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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2002
  • Latest Book:
    January 2013
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Full Series List in Order

Gym Shorts

The Basketball Bats (Apr-2008)
Goof-off Goalie (Jun-2008)
Swimming with Sharks (Sep-2008)
Scaredy-Cat Catcher (Mar-2009)
Track Attack (Aug-2009)
Doubles Troubles (May-2010)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Boys, basketball, barf -- the pefect middle grade novel! Nick wants to convince the coach that he's a point guard, get rid of Dwayne-the-dork, and stop missing his mother. But that's tough to do when he can't keep the ball way from Carson Jones, the ...



  • Do stepbrothers and stepsisters have to hate each other? Not is this book.

    Meet Iz--a girl with three wacko stepbrothers, one cool dad, and an amazingly hard-to hassle step-mother. She's part of a wild and lively household, with praying matise...



  • "Man, thought Stuart, rolling his eyes upward, I've got to be the most in-trouble kid, ever.

    He wondered if he could make the Guinness Book of World Records. He'd be willing to bet money that no one else had come close to getting busted as man...



  • One million American children become part of blended family every year. What happens to stepsiblings when the oldest child suddenly becomes the middle child, and the youngest even younger? Out of Order delivers four electric points of view from steps...



  • Dez is unusually neat. Her mom and dad are unusually messy. They like Cheez Whiz and swamps. Dez likes elegant food and grand pianos. How can she even be related to them? And how can Dez help her best friend, Jil, who's adopted and who will stop ...



  • UNBEATABLE TEAM--MAYBE. UNBEATABLE READING--FOR SURE! The first novel in Betty Hick's Gym Shorts series is a slam-dunk for newly-independent readers.Henry and his friends on Rockford Road are a basketball team unstoppable on their driveway court. B...



  • SOCCER DREAMS AND PLENTY OF ACTION this second book in the Gym Shorts series scores high with new readers.There's nothing Goose wants more than to play goalie for his soccer team. It looks like such fun â€" and so easy! â€" on TV. But to say Goose ha...



  • DOES RITA HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SWIM WITH THE SHARKS?Rita's times aren't good enough to swim with the Sharks -- the team where all her friends compete. At first she's determined to improve, but is Rita ready to attempt complicated flip turns? Or is t...



  • The latest book in the Gym Shorts series is a grand slam with new readers. Rocky was the best catcher in the league until an out-of-control runner broke his arm. Now his arm is healed, but he's developed a reflex that keeps him from tagging out the r...






  • Jazz loves being on the track team! And her dad is her biggest fan -- maybe too big a fan. He argues with the coach, yells at the ref, and screams his head off at every meet. Jazz loves her dad, but can she keep him from having a full blown track att...



  • DOUBLE THE TROUBLE, DOUBLE THE FUN. Is it a game, set, match for Henry? Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he'd good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is. The advantage goes to new readers as they f...



  • You've heard of Horse Whisperers and Dog Whisperers, but Ellis thinks he might be a Worm Whisperer! Ellis Coffey loves animals. He spends so much time outdoors that sometimes he thinks he can talk with them. When he discovers a caterpillar that se...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Betty Hicks has published 12 books.

Betty Hicks does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Worm Whisperer, was published in January 2013.

The first book by Betty Hicks, I Smell Like Ham, was published in August 2002.

Yes. Betty Hicks has 1 series.