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By Angie Abdou. 2007
Digger, a wrestler, and Sadie, a speed swimmer, stand on the verge of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.…
Both are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete? Their relationship is tested in the months leading up to the Olympics, which they know will be the realization or the end of a life's dream. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Canada Reads 2011. 2007.By David Skuy. 2014
Being cut from the Huskies, the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years, Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket")…
reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence. Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life. Grades 4-7. 2014.By Alain M Bergeron. 2012
Abby a 9 ans en 1955 et elle adore jouer au hockey. Soutenue par sa famille et par un heureux…
concours de circonstances, elle parvient à s'inscrire à la Petite Ligue de Toronto où personne ne soupçonne qu'elle est la seule fille de l'équipe. Son talent est vite remarqué. Elle est choisie comme défenseur dans l'équipe des Étoiles qui participera à une joute inter-ligues. Quand l'entraîneur reçoit son baptistère et découvre qu'elle est une fille, sa participation au match des Étoiles est compromise. Une journaliste couvre le sujet et le vent tourne pour Abby. Elle deviendra la première fille défenseur reconnue, connue et même adulée. Années 3-6 et plus. 2012.By Lola Lafon. 2014
" Parce qu'elle est fascinée par le destin de la miraculeuse petite gymnaste roumaine de quatorze ans apparue aux JO…
de Montréal en 1976 pour mettre à mal guerres froides, ordinateurs et records au point d'accéder au statut de mythe planétaire, la narratrice de ce roman entreprend de raconter ce qu'elle imagine de l'expérience que vécut cette prodigieuse fillette, symbole d'une Europe révolue, venue, par la seule pureté de ses gestes, incarner aux yeux désabusés du monde le rêve d'une enfance éternelle. Mais quelle version retenir du parcours de cette petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais et qui voltigea, d'Est en Ouest, devant ses juges, sportifs, politiques ou médiatiques, entre adoration des foules et manipulations étatiques ? Mimétique de l'audace féerique des figures jadis tracées au ciel de la compétition par une simple enfant, le roman-acrobate de Lola Lafon, plus proche de la légende d'Icare que de la mythologie des dieux du stade , rend l'hommage d'une fiction inspirée à celle-là, qui, d'un coup de pied à la lune, a ravagé le chemin rétréci qu'on réserve aux petites filles, ces petites filles de l'été 1976 qui, grâce à elle, ont rêvé de s'élancer dans le vide, les abdos serrés et la peau nue. " -- 4e de couv.By Eric Walters. 2010
Nebala, a Maasai warrior, leaves Kenya and, with two fellow Maasai, flies to LA to compete in a marathon. They…
want to win money to dig a well for their village. Reunited with their friend Alexandria, now their guide to strange, new surroundings, the trio are confronted with life in fast-paced, extravagant Beverly Hills, and a day full of drama and surprise at the race. Sequel to "Alexandria of Africa" (DC33955). For senior high readers. 2010.By Bernard Thomasson. 2015
" Courir est mon plaisir. Une échappée belle à portée de jambes. Courir est un besoin. Une bulle qui suspend…
la vie. Courir offre une liberté insolente. Une ligne de fuite. Mais courir peut rendre prisonnier. Moi, courir m'a sauvé." Pendant 42 km 195, le héros emmène le lecteur sur le parcours mythique du marathon de Paris, kilomètre après kilomètre. Ce roman est aussi un voyage historique depuis la bataille de Marathon, un tour du monde de 42 courses parmi les plus réputées de la planète, une promenade philosophique dans la tête d'un sportif, et une aventure humaine faite des élans, des doutes, des joies et des douleurs d'un coureur pas comme les autres. " -- 4e de couv.By Luc Gélinas. 2013
Félix Riopel découvre que la vie dans la LHJMQ nest pas laventure rêvée quil espérait À seize ans, son adaptation…
se fait difficilement dans un monde plus vieux. Pour la première fois depuis ses débuts dans le hockey, Félix doit jouer les seconds violons. Son entraîneur, Richard Caisse, le laisse plus souvent quà son tour sur le banc et ça fait rager le jeune joueur de centre. En plus, il sennuie énormément de sa famille et de sa gang de Louiseville. Peu avant Noël, Félix se met les pieds dans les plats et sattire les foudres de la direction. Les Huskies songent même à le retourner dans les rangs midget. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.By Luc Gélinas. 2012
Jour de repêchage dans la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec. Tous les espoirs sont permis pour Félix Riopel…
des Estacades de Trois-Rivières. L'attaquant vedette souhaite être sélectionné en première ronde après la saison du tonnerre qu'il vient de connaître au niveau midget. Les noms retentissent dans l'aréna, mais pas celui de l'habile joueur de centre qui s'impatiente de plus en plus. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.By David Skuy, Laurent Chabin. 2012
