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Winnaar van de Prijs van de Jonge Jury 2020! "Met Match wil ik een verhaal vertellen over doorzetten, over alles opgeven om dat ene doel te bereiken. Om er dan achter te komen dat er één ding nog veel belangrijker is." Buddy Tegenbosch. Vanaf het moment dat Jim voor het eerst op het voetbalveld staat, weet hij dat hij er thuishoort. Met succes doorloopt hij de jeugdopleiding van PSV en als hij zeventien is, krijgt hij tijdens zijn zomervakantie in Zeeland bericht dat hij eindelijk mee mag op trainingskamp.

En este relato autobiográfico, Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa echa mano de sus experiencias como uno de los primeros submarinistas españoles. En ella nos relata sus inmersiones a lo largo y ancho de todo el mundo, las visiones submarinas y los paisajes arrebatadores que ha conocido en sus viajes, las anécdotas más memorables que ha vivido tanto bajo el mar como en la superficie, todo ello aderezado con ese sabor de aventura que solo un viajero de su talento puede evocar.

Mathias er okay god til at spille fodbold - indtil han en dag finder et par gamle fodboldstøvler. Med de støvler spiller han ikke bare godt, han spiller FANTASTISK. Men det er næsten for godt til ikke at have en bagside. Og det har det også ... en GYSELIG bagside. FC Genfærd er en fodboldgyser om venskab både på banen og uden for - og om at ville vinde for enhver pris.

Ihr Leben lang hat Audrey auf diesen Moment hingefiebert: Sie und ihre beste Freundin Emma haben die Chance, bei der Olympiade zu zeigen, dass sie zu den besten Turnerinnen der Welt gehören. Aber es kommt anders als geplant. Denn ihr Trainer, dem beide Mädchen vertrauen, seit sie drei Jahre alt sind, wird wegen Missbrauch an ihrer Mannschaftskollegin verhaftet. Das Team steht vor einem Scherbenhaufen. Obwohl Audrey in Leo, dem Sohn der neuen Trainerin, ihre große Liebe findet, hat sie keine Ahnung, wie sie Olympia bestehen soll.

Japan, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Der junge Engländer Jack erlernt auf der Samurai-Schule des berühmten Masamoto Takeshi die Kunst des Schwertkampfs. Schneller als erwartet muss Jack seine Fähigkeiten unter Beweis stellen, denn außerhalb der Schulmauern lauert Gefahr. Ein Geheimbund will alle Europäer aus Japan vertreiben und hat es auch auf Jack abgesehen. Ein junger Engländer. Gestrandet in Japan. Ausgebildet zum Samurai. Bereit für den Kampf seines Lebens.

Charlie Hastings ist Star ihres Baseballteams - und der typische Kumpeltyp. Als ihr bester Freund, Teamkollege und Schwarm mit einem anderen Mädchen ausgeht, ist sie am Boden zerstört. Veränderung muss her, und Charlie will den Sport an den Nagel hängen. Aber die Meisterschaften sind nah, und die Roosevelt High Ravens ohne Charlie aufgeschmissen. Da macht Kapitän Jace ihr ein Angebot: Wenn sie bleibt, hilft er ihr, mehr als Mädchen wahrgenommen zu werden. Vielleicht gewinnt er ja so ihr Herz.

Die 12-jährige Ava hat ihr Pferd verloren und möchte erstmal nichts mehr mit Pferden zu tun haben. Doch dann lernt sie die blinde Stute Soraya mit der außergewöhnlichen, silbernen Fellfarbe kennen. Die Stute übt eine enorme Anziehungskraft auf Ava aus und vertraut nur ihr, sonst niemandem. Mithilfe von Sorayas Besitzern, dem alten Silvester und seiner Enkelin Elsie, beginnt Ava langsam, Soraya in ihr Herz zu schließen, denn ohne sie hat Soraya keine Zukunft. Eine magische Pferdefreundschaft beginnt.

A Franc piace da impazzire il basket, ma non sa giocare. Ci prova e ci riprova, ma - deluso perché non riesce mai a fare canestro - è pronto a darsi per vinto. Quando si avvia col padre verso il campetto per un'ultima partita, avviene qualcosa di inatteso e sconvolgente che lo catapulterà in un mondo di fantasia, animato da personaggi oscuri e inquietanti che cercheranno di approfittarsi di lui. Per riappropriarsi di quel che è suo sarà necessario sconfiggere la paura, riconquistare il corpo e i desideri, fare un canestro decisivo: usare al meglio il suo cuore.

