Sports Fiction

Abner & me : a baseball card adventure /

Gutman, Dan,


Booklist, January 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2005. With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Date Published:2005

Balancing act

King, Donna, 1949-,


In the high-pressure world of sports, talent isn't the only thing you need in order to be a winner. Carli Carroll is a gymnastics genius. When her new coach recognizes her remarkable potential, Carli knowws that she needs to devote more time to training. But Carli lives on a busy Colorado ranch, where her parents depend on her to help with the horses. The balancing act between home, school, and gymnastics has always been tough to keep a grip on, but the extra training is pushing Carli to her limit.
Date Published:2008

In the high-pressure world of sports, talent isn't the only thing you need in order to be a winner. Carli Carroll is a gymnastics genius. When her new coach recognizes her remarkable potential, Carli knowws that she needs to devote more time to training. But Carli lives on a busy Colorado ranch, where her parents depend on her to help with the horses. The balancing act between home, school, and gymnastics has always been tough to keep a grip on, but the extra training is pushing Carli to her limit.

Date Published:2008

Before the ever after

Woodson, Jacqueline,


School Library Journal starred, July 2020. Booklist starred, July 2020. Horn Book Starred, September 2020. Pub Weekly, August 2020. Kirkus Starred, July 2020. ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
Date Published:2020

A big day for baseball

Osborne, Mary Pope,


"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--.
Date Published:2017

Big Nate strikes again

Peirce, Lincoln,


Wilson's Children, September 2011. School Library Journal, December 2010. Booklist, February 2011. Horn Book, May 2011. Kirkus Review, October 2010. Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
Date Published:2015

Black brother, black brother

Rhodes, Jewell Parker,


School Library Journal, February 2020. Booklist starred, March 2020. Library Media Connection starred, March 2020. Publishers Weekly, January 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), March 2020. Kirkus Review, December 2019. Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.
Date Published:2021

Booked

Alexander, Kwame,


Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Date Published:2016

The crossover

Alexander, Kwame,


Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Date Published:2014

A diamond in the desert

Fitzmaurice, Kathryn,


School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Publisher's Weekly, December 2011. Booklist, March 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Kirkus Review, December 2011. Library Media Connection, August 2012. Catholic Library World, September 2012. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Publisher's Weekly, December 2011. Booklist, March 2012. Horn Book, November 2012. Kirkus Review, December 2011. Library Media Connection, August 2012. Catholic Library World, September 2012. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.

Date Published:2013

EllRay Jakes stands tall

Warner, Sally, 1946-,


Horn Book, October 2016. Library Media Connection, August 2016. Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.
Date Published:2016

Emergency quarterback

Wallace, Rich,


Horn Book, April 2006. When the Hornets lose their quarterback for the season and the replacement lacks the talent to take charge, the coach picks a solid receiver as emergency quarterback.
Date Published:2005

Fergus and Zeke and the field day challenge

Messner, Kate,


Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom. From science experiments to art projects, they do everything the students do. But on Field Day, none of the events are the right size for the small mice -- the limbo is too easy, the high jump is too hard, and kickball is absolutely terrifying! So Fergus and Zeke create their own Field Day Challenge, with mouse-size tug-of-war, acorn throwing, and Hula-Hooping. After all the fun and exercise, it's time to go back to the classroom -- but Fergus and Zeke are locked out! Will they be able to use their new skills to get inside in time for ice pops?
Date Published:2020

Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom. From science experiments to art projects, they do everything the students do. But on Field Day, none of the events are the right size for the small mice -- the limbo is too easy, the high jump is too hard, and kickball is absolutely terrifying! So Fergus and Zeke create their own Field Day Challenge, with mouse-size tug-of-war, acorn throwing, and Hula-Hooping. After all the fun and exercise, it's time to go back to the classroom -- but Fergus and Zeke are locked out! Will they be able to use their new skills to get inside in time for ice pops?

Date Published:2020

Garvey's choice

Grimes, Nikki,


School Library Journal starred, July 2016. Booklist starred, June 2016. Library Media Connection starred, November 2016. Pub Weekly, August 2016. Kirkus Starred, July 2016. Horn Book, April 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2016. Catholic Library World, March 2017. Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to play, Garvey comforts himself with food and endures bullying before joining the school chorus, where he learns how to accept himself and bond with his father.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal starred, July 2016. Booklist starred, June 2016. Library Media Connection starred, November 2016. Pub Weekly, August 2016. Kirkus Starred, July 2016. Horn Book, April 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2016. Catholic Library World, March 2017. Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to play, Garvey comforts himself with food and endures bullying before joining the school chorus, where he learns how to accept himself and bond with his father.

Date Published:2021

The hero two doors down : based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend /

Robinson, Sharon, 1950-,


School Library Journal, January 2016. Publisher's Weekly, October 2015. Kirkus Review, November 2015. Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, January 2016. Publisher's Weekly, October 2015. Kirkus Review, November 2015. Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.

Date Published:2016

I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001

Tarshis, Lauren,


When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City.
Date Published:2020

Jim & me : a baseball card adventure /

Gutman, Dan,


Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
Date Published:2008

Keeper

Sloan, Holly Goldberg.,


This is the story of Sasha Beckdell Lewis, a girl who is afraid of everything. Her life changes when her friend convinces her to participate in soccer tryouts; through the game of soceer she gains confidence to face the world and not be scared of things.
Date Published:2014

Keeping score

Park, Linda Sue,


In Brooklyn in 1951, a die-hard Giants fan teaches nine-year-old Maggie, who is a "Bums" (Dodgers) fan, how to use a technique to keep score of a baseball game which creates a special friendship between them.
Date Published:2008

The little league team from the Black Lagoon

Thaler, Mike, 1936-,


Hubie, who desperately wants to make the little league team in Spring, receives a new mitt from his mom and practices hard, but when he becomes sick, his big opportunity might escape him.
Date Published:2009

The long way around

Hand, Jimmie,


Learn about a story of redemption and second chances. Matt Devon is a good kid from a small town in New Mexico who dreams to make it to the NFL but a huge mistake lands him in prison instead. Will his dream of playing for a professional football team be realized?
Date Published:2014