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Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Football
Hockey
Running
Soccer
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Baseball:
Carter,
Alden– Bull Catcher
Pete and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress
from ninth grade through high school in their small
Chabon, Michael– Summerland
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself
recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of faeries triumph over an
ancient enemy.
A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs
away from home and is helped back to mental and physical health by a black
benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls.
Deuker, Carl– Painting the Black
When star athlete Josh Daniels moves in across the street, Remy Ward doesn’t
realize how much his life will change during his senior year at
Deuker, Carl– High
Heat
When sophomore Shane Hunter’s father is arrested for money laundering at his
Lexus dealership, the star pitcher’s life of affluence and private school begins
to fall apart.
Cocky Ted Bell moves from being star of his high school baseball team directly
into playing in the major leagues and finds that he has a lot to learn before
becoming the world’s greatest third baseman.
A rebellious daughter of the sixties recalls the year her mother played baseball
in 1947.
When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers
that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the
time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his
Catholic school, hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red
Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized
Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father’s overwhelming
grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first
female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl.
Since the death of his older brother, thirteen-year-old Billy Baggs has had a
distant relationship with his father, but life on their farm in northern
Alphin, Elaine Marie– The Perfect Shot
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who
were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school
history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to
see justice served. Includes facts
about miscarriages of justice in American History.
Jerome Foxworthy– the Jayfox to his friends– likes to think he can handle
anything. He handled growing up
without a father. He handled being
the first black kid in school. And
he sure can handle a basketball.
Then Jerome meets Bix Rivers– mysterious and moody, but a great athlete.
So Jerome decides to teach Bix his game.
He can tell that Bix has the talent.
All he’s got to do is learn the right moves.
Struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and his failure to make the
basketball team in his new school, seventeen-year-old Joe Faust finds himself
willing to trade his soul for one perfect season of basketball.
While trying to prove that he is good enough o be on his high school’s varsity
basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parent’s divorce and the erratic
behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan
Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a
talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul
shot at the National Basketball Association finals.
Uncoordinated
When he joins a predominantly black “Teen Dream Team” that will be representing
the
After he is cut from his travel basketball team– the very same team that his
father once lead to national prominence– twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his
own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
A teenage basketball player from
Myers,
Walter Dean– The Outside Shot
Recruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a
Sixteen-year-old “Slam” Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents
to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but
his coach sees things differently.
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at
Jose is a high school basketball player with natural ability on the court, but
fears falling on her face when it comes to classmate Ethan Lancaster.
Josie can’t seem to help Cami with her on-the-court chops, but Cami
claims to be able to help Josie get Ethan to talk to her.
Andrew Anderson is a black teenager who loves to play basketball.
When he is viciously attacked, it calls his whole world into question–
even his deadly jumpshot.
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the
justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
Feeling abandoned by his parents, who have gone their separate ways and left him
behind in a small Pennsylvanian town, seventeen-year-old Jay finds hope for the
future in a church-sponsored basketball team and a female friend.
Boxing:
Lynch, Chris– Shadow Boxer
After their father dies of boxing injuries, George is determined to prevent his
younger brother, who sees boxing as his legacy, from pursuing a career in the
sport.
Lipsyte, Robert– The Brave
After leaving the Indian reservation for
On the verge of having a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship,
nineteen-year-old Sonny Bear finds himself with conflicting loyalties when
trouble erupts on his reservation over
the construction of a new gambling casino.
Sequel to “The Brave”.
Lipsyte,
Robert– The Contender
A
Football:
Crutcher,
Chris– Running Loose
Louie, a high school senior in a small
When the fourth-string quarterback for a
When Coach Wilson and Officer Stowell encourage him to join the high school
football team, Pete no longer believes that “nobody does anything for nothing.”
Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic
season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples
with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs.
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback
for her school’s rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out
for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Hockey:
FitzGerald, Dawn– Getting In the Game
When everyone tries to get 13-year-old Joanna off the boys ice hockey team,
including Ben, her best friend since kindergarten, Jo resolves to deal with the
problems caused by her participation.
Hockey has been Nick Taglio’s life since he was five years old, so when a
massive concussion benches him-possibly for good– everything seems to fall
apart, including his schoolwork, his family relationships, his friendships, and
his love life.
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice,
tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.
Wild things happen at the
Running:
While training for a triathalon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger
management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his
father.
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from
other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track
team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.
Soccer:
Dygard, Thomas– Soccer Duel
A former soccer star finds he must share the spotlight with other players when
he decides to play soccer.
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik,
fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins
to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes
involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her
school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed.
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his
youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that
helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot
player shows up from
Swimming:
Coleman, Evelyn– Born in Sin
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, 14-year-old Keisha pursues her dream of
becoming an Olympic swimmer and medical doctor.
A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of
rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical
stamina.
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager,
shuns organized sports and gung-ho athletics at his high school until he agrees
to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school’s less popular students.
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God,
abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a
backdrop for a high-school senior’s attempt to answer a friend’s dramatic cry
for help.
Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old
Scottish teenager who dreams mysterious dreams and secretly aspires to become a
chef, decides to turn his self-loathing life around by learning how to swim.
Skye, a high school junior, tries to find the time for both family obligations
and personal interests, which include caring for her brother who has Down’s
Syndrome, dating her first boyfriend, and swimming competitively.
Wrestling:
Martino, Alfred- Pinned
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high
school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of
the
Stuck in a small town where no one ever leaves and relegated by his wrestling
coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben
decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by without
challenging his friend and the future.
Sports Books Starring Girls:
Coleman, Evelyn–
Born in Sin
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, 14-year-old Keisha pursues her dream of
becoming an Olympic swimmer and medical doctor.
When everyone tries to get 13-year-old Joanna off the boys ice hockey team,
including Ben, her best friend since kindergarten, Jo resolves to deal with the
problems caused by her participation.
While trying to focus on a winning soccer season, thirteen-year-old Tess becomes
involved in local politics when she learns that all sports programs at her
school will be stopped unless a tax levy is passed.
A rebellious
daughter of the sixties recalls the year her mother played baseball in 1947.
After spending her
summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school’s
rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport
herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Jose is a high
school basketball player with natural ability on the court, but fears falling on
her face when it comes to classmate Ethan Lancaster.
Josie can’t seem to help Cami with her on-the-court chops, but Cami
claims to be able to help Josie get Ethan to talk to her.
Already downhearted
due to the loss of her mother and her father’s overwhelming grief,
thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female
in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl.
Skye, a high school
junior, tries to find the time for both family obligations and personal
interests, which include caring for her brother who has Down’s Syndrome, dating
her first boyfriend, and swimming competitively.
In 1961 at a
college for academically gifted women, three roommates who differ substantially
from each other are brought together by a common interest in volleyball.
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