Una sera, per caso, Mario Balotelli incontra Jack, un quindicenne che vive a testa in giù come un fante delle carte, ma fa rovesciate fantastiche. A scuola, in chiesa, con le ragazze, Jack deve affrontare i bulletti che gli lanciano banane, un sindaco sceriffo e le "Ronde della tranquillità". Poi un giorno Mario, dalla tv, gli dedica un gol. Un romanzo intelligente, comico ed emozionante sulla lotta di un ragazzo e di un campione contro la stupidità e la violenza degli altri. Che culmina in un'indimenticabile partita "capovolta" con altri campioni: Ibra, Buffon, Gattuso, Santon e Totti.

After living away for years, Sandy Lafonde returns to her childhood home at the Watishka First Nation reserve. Little has changed since she left - a local gang menaces the area, the community is splintered, and the Cree youth are left restless and frustrated. Sandy realizes that she needs to do something to help, so she proposes to start a junior hockey team. Drawing on her own past, Sandy steps in as coach and tries to reign in the star player, hot-headed Sheldon Lambert, a 15-year-old hockey prodigy who just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favourite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best – and most mysterious – sports academy in the world for a few months now. She and the rest of her class were selected because they all shared a determination and willingness to improve. Now the gang are on their way to Japan for the rugby World Cup – but they’re going to need some more teammates.

There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident – two girls dead after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Then the murders happened – two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica's sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they'd lost. That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders.

In the second of the Paul Faustino novels by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet, teenage football prodigy El Brujito, 'the Little Magician', has vanished without a trace, and Paul finds himself reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, Paul gets more than he bargained for as a story of corruption and murder unfolds, forcing him to confront a bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult.

Alyssa Duncan is a beast on the soccer field. As the Copperheads' starting goalie, she might be the difference between a state title and total defeat - and she likes it that way. When a concussion takes Alyssa out of the lineup, her rising-star teammate Becca Miller takes over in goal. Becca turns out to be pretty good, too. And what seemed like a temporary change might not be so temporary after all. Will Alyssa heal in time for playoffs? And even if she recovers, what kind of beast will she have to be to knock Becca back to her old position?

The only thing 17-year-old Audrey Lee dreams about is swinging her way to Olympic glory. Nothing is going to stop her, not even the agony in her back. Every spasm and ache will be worth it once she has that gold medal around her neck. But none of her training prepares her for her coach being led away in handcuffs, accused by a fellow gymnast of the unthinkable. No one knows what or who to believe, and Audrey's teammates go into meltdown.

Erick Moreno da Silva, protagonista desta divertida obra de ficção, leva uma vida que muitos garotos já sonharam em ter: jogador de futebol aclamado pela crítica, não só foi eleito o melhor goleiro da era moderna, como, junto à seleção brasileira, venceu a Copa do Mundo de 1998, de 2006 e - por que não? - até de 2014!

Life’s been difficult enough since American teen Kit Bridges moved to England with her dad to start their new life at The Covington Academy, an elite equestrian boarding school. Her roommate, Anya, turned out to be an Indian princess - a secret Anya didn’t bother to confide to Kit before fleeing Covington, seemingly for good. The boys in England are charming, but they’re too busy fighting for Kit’s attention, and she’s focused on the only one who really made Kit feel like she belonged: wild, unruly horse TK.

"Se, der er tre seje sild på glatis" siger Victor til Markus og William. De tre drenge er med Karoline, Sisse og Louise på skøjtebanen. De leger: "Du har osten". De har det sjovt, lige indtil...! Serie: "Seje Sild på lejrskole"; "Seje sild på glatis". Helle Kloppenborg, børne- og ungdomsbogsforfatter. Oprindeligt uddannet lærer suppleret med en diplomuddannelse i ledelse og en master i specialpædagogik. Brugt som konsulent i inklusionsudvikling af blandt andet Ministeriet for børn og undervisning.

Between finishing late school projects and looking after her brothers and sister, Faith Patel barely has time to play soccer. And when she's at practice, surrounded by girls who can afford to play in club leagues, she doesn't even feel like part of the team. So when Coach Berg starts to give Faith extra attention, she feels...really special. It might be crazy, but suddenly Faith has a crush on her coach. Can she keep her head in the game?

It's the start of a new soccer season, and Lacy Sheridan is anxious. She spent the winter recovering from a knee injury that still gives her nightmares. But Lacy is trying not to let fear get the best of her. She needs to bring her A-game if she wants to impress soccer recruiters. Raven McAlister is a tough-as-nails player who plays the same position as Lacy - and she's going after Lacy's starting spot. Will Raven move to sabotage her teammate? And can Lacy ignore the pressure and play the way she used to?