Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Between May 19, 2012 and June 18, 2013.

Empieza el campeonato! by Luigi Garlando

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Empieza el campeonato! Gol 3
Written by Luigi Garlando

Ocho niños.
Una Pasión: el futbol.
Un sueño: ¡ser los mejores!

Ya hemos llegado al ecuador del campeonato, ¡y los Cebolletas están a solo un punto del líder! Pero su mayor reto no va a ser conseguir el primer puesto, sino superar los problemas internos. Desde que Fidu dejó el futbol, nada es lo que era: a Dani le disgusta estar bajo los tres palos, Tomi tiene celos de Becan y las gemelas se despistan continuamente... Por suerte, Gaston Champignon les va a recordar la lección básica del deporte en equipo: lo más importante es mantenerse unidos.

Empieza el campeonato! by Luigi Garlando

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Empieza el campeonato!
Written by Luigi Garlando

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

eBook, 112 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Baseball; Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories | $4.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-307-97781-6 (0-307-97781-1)

Time for a seventh-inning stretch! The San Francisco Splash is book #7 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!

Splash! A hit soars over the walls of the San Francisco ballpark on the bay and drops into the water. But then Mike and Kate hear another, much larger splash nearby . . . and this time it's not a baseball. It's a man overboard! And when he's pulled from the water, the old-time ballplayer discovers his World Series ring is gone! Is it at the bottom of the bay? Or was it somehow stolen by a long-ago rival?

The San Francisco Splash includes several pages of "Dugout Notes," fun facts about San Francisco's recently built ballpark.

Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Baseball; Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories | $12.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-307-97780-9 (0-307-97780-3)

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Trade Paperback, 112 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Baseball; Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories | $4.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-307-97779-3 (0-307-97779-X)

Below by Meg McKinlay

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Below
Written by Meg McKinlay

Hardcover, 224 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports | $15.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-7636-6126-7 (0-7636-6126-0)

Secrets have a way of floating to the surface. . . . Mystery, compelling characters, and an abandoned town beneath a lake make for a must-read adventure.

On the day Cassie was born, they drowned her town. The mayor flipped a lever and everyone cheered as Old Lower Grange was submerged beneath five thousand swimming pools’ worth of water. Now, twelve years later, Cassie feels drawn to the manmade lake and the mysteries it hides — and she’s not the only one. Her classmate Liam, who wears oversized swim trunks to cover the scars on his legs, joins Cassie in her daily swims across the off-limits side of the lake. As the summer heats up, the water drops lower and lower, offering them glimpses of the ghostly town and uncovering secrets one prominent town figure seems anxious to keep submerged. But like a swimmer who ventures too far from shore, Cassie realizes she can’t turn back. Can she bring their suspicions to light before it’s too late — and does she dare?

The Mighty Lalouche by Sophie Blackall

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Mighty Lalouche
Written by Matthew Olshan
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Hardcover, 40 pages | Schwartz & Wade | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Europe; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation; Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men | $17.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-375-86225-0 (0-375-86225-0)

"A bona fide knockout. C'est formidable!" declares Publishers Weekly in a starred review.

In Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. When his job was replaced by an electric car, he turned to boxing to support himself and his pet finch, Genevieve. But—"You? A boxer?" the fighters asked. "I could sneeze and knock you down!" Still, Lalouche refused to give up. And perhaps small Lalouche was just nimble . . . just fast . . . and just strong enough to beat his fierce competitors. This is a marvelous story, full of humor and heart, and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Award.

Includes an author's note with historical information about French boxing and electric cars.

The Mighty Lalouche by Sophie Blackall

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Mighty Lalouche
Written by Matthew Olshan
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages | Schwartz & Wade | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Europe; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation; Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men | $20.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-375-96225-7 (0-375-96225-5)

In Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. When his job was replaced by an electric car, he turned to boxing to support himself and his pet finch, Genevieve. But--"You? A boxer?" the fighters asked. "I could sneeze and knock you down!" Still, Lalouche refused to give up. And perhaps small Lalouche was just nimble . . . just fast . . . and just strong enough to beat his fierce competitors. This is a marvelous story, full of humor and heart, and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Award.

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Written by John Feinstein

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Yearling | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $7.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-375-87168-9 (0-375-87168-3)

Bestselling sportswriter and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another sports mystery featuring Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson—this one set at the summer Olympics in London. In this book, Susan Carol isn't a reporter—she's an Olympian, competing as a swimmer at her first Olympic games. Stevie is both proud and envious of her athletic prowess. And he's worried by the agents and sponsors and media all wanting to get up close and personal with Susan Carol. But the more disturbing question becomes—how far might they go to ensure that America's newest Olympic darling wins gold?

Sports novels abound, but Feinstein's books are all stars. They combine sports action, high-stakes mysteries, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of big-time sporting events.

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer) by Random House

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House

Trade Paperback, 24 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports | $3.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-449-81850-3 (0-449-81850-0)

Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer is ready for a super day at the beach--until she learns that Boots can't swim. Can Mariana the Mermaid help them? Little boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will enjoy this full-color storybook.

Snowbots by David Barneda

2013-04-24T00:30:00-05:00

Snowbots
Written by Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by David Barneda

How do the robot children of Clackentown spend snow days? They have supersonic snowball fights, make robot angels with wing nuts moving up and down, take hot oil baths to thaw out the joints, and receive eskimo kisses on metal noses at bedtime.
Author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator David Barneda team up to tell a hilarious story about two favorite subjects—robots and snow days!

Nos vamos a Brasil! by Luigi Garlando

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Nos vamos a Brasil! Gol 2
Written by Luigi Garlando

Ocho niños.
Una pasión: el fútbol.
Un sueño: ¡ser los mejores!

