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Southpaw: Winning Season (Winning Season #6)
By Rich Wallace. 2006
After his parents divorce, Jimmy Fleming moves with his father from Pennsylvania to Jersey City. Jimmy, a left-handed pitcher, makes…
the seventh-grade baseball team, but finding friends isn't as easy. Even with his team losing and his dad pressuring him, Jimmy doesn't give up. For grades 4-7. 2006Born in sin
By Evelyn Coleman, Tony Duffy. 2003
Fourteen-year-old Keisha wants to go to a summer program for aspiring doctors. Instead, her guidance counselor places her in a…
program for at-risk kids. There Keisha discovers her innate swimming ability, learns to deal with prejudice, and makes new friends. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2001Dean Duffy
By Randy Powell. 1995
As high school ends, Dean Duffy says goodbye to his once-promising baseball career. But the following fall, Duffy gets an…
unexpected offer of a baseball scholarship from a private college. During the months before he has to decide, Duffy thinks back to the events before and after he threw his arm out at sixteen and ponders whether he can endure another effort and possible failure. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readersBaseball in April and other stories
By 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 readersThe contender
By Robert Lipsyte. 1993
A seventeen-year-old Harlem boy has a driving ambition to become a boxing champion. After long and challenging training, he learns…
that winning is not the only prerequisite for the title. For high school and adult readersAfter the shot drops
By 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. 2018Darius & Twig
By Walter Dean Myers. 2013
Best friends Darius, a writer, and Twig, a runner, deal with bullies, family problems, and gangs while hanging on to…
their dreams of getting out of Harlem and going to college. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013Game
By Walter Dean Myers. 2008
Harlem. African American high school senior Drew Lawson aims to go to college and play basketball for the NBA despite…
his mediocre grades. Rivalry begins when Drew's coach favors Tomas, a new white teammate from Prague. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Mathéo à contre-courant
By Pierre-Alexandre Bonin. 2022
Mathéo partage sa vie entre la piscine, où il s’entraîne avec l’équipe de natation de son école, et le centre…
commercial, où il travaille comme mascotte. C’est avec enthousiasme qu’il entame son secondaire 5, surtout que son entraîneur vient de le nommer capitaine de leur équipe. Cependant, lors de la première compétition de l’année, un nageur d’une équipe adverse l’insulte à propos de son poids. Profondément ébranlé, Mathéo commence à moins bien performer en natation, ce qui l'amène à se lancer à corps perdu dans les entraînements, au détriment de sa santé et de ses notes. Mathéo devra accepter sa propre vulnérabilité et aller chercher du soutien s’il veut surmonter cette épreuve.