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Baseball
Mercado,Nancy JUV 813.08.B2912b Offers a collection of stories and poems that captures the joy, drama, and excitement of playing America's favorite pastime, and includes works written by John H. Ritter, Jerry Spinelli, Ron Koertge, Joseph Bruchac, and others. 2008.
Auch, MJ JUV A898.o After losing his hand in an accident at the family store, eleven-year-old Norm must find a way to cope with the tragedy and overcome his disability in order to completely live the life of his dreams. 2006.
Cochrane, Mick The Girl Who Threw Butterflies JUV C644.g
Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the
baseball team, which not only helps
Corbett, Sue Free BaseballJUV C7978.f Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his father, a famous Cuban outfielder. Includes glossaries of baseball terms and Spanish words and phrases. 2006
Golding, Theresa Martin JUV G56916.t Tremendously burdened by a secret guilt, twelve-year-old Lindy uses her skill at softbaseball to help her cope with a new school, scornful classmates, and complicated family problems. 2004.
Gratz, Alan The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings JUV G77.b Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball. 2009.
Gutman, Dan Satch & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure JUV G985.sa With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever. 2006
Lupica, Mike JUV L9724.b When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too. 2008.
MacLachlan, Patricia Edward’s EyesJUV M2202.e Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient. 2007
Rallison, Janette JUV R145.p Thirteen-year-old McKay tries to keep up his algebra grade to stay on the baseball team, while dealing with his attraction to a girl named Serena. 2002
Roberts, Kristi JUV R5415.m Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl. 2005.
Scaletta, Kurtis JUV S2814.m
For twenty-two years, since a fateful baseball game against their rival
town, it has rained in Moundville, so
Schwartz, Ellen Stealing HomeJUV S3983.s A powerful novel of racial tension, baseball, and Jackie Robinson takes readers to 1947 Brooklyn where nine-year-old Joey Sexton--a Yankees fan who is of mixed race--must live with his white, Jewish relatives after his mother dies. 2006
Testa, Maria JUV ME COLL T286.sk Named after the greatest baseball player of all time, eleven-year-old Ruth dreams of becoming a major league baseball player until she overhears her father lamenting the fact that she is a girl. 2001.
Tocher, Timothy Bill Pennant, Babe Ruth, and Me JUV T556.b In 1920, sixteen-year-old Hank finds his loyalties divided when he is assigned to care for the Giants' mascot, a wildcat named Bill Pennant, as well as keep an eye on Babe Ruth in Ruth's first season with the New York Yankees. 2009.
Wallace, Rich JUV W153.so Having moved from Pennsylvania to Hudson City, Jimmy Fleming is hoping that his good attitude and skills as a great pitcher will work to make him new friends, but when his performance sours, his new teammates turns on him, and he gets unwanted pressure from his father, Jimmy begins to wish he never had to leave his happy hometown. 2006
Wiles, Deborah JUV W6408.a For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything. 2007.
Zinnen, Linda JUV Z684.h In addition to facing the reality that his older brother's cancer treatments may not go as successfully as he would wish, Matt Bainter's day-to-day life is also in turmoil after moving to a new town, joining the school's horrible baseball team, and ending up in a major slump of his own. 2004.
Basketball
Feinstein, John Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery JUV F334.l After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. 2005
Heldring, Thatcher Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer JUV H3556.t When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life. 2007
Lupica, Mike JUV L9724.s Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp. 2007
Lupica, Mike JUV L9724.m After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics. 2006
Lupica, Mike JUV L9724.t After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory. 2004
Russo, Marisabina JUV R9076.h For quite some time, Jim's entire life revolved around the game of basketball and nothing could take his mind away from it, but when things begin to change at home, the game becomes just a game as he turns to his Nana for comfort and stories of the past. 2002
Telander, Rick JUV T237.s When Robby, a mediocre basketball player, bumps into his hero, NBA superstar J.J., Robby thinks his dream has come true, but as they get to know one another, Robby realizes that being an NBA star isn't as great as it appears to be from a distance. 2002
Wallace, Rich Dunk Under PressureJUV W153.du Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player. 2006
Wallace, Rich JUV W153.se
As his own self-confidence grows, seventh-grader Dunk learns to be
supportive both on and off the basketball court
Wallace, Rich JUV W153.t Jared has the talent to take the Hudson City Hornets basketball team to the play-offs, but first Jared will have to learn to control his temper and be a better team mate. 2004
Football
Christopher, Matt JUV C465.cr Freddie must overcome his fear of tackling before the championship game against the Cardinals. 1996
Green, Tim JUV G82661.fh When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in Trouble with the Mafia. 2008.
Levy, Elizabeth JUV L5776.ta When Cassie tries out for the middle school football team, she faces unexpected opposition from her father, a former professional football player. 2005
Lupica, Mike JUV L9724.tw Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school. 2007.
Wallace, Rich JUV W153.to After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson city, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced. 2004
Hockey
Brooks, Bruce JUV B75.b The Wolfbay Wings get a new weapon to use this season, bodychecking, and all the members in the league are using it, but Boot does not feel comfortable doing this to other players, decides to take a stand against it, and, in the process, risks his place on the team. 1998.
Brooks, Bruce JUV B795.s
As Shark's hockey game improves and he becomes a puck-hog, he alienates
himself from his teammates and
Brooks, Bruce WoodsieJUV B795.wo At the start of the new ice hockey season, Woodsie alone believes that his teammates can pick themselves up after several key players defect to a rival team. 1997
Christopher, Matt JUV C465.pe Jeff, already worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage in the form of forged papers. 1997
Soccer
Bloor, Edward JUV B623.t Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. 1997
Esckilsen, Erik E. JUV E77.o Tom Gray, a Mohawk Indian and star soccer player, moves to a new high school and refuses to play for the Warriors with their insulting mascot. 2004
Gutman, Dan JUV G985.m Thirteen-year-old Whisper, who hates sports, is torn when she gets a chance to win a million dollars by kicking a goal against a local soccer hero. 2001
Nitz, Kristin Wolden JUV N646.d A thirteen-year-old American girl plays on a fiercely competitive boy's soccer team during the year her family spends in Italy and experiences culture clashes both on and off the field. 2004.
Wallace, Rich Double FakeJUV W153.d After getting a taste of victory on the soccer field, friends Calvin Tait and Zero Rollinson find a new passion i n life and so now can only look forward to leading their team to even greater success as they begin to go head-to-head with some of their fiercest competitors and toughest competitions of the year. 2005
Track & Field
Wallace, Rich JUV W153.f When sixth-grader Manny Ramos, one of the fastest runners on the youth football team, joins the new track club, he hopes that his light weight will be a benefit in racing against more experienced guys. 2005
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