Betty Hicks
1) Out of order
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Four youngsters, ages nine to fifteen, narrate one side of the story of their newly blended family's adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss.
2) Busted!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Anxious to distract his "overly" strict mother, twelve-year-old Stuart and his best friend, a girl named Mack, determine to fix her up with Mack's Uncle Joe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Goose is best at goofing off, but when he decides to become the goalie for their soccer team, his friend Henry sets up a practice schedule and enlists their other friends to help Goose improve his skills.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When Rocky, a talented catcher who was injured during the previous baseball season by an out-of-control runner, develops a reflex that keeps him from tagging the runner out, Rocky's friends--and his dog Chops--help him overcome his fear.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he'd good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court?
8) Track attack
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school's track team. Her biggest fan is her dad--and that is a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without hurting his feelings?
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2010[2008-2009]
Language
English
Description
Rita tries to decide whether to remain the best swimmer on the Dolphins team or the worst on the Sharks team, where she could be with her friends, and Jazz needs to tell her father she can't concentrate when he yells at the referees during the track meet.
11) I smell like ham
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Nick tries to maintain his sense of integrity as he works to succeed on the school basketball team, adjust to his new stepmother and little "dorky" stepbrother, and deal with peer pressure from his friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"In 'Basketball Bats,' Henry and his basketball teammates, the Bats, take on the Tigers, and Henry learns a lesson about working as a team." --
"In 'Goof-off goalie,' Ten-year-old Goose is best at goofing off, but when he decides to become the goalie for their soccer team, his friend Henry sets up a practice schedule and enlists their other friends to help Goose improve his skills." --
