it takes more skill and guts to make others look good instead of yourself. and that by losing a little glory, you can win more than just championships. This will be the perfect pick, as soccer season isn't that far off now.

Exciting new titles for the library

hi everyone,

I know i've been a little slack on writing recently but I gonna try and make up for some of that now by previewing a bunch of new titles that have just come in for the library.
Here goes.

Starting with Shots on Goal by Rich Wallace.

It's soccer season, and sophomore Bones Austin and his team are struggling to make it to the district playoffs, against all odds. To make matters worse Bones has a crush on the girlfriend of his best friend joey. Bones and Joey are forced to learn a little something about teamwork, even when hard times are tearing them apart.

101 Things you wish you'd invented ... and some you wish no one had by Richard Horne and Tracey Turner

Fancy having you leg chopped off without anaestectic, a party with no music, or cleaning your teeth with a stick? Probably not.

Perhaps it's time you marvelled at the brilliance of invention. how ever did we end up with: Morse code? Toilet Paper? X-rays?

Make something, invent something or just marvel at the sheer luck, twist of evil or pure genius which lies behind the most innocent looking objects.

Warning: This book may induce a spontaneous brainwave. Do not read near naked flame.