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Betty Hicks has drawn on her experience and love for sports in Gym Shorts, her new series for seven to ten year-olds. Growing up, Betty enjoyed everything: basketball, swimming, softball, horseback riding, field hockey, ice skating, tennis, skiing, and more. As an adult, she’s an avid fan of college basketball and the Olympic Games, and, an average fan of just about everything else you can think of.

In Gym Shorts, Betty welcomed the opportunity to provide younger readers with books about different types of athletics—basketball, soccer, swimming, baseball, track, tennis—you name it! But she especially wanted to write books that weren’t just about the wins and losses on game day. Friendships, fears, school, parents, pets, homework—all the thin ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 883 ratings · 167 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
The Worm Whisperer
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Out of Order
3.73 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Basketball Bats
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Swimming with Sharks
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Goof-Off Goalie
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Get Real
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I Smell Like Ham
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Track Attack
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Scaredy-Cat Catcher
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Doubles Troubles
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Basketball Bats Goof-Off Goalie Swimming with Sharks Scaredy-Cat Catcher Track Attack Doubles Troubles
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