Books with author JAMES PRELLER

Get in on all the grid iron action with Scholastic and the NFL.Meet the players who score the big points. When it's down to the final seconds and your team is behind by three-points, who do you want to see holding that football? These fourteen guys can take the ball all the way to the end zone-and they don't let anyone get in the way. Learn more about them and the touchdowns that made them game winners.

The Rock rocks! The World Wrestling Federation is playing up its showy, "fun" side, and this cool bio will follow suit! We'll captivate readers with an exciting, real-world look at the wacky world of wrestling and it's biggest star–the Rock. Believe it or not, there is a solid role model lurking under the tough exterior of "The Rock," and kids want to know about him! He's a third-generation wrestler who affirms the WWF's entertainment value with his loud, out-there persona. Interactive sections allow readers to answer quiz questions, record their own memories of the WWF,

Two teams, six innings, one game.A lively cast of characters--baseball-loving boys between the ages of eleven to thirteen--are playing the biggest game of their lives. With acrobatic catches, clutch hits, dramatic whiffs, and costly errors, this game is full of action. But as the book unfolds, pitch by pitch, a deeper story emerges, with far more at stake: Sam and Mike, best friends, are trying to come to terms with Sam's newly diagnosed cancer. And this baseball diamond becomes the ultimate testing ground of Sam and Mike's remarkable friendship as they strive to find a way to both come out winners.This is for the championship.This is for life.Six Innings is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you're new in town, it's hard to know who to hang out with--and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular. But something isn't right about Griffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if Griffin doesn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it. As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin's dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin: He's a liar, a bully, a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing. But in one shocking moment, he goes from being a bystander . . . to the bully's next victim.