Books written by Rich Wallace

Babe Conquers the World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

At the halfway mark, “Hall was a yard or perhaps 4 feet ahead of the Babe,” noted a reporter. By the fifth hurdle, Babe had caught up with Hall and taken a slight lead, but Hall continued to surge. After clearing the final hurdle, ...
Wrestling Sturbridge

I get a pass to the library on Monday out of study hall and pull out the yearbooks from the past few years. I finally find her in the graduating class of two years ago: Jody Mullins. I think I remember her vaguely, but not the way I see ...
Sports Camp

Riley kicked to try to get free, hut the buoyancy of the hall prevented him from going deeper. Suddenly the defender let Riley go, and he scrambled up to see that Hernando had dunked the guy. Riley stroked toward the center as two more ...
Babe Conquers the World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Traces the world record-setting athlete's early childhood ambitions through her courageous final battle with cancer, covering such topics as her achievements at the 1932 Olympics and her later dominance in professional golf.
Fake Out

Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the fake out.
The Ball Hogs

Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights

Through Daniels's poignant letters, papers, photographs, and taped interviews, authors Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murderer, and how these events helped reshape ...
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is ...
Phantom Flames

Stu and Dan hike into the forest to camp overnight.
Restless

Frank, a teen-aged ghost who has not been able to move on to a higher realm in the afterlife, tries to connect with his younger brother Herbie, a high school senior who was eight years old when Frank died. Reprint.
Lost in the Dark

Stu gets lost in the woods as night is falling.
Benched

Nine-year-old Ben learns some lessons in self-control and sportsmanship when his behavior on the soccer field gets him sent to the bench.
Kickers #3: Benched

The Kickers series, from award-winning sports novelist Rich Wallace, features nonstop soccer action, black-and-white art, and league statistics and soccer tips throughout.
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men

Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, award-winning nonfiction authors Sandra and Rich Wallace examine the complex proceedings and an unsung African American early civil rights hero.
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is ...
Wrestling Sturbridge

In the words of Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli, "Wrestling Sturbridge isn't just an outstanding first novel; it's an outstanding novel, period."
Perpetual Check

Rich Wallace is the author of several books for young adults, including One Good Punch, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Wrestling Sturbridge, an ALA Quick Pick. He lives in Pennsylvania.
One Good Punch

Eigtheen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, writer of obituaries for the Scranton Observer and captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life--until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced ...
Dishes

That’s not where you’d expect to find a guy like Danny. He’s not a tourist. He’s not a local. And he’s definitely not gay. As far as he can tell, only he and the bartender at Dishes, where he works as a dishwasher, are straight.
Losing Is Not an Option

In nine interwoven stories, award-winning author Rich Wallace brings a small-town high school to life through the sharp, spare voice–and the heart-pounding defeats and triumphs–of an athlete.