¡Yujuuu! Los Cebolletas ya han acabado el curso y tienen por delante un verano realmente MACANUDO: van a pasar sus vacaciones en Brasil, ¡el reino del fútbol! João, el extremo izquierdo del equipo, ya los está esperando en Río de Janeiro, donde conocerán el mítico estadio Maracaná y entrenarán junto a sus grandes ídolos…

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (Book #6) by Peter H. Reynolds

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (Book #6)
Written by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

Stink needs a sport, fast! Can his alter-ego, Shark Hammersmash, wrestle a win at thumb wars? Or will a perfect karate kick lead him to victory?
(Ages 5-8)

Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn’t perfect? Yikes! Time for him to get into fighting shape and beat back that U for Unsatisfactory in gym! A scan of the sports channel leads to a knock-out find: world-class thumb wrestling, with tricky moves like Snake in the Grass and Santa’s Little Helper (no equipment needed, save for a tiny terrifying mask to sit on your thumb). But when Mom and Dad are not wowed, Stink gets another idea: he’ll kick and punch his way to a yellow belt with the help of a Dragon Master, a seeing-eye Moose, and a mind as still as a pond. Can you say Crouching Tiger, Hidden Thumb? Hee-ya! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Lenny Norbeck is a die-hard baseball lover. Unfortunately, he's no player himself (according to him, he's "the worst there ever was.") But he'd make a heck of an announcer. He gets a lot of practice sitting with his best friends, Mike and Other Mike, watching Phillies games from their lawn couch—a sweet outdoor TV arrangement Mike's dad hooked them up with. Being a real announcer is his dream, and he gets his chance to prove himself when he enters an "Armchair Announcer" contest and wins. The prize: he gets to be the broadcaster, live, for one inning at a real Phillies game.

The game goes very wrong, though. Before Lenny gets to do his inning, a young, promising pitcher fresh out of the minors literally drops dead on the mound. The official verdict is that he died of a heart attack, but Lenny has a hunch there's something more going on. So he and the Mikes set out to investigate. The suspects are many, and though the trio barks up the wrong tree a few times, they are always right on the heels of the real killer. . . .

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Surfacing
Written by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Hardcover, 208 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $17.99 | March 12, 2013 | 978-0-7636-4908-1 (0-7636-4908-2)

A lyrical and deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding the courage to confront your ghosts — one truth at a time.

As soon as she was under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was amplified in her ears and in her brain...Sound, like shame, travels four times faster under the water.
Though only a sophomore, Maggie Paris is a star on the varsity swim team, but she also has an uncanny, almost magical ability to draw out people’s deepest truths, even when they don’t intend to share them. It’s reached a point where most of her classmates, all but her steadfast best friend, now avoid her, and she’s taken to giving herself away every chance she gets to an unavailable — and ungrateful — popular boy from the wrestling team, just to prove she still exists. Even Maggie’s parents, who are busy avoiding each other and the secret deep at the heart of their devastated family, seem wary of her. Is there such a thing as too much truth?

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Next up to the plate—book #6 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!

Ivy-covered walls—they're the most famous part of the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, Wrigley Field. Mike and Kate can't wait to get down on the field to see the ivy for themselves. But when they do, they're horrified to discover patches of the ivy have been ripped away! Who would want to sabotage the stadium? Is it someone trying to curse the Cubs? Or is the rumor of a treasure hidden under the ivy tempting greedy fans? The Wrigley Riddle includes a fun fact page about Chicago's Wrigley Field.

Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Next up to the plate—book #6 in our early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark!

Ivy-covered walls—they're the most famous part of the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, Wrigley Field. Mike and Kate can't wait to get down on the field to see the ivy for themselves. But when they do, they're horrified to discover patches of the ivy have been ripped away! Who would want to sabotage the stadium? Is it someone trying to curse the Cubs? Or is the rumor of a treasure hidden under the ivy tempting greedy fans? The Wrigley Riddle includes a fun fact page about Chicago's Wrigley Field.

Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Between May 19, 2012 and June 18, 2013.

Empieza el campeonato! by Luigi Garlando

Empieza el campeonato! Gol 3Written by Luigi Garlando

Empieza el campeonato! by Luigi Garlando

Empieza el campeonato! Written by Luigi Garlando

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Below by Meg McKinlay

Below Written by Meg McKinlay

The Mighty Lalouche by Sophie Blackall

The Mighty Lalouche Written by Matthew Olshan Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

The Mighty Lalouche by Sophie Blackall

The Mighty Lalouche Written by Matthew Olshan Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics Written by John Feinstein

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer) by Random House

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer) Written by Random House Illustrated by Random House

Snowbots by David Barneda

Snowbots Written by Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by David Barneda

Nos vamos a Brasil! by Luigi Garlando

Nos vamos a Brasil! Gol 2Written by Luigi Garlando

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (Book #6) by Peter H. Reynolds

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (Book #6) Written by Megan McDonald Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead Written by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead Written by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead Written by Josh Berk

Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Surfacing Written by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle Written by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Empieza el campeonato! Gol 3
Written by Luigi Garlando

Empieza el campeonato!
Written by Luigi Garlando

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Below
Written by Meg McKinlay

The Mighty Lalouche
Written by Matthew Olshan
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

The Mighty Lalouche
Written by Matthew Olshan
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Written by John Feinstein

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House

Snowbots
Written by Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by David Barneda

Nos vamos a Brasil! Gol 2
Written by Luigi Garlando

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown (Book #6)
Written by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Strike Three, You're Dead
Written by Josh Berk

Surfacing
Written by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Written by David A. Kelly
Illustrated by Mark Meyers