Sports Fiction
Brooks, Bruce. Throwing Smoke.
When his teammates on the Breadhurst Newts baseball team continue their losing ways, Whiz uses an unusual printing press to create several star players in hopes of winning a game. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
Christopher, Matt and Paul Mantell. Skateboard Renegade.
Wanting to fit in with his skateboarding friends, Zach is tempted to adopt a new image of spiked bleached hair and a pierced ear.
Gilson, Jamie Soccer Circus.
Ordered to behave himself at the out-of-town soccer match or else lose his privileges and the use of his bike, Hobie finds that he has trouble obeying when he walks into the middle of a mystery.
Gutman, Dan. Johnny Hangtime.
Johnny Hangtime must decide what to do when a director asks him to perform the same stunt which killed his father.
Gutman, Dan. Million Dollar Shot.
Eddie Ball believes he can solve his family's financial woes by sinking a million-dollar half-time basket at the NBA finals and starts practicing right away, but someone wants him to miss and will stop at nothing to keep Eddie from winning.
Hoffius, Stephen. Winners and Losers.
When a heart condition threatens to curtail his friend Daryl’s track career, Curt finds himself taking Daryl’s place as lead contender for the conference championship and as the new obsession of Daryl’s driven father.
Hughes, Dean. One-Man Team.
Although he is a basketball whiz, eighth-grader Aaron Reeves must learn to be a team player in order to make friends on the basketball team at his new school.
Hurwitz, Johanna. Baseball Fever.
Ten-year-old Ezra, who is suffering from an advanced case of baseball fever, must convince his scholarly father that this disorder is not responsible for wasting his mind away.
Korman, Gordon. The Toilet Paper Tigers.
When his Little League team gets a coach who knows nothing about baseball, seventh-grader Corey is dismayed to see the team taken over by the coach’s pushy 12-year-old granddaughter.
Koss, Amy Goldman. Strike Two.
Gwen’s hope of spending the summer playing softball and hanging out with her cousin Jess is ruined when her father and her uncle land on opposite sides of the local newspaper strike. A 2003-2004 Jr. Battle of the Books selection.
Mackel, Kathy. Season of Comebacks.
Ten-year-old Molly competes for the attention of her father who seems to be only interested in cultivating the talent of Molly's older sister Allie, a star softball pitcher.
MacKellar, William. The Soccer Orphans.
The fact that football overshadows all other sports at Orkney High doesn't discourage a ragtag group from playing soccer.
Lord, Bette. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school, in her apartment building, and by her love for baseball.
Myers, Walter Dean. Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid.
Three orphans try to make their greatest wishes come true with a little luck and a lot of teamwork.
Ritter, John. The Boy Who Saved Baseball.
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato.
Slote, Alfred. Finding Buck McHenry.
Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school custodian Mac Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as a coach for his Little League team by revealing his identity to the world.
Spinelli, Jerry. Crash.
Crash is a star football player. He torments Penn, a classmate who is everything Crash is not--friendly, small and a pacifist. When his beloved grandfather comes to live with his family and suffers a debilitating stroke, Crash begins to see value in many of the things he has scorned.
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Created: November 2005
Updated: Tuesday, 28. February 2006