RECOMMENDEDREADS JFICTION:SPORTS
JCHIC, B
BryanChick SuperSports Society
Two best friends. One spot on the baseball team. And a giant, looming, SMELLY turd tank. What could possibly go wrong? This is the first illustrated chapter book in a laugh-out-loud funny series that's about friendship, teamwork, and the occasional fart joke.
Kareem Between JSAFA, S
ShifaSaltagi
Safadi
Kareem is stuck between. Between countries. Between friends, between football, between parents—and between right and wrong. It’s up to him to step up, find his confidence, and navigate the beauty and hope found somewhere in the middle.
JBISH, J
FreeThrows, Friendship,and OtherThings WeFouledUp
JennBishop
New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, Rory finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
JKORM, G
GordonKorman Slugfest
When he is forced to attend summer school and take Physical Education Equivalency, known as Slugfest, in order to maintain his spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him, resulting in an unforgettable summer.
AmarShah TheHoop Con
Raam Patel is eager to prove himself ever since he didn’t make the middle school’s basketball team. So, when Hoop Con comes to town he is determined to be there and take his shot. His big moment proves to be unforgettable... but not in the way he’d hoped. Raam gets schooled by the camp’s golden boy right in front of his NBA idol. To make matters even worse, this fail goes viral.
JMATH, C
Christie Matheson Select
When Alex’s skills land her a free ride to play for Select, an elite soccer club, it feels like a huge opportunity. But as the team gets better and better, her new coach pushes the players harder and harder, until soccer starts to feel more like punishment than fun. And then there comes a point where enough is enough, and Alex and her teammates must take a stand to find a better way to make their soccer dreams come true.
JGREE, T
Tommy Greenwald Dinged
A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport.
FlippingForward
Twisting Backward JFULL, A
AlmaFullerton
A diagnosis of dyslexia could change everything for an aspiring fifthgrade gymnast struggling at school in this authentic, high-energy novel in verse.
JRYLA, C
TheHurricanes ofWeakerville
ChrisRylander
Alex gets more than he bargains for when his grandfather passes away and names Alex the new manager of his hometown's scrappy independent-league baseball team.
JasonReynolds Ghost
Ghost is a naturally talented runner with a troubled background, but when he is recruited for an elite middle school track team, he must prove to his coach that he can overcome his problems and become the best sprinter in the city.
ShariGreen GameFace JGREE, S
Thirteen-year-old Jonah is determined to prove that anxiety won’t stop him from succeeding as his hockey team’s goalie in this dynamic novel in verse.
LilliamRivera BarelyFloating JRIVE, L
A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized swimming dreams.
Warrioronthe Mound JHEAD, S
SandraW. Headen
Narrated by twelve-year-old Cato, this intense and evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams in 1935.
JKIM, J
JessicaKim OnThinIce
Told in alternating voices, twelve-yearold fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team.
JGIBB, A
Keeper
AlanGibbons
The North Star soccer team is thrilled when Shane, the new boy at school, turns out to be a talented goalkeeper. But Shane has a temper and a demanding father. Soon Shane’s teammates start to worry that something is really wrong.