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Bump, Set, Science!: Larkin's Big Volleyball Season of Physics, Muscles, and Magic
Paperback
General Juvenile FictionSports & Recreation
Publisher Price: $16.00
ISBN13: 9781972087145
Publisher: Keepsake Verse Studio
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when volleyball, science, friendship, and a whole lot of laughter meet on the same court?
In Bump, Set, Science!, Larkin and her friend Madeline are ready for a volleyball season filled with serves, bumps, spikes, surprising mistakes, and plenty of giggles. With Coach Allie and Coach Nancy guiding them along the way, every practice becomes an opportunity to discover something new.
As Larkin learns volleyball skills, she also begins discovering the science happening all around her. Why does gravity bring a tossed volleyball back toward the floor? How does force change the speed and direction of a serve? How do muscles, balance, reaction time, and coordination help players jump, move, and respond to the ball?
The answers become part of the action as science concepts are naturally woven into practices and games.
But becoming a volleyball player takes more than understanding how a ball moves. Larkin and Madeline experience exciting wins, frustrating mistakes, nervous moments, and disappointing losses. Along the way, they learn that good teammates communicate, encourage one another, show respect, and keep trying when something feels difficult.
Filled with playful humor and relatable sports moments, Bump, Set, Science! introduces young readers to concepts involving motion, force, gravity, muscles, balance, coordination, reaction time, volleyball fundamentals, teamwork, perseverance, confidence, and sportsmanship.
Perfect for young volleyball players, curious kids, sports families, elementary classrooms, physical education programs, STEM learning, homeschool lessons, coaches, and family read aloud time.
Because sometimes the best lessons happen when you bump, set, play, laugh, and try again!
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