Matt Christopher

Feeling guilty after accidentally breaking his friend's leg, Rocky Fletcher takes on extra duties at school, from selling chocolate bars and managing his injured friend's student council campaign to playing both offense and defense on the football team.

Cal became a hero as the only seventh-grader on his middle school football team, but now his former teammates are in high school and a popular new player is challenging him for the quarterback position by turning the coach and other players against Cal.

"When his teammate Stu is injured during practice, Manny promises to keep quiet so he can play, but then Stu starts acting funny, and Manny struggles with whether to keep his silence or break his promise and let his team down" --

Cole faces a series of challenges as he finds himself torn between practicing for his next belt test or competing in a "create-your-own kata" contest, and also in trouble with a group of local teens and then his best friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

"Julian Pryce was once the star center of the Tornadoes. But when he joins a new team after his family moves, he suddenly finds himself the star benchwarmer. It turns out the Warriors already have a starting center, Paul Boyd, who has no intention of sharing the court with Julian. The coach is no help, either, for one simple reason: Paul is his son! Now Julian may have to take drastic measures if he's going to get back into the game. . . but is he...