Three friends. One team. A season that will change everything.When their softball season is canceled, Alex and Riley refuse to sit on the sidelines. With the help of their best friend, Sydney, the two girls set their sights on making the baseball team—no matter how many bleachers they have to run.As the team’s star catcher, Sydney is all but guaranteed a starting spot. But for Alex and Riley, the only girls at tryouts, even earning a place on the bench feel...

"[Hill's] memoir serves to amplify the ways in which disabled people are neglected by the American health system." -- Kirkus ReviewsAt age twenty-two, Jamison Hill was a fitness instructor who could lift more than four hundred pounds. Five years later, after surviving a tragic car accident that killed the other driver, a rare disease left Jamison bedridden and too weak to hold a water glass. He spent every day lying motionless in bed, his body paralyzed by...

In the wake of a devastating car accident, sixteen-year-old Micah Hunter’s world begins to unravel. A mysterious illness leaves him unable to pursue the football dreams that he once shared with his father. At the peak of his illness, Micah bumps his wheelchair into Evie Thompson, a headstrong fifteen-year-old living with her own challenges. Coming of age and coming to terms with their disabilities, Micah and Evie find solace and companionship in each other.As their connection deepe...

The Essential Wooden--more leadership lessons from the Wooden playbookThe Essential Wooden is the ultimate collectionof Wooden’s opinions and observationson achieving exceptional leadership in anyorganization, with 200 invaluable lessons forinspiring championship performance.Coach Wooden offers his hard-wonwisdom on building an organization thatperforms at its full potential under pressure,from preparing and training the team toinstilling ...

“Each member of your team has the potential for personal greatness; the leader’s job is to help them achieve it.”—JOHN WOODENCoach Wooden’s Leadership Game Plan for Success presents a unique opportunity to study under the man ESPN hails as “the greatest coach of the 20th century.” Practicing character-based leadership before the term was invented, John Wooden consistently led his legendary teams to victory and has since taught countless business lea...

The Wisdom of Wooden is John Wooden’s final book, completed just weeks before his passing in June 2010. In it he shares his most treasured memories and never-before-seen photographs as he looks back on an extraordinary life on and off the court.Hailed by many as the greatest coach in the history of American sports, John Wooden is as famous for his personal philosophy as he is for his career achievements. He inspired, guided, and motivated generations of fa...