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By 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 William Low, Bruce Edward Hall. 2004
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing…
rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing soBy Walter Farley. 1964
By Melinda R Boroson. 2005
The Boston Red Sox had won five World Series by 1918. Then Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees, and…
every year afterward the Red Sox lost. Until 2004. Here is the story of the baseball team's history and spectacular comeback. For grades 4-7 and older readersBy John R. Tunis. 1991
When one player from the overconfident team, the previous year's champions, is expelled for gambling and the other four are…
penalized for breaking training, they angrily quit the basketball varsity and leave the inferior B team defending the school's recordBy Dana Wulfekotte, Jessie Oliveros. 2018
A young boy has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory. But as his grandfather ages…
and loses his own balloons, the boy struggles to understand why. For grades K-3. 2018Determined to bring his wife out of her own slump, Rabbi Jay Loeb practices a bit of magic based in…
the ancient Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah to help the perennial underdogs, the Chicago Cubs, win the World Series -- and restore his wife's well-being. 2006By Scott Ostler. 2019
Orphaned after a tragic accident, Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save…
his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction. For grades 4-7. 2019By John H. Ritter. 2003
The fate of a small California town rests on one baseball game. The local team must win to prevent land…
from being sold to developers. Twelve-year-old Tom Gallagher hopes to achieve victory using the hitting secrets of a disgraced professional baseball player and a mysterious stranger. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003By Emily Nemens. 2020
Jason Goodyear, star outfielder for the Los Angeles Lions, is with his team in the hot Arizona desert for their…
annual spring training. Handsome, famous, and talented, Goodyear is nonetheless coming apart at the seams, and everyone around him wants to know his secrets. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2020By Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018By Jason Reynolds. 2018
Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death. But with his…
coach's help, Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion: dancing. For grades 5-8. 2018By Helena Hunting. 2018
When hockey player Ethan is traded back to Minnesota, he encounters Lilah, the girl he once left behind to focus…
on his sports career. Ethan wants Lilah back, but she is afraid to risk her heart again. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018By Jason Reynolds. 2017
As a newbie to the elite track team the Defenders, Patina Jones must learn to rely on her family and…
teammates as she tries to outrun her anger and personal demons. For grades 5-8. 2017By Joan Bauer. 2016
When his adoptive father accepts a temporary job in Hillcrest, Ohio, twelve-year-old Jeremiah is determined to coach his middle school's…
baseball team. As a heart transplant recipient, he can't play, but Jeremiah doesn't let that slow him down in pursuing his coaching dreams. For grades 5-8. 2016By Karen Kingsbury. 2007
Christian football player Derrick Anderson becomes mentor and backup to shallow San Francisco quarterback Aaron Hill. Meanwhile Megan Gunn's eight-year-old…
foster child, Cory, insists that he is Aaron's son. When the two athletes volunteer at Cory's youth center, the boy believes his prayers have come true. Complications and romance follow. 2007By L. J Alonge. 2016
Janae reluctantly works every day at her grandmother's Strange Goods Superstore. After closing up shop at night, Janae finally feels…
free playing basketball with the boys and pushing herself to take her game to the next level. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2016By L. J Alonge. 2016
Justin, a nerdy Oakland teenager, tries to figure out issues in his life. Meanwhile, Justin and his best friend form…
a basketball team to play the invincible crew from Ghosttown. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2016By Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 2006
After ditzy Annabelle Granger inherits her grandmother's matchmaking business, she convinces sports agent Heath Champion to become her client. Although…
already working with Portia Powers's agency, Heath agrees he needs additional help in finding a trophy wife. Soon sparks fly. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2005By Karen Kingsbury. 2016
Mary Catherine Clark is in need of a heart transplant, but, against the advice of her doctor, she decides to…
move to Uganda to work at an orphanage. She doesn't tell her friends and family how serious her condition has become--not even baseball player Marcus Dillinger, the man she loves. 2016