Jonathon, un garçon de 12 ans qui se retrouve à la rue après le décès de sa mère. Grâce à…
sa volonté de survivre, il fait des rencontres et parvient à trouver un toit dans un immeuble désaffecté contrôlé par de jeunes marginaux. Cest ainsi que le héros pénètre dans le monde lugubre et secret des Undergrounders, où des délinquants font la loi. Sil peut y dormir à même le sol avec dautres adolescents, il doit aussi quitter tous les matins avant 9 heures. Pendant la journée, il a froid et il a faim. Le lecteur le suit dans son pénible quotidien. Un jour quil trouve refuge dans un magasin de sport, Jonathon ne peut résister à lenvie de voler des pièces déquipement de hockey. Il se rend dès lors tous les jours à la patinoire et cest là quil rencontre des hockeyeurs qui jouent dans une équipe locale. Le talent de Jonathon les impressionne. Il sera même invité à se joindre à eux pour les matchs officiels à laréna. Sil réussit pendant un certain temps à cacher sa condition, les choses se compliquent rapidement. Quand la porte du monde des Undergrounders se ferme à lui, il ne lui reste plus comme avenir quun sac de couchage et la rue. Que lui arrivera-t-il ? Années 5-8 et plus. Titre uniforme: Undergrounders.By Reginald Hill. 2008
Shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at one of the leading members of Luton's Royal Hoo Golf Course, Chris…
Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help, only Joe hadn't counted on being charmed, kissed and then dangled out of a window all in the same day! Before long, though, Joe is on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing golf balls and ends with murder. 2008.By Sheena Kamal. 2020
The Beauty of the Moment meets Exit, Pursued by a Bear. Award-winning thriller writer Sheena Kamal delivers a kick-ass debut…
YA novel that will have fans crying out for more.Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to the Toronto east-end townhouse that Trisha and her mom call home, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night he wanders out drunk in front of the car Trisha is driving, practicing on her learner's permit, her mother in the passenger seat. Her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating.By H. N. Khan. 2022
Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani…
coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother's potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who's coping with the shooting death of his older brother. But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone . . .By Lisa Bowes. 2018
By Karen English, Laura Freeman. 2014
Richard can't wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a friend's birthday party at the skate park, but a…
note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. If only he could focus on his schoolwork, he wouldn't get into this kind of trouble! For grades 2-4By Michael Shaara. 1993
The story of Billy Chapel, a baseball legend. Billy, a pitcher destined for the Hall of Fame, is ending his…
seventeenth season with a losing team when he learns that he is to be traded. Determined to end his career on his own terms, Billy pitches a perfect game as his finale. The commitment that Billy has for the game spills over into his love life. Strong languageBy Bruce Brooks. 2008
When his teammates on their coed baseball team continue their losing streak, Whiz uses a printing press to create baseball…
cards of imaginary star players. But when the fantasy kids mysteriously show up on the field and start winning, all the fun goes out of the game. For grades 4-7By Rigby, Clare Scott. 2004
While Nat and her father are enjoying night fishing on their boat, Markita, an emergency occurs that requires a night…
rescue at sea, and all of Nat's courage and steady nerves. For grades 4-7By John Feinstein. 2005
Eighth-graders Steven Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson have won a sports writing contest with a prize trip to New Orleans…
for the Final Four college basketball tournament. Their reporting becomes sleuthing when they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. For grades 6-9. 2005By Robert Kimmel Smith, Alan Tiegreen. 1989
Ten-year-old Bobby Ellis thinks, reads, writes, plays, and dreams baseball. Knowing that he's destined for the Hall of Fame, he…
plots his career. Despite his older brother's warnings about playing on the team their father coaches, Bobby cajoles Dad into letting him pitch for the Hawks. Tension mounts after father and son become coach and player, leading to an explosive confrontation on the mound. For grades 3-6By Gary Soto. 1990
Eleven vignettes set in central California feature young Mexican-Americans going about the business of growing up. Fausto, who longs for…
a guitar, fraudulently receives a hefty reward when he returns a stray pet to a wealthy neighbor, but he is guilt-ridden until he relinquishes the money in church. And Marie, who declines a boring family vacation, is angry that fun was had without her. For grades 5-8 and older readers