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Ghost by Jason ReynoldsAspiring to be the fasted sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, a gifted runner finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violence-prone father, in a debut entry of a series about four teammates from very different backgrounds.
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After the Shot Drops by Randy RibayTold 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.
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The Berlin Boxing Club by Rob SharenowIn 1936 Berlin, 14-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.
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Biggie by Derek E SullivanHiding behind his weight, Henry "Biggie" Abbott prefers academics over athletics, until he catches a glimpse into a different future and decides to lose weight, eat healthy, gain his stepfather's respect, and win over the girl of his dreams.
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Buzz Kill by Beth FantaskeyIn this fresh and funny teen mystery, 17-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Albright, to try to discover who murdered head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare—and why.
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Dive Smack by Demetra BrodskyJust as Theo is about to escape his hometown, a family history project forces him to confront his hazy memories of the fire that killed his mother.
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Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew QuickWhen a teacher hands her a cult classic novel Nanette O'Hare discovers the rebel within her, but as she attempts to insert her true self into the world, Nanette learns that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.
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Flying by Carrie JonesFeeling oppressed by her mother's overprotectiveness, seventeen-year-old cheerleader Mana finds her life turned upside-down by the discovery that her mother is actually an alien hunter who has been taken captive by beings intent on world domination.
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The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball by Dori Jones YangSent to New England in the 1870s as a part of a Chinese educational mission, Leon falls in love with baseball, even though he is forbidden to play, and learns more about America with the help of his host father, who has recently lost his own son in an accident.
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Game Changer by Margaret Peterson HaddixAnticipating an athletic scholarship and a promising career, eighth-grader KT Sutton blacks out in the middle of a championship game and awakens in a different world where her school days are consumed by athletic drills, where after-school sports are replaced by popular academic competitions and where she is reviled for her talents while her brainy brother is lauded for his math abilities.
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Inexcusable by Chris LynchHigh school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong.
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Rebound by Kwame AlexanderIn the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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The Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenWhen a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
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Synchro Boy by Shannon McFerranWhen Bart Lively becomes the first boy on the school's synchronized swimming team, he finds himself attracted to both his teammate Erika and a cute, mysterious boy on the diving team.
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SYLO by D. J MacHaleWhen everyone is quarantined on a once-peaceful island off the coast of Maine, Tucker questions a secret branch of the military claiming that residents have been infected by a deadly virus.
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True Letters From a Fictional Life by Kenneth LoganA popular high school athlete hides his sexual orientation from his small Vermont town and writes unsent secret letters about his inner struggles to the people in his life, confessions that when discovered are broadcast to his entire school.
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Winger
by Andrew Smith
Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, 14-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers; falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid; and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dormmates, including the biggest bully on the team.
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Zeroboxer by Fonda LeeAn up-and-coming weightless combat athlete prepares for the Zero Gravity Fighting Association championship while partnering with a beautiful Martian marketing strategist who renders him an Earth celebrity before he stumbles into a criminal plot.
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Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonA graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart.
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Again!! by Mitsurou KuboFrom the first day of high school, Kinichiro's narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble, leaving him with neither friends nor fond memories on graduation day, but he gets a chance to try again after an accident sends him three years into the past.
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Check please!: Book 1, Hockey by Ngozi UkazuA former junior figure skating champion and dedicated vlogger lands on his co-ed college hockey team, where he is challenged to overcome his fear of getting hit at the same time he falls desperately in love with his captain.
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Fence. Volume one by C. S PacatNicholas, the illegitimate son of a fencing champion, gets his chance to prove himself in the sport when he is accepted to an elite private school, but he must compete against his annoying roommate and his half brother.
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Spinning by Tillie WaldenA graphic memoir recounts the years Walden spent competitively figure skating, before her developing love of art and first girlfriend causes her to question the insular world of figure skating.
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Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex MorganThe Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player details her path to success, from her childhood in California to her time on the United States' National team.
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LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality by Kirstin Cronn-MillsPresents a history of the long struggles of LGBT athletes to gain recognition and acceptance, describing some of the famous athletes from the past who were unable to reveal their genders and how social practices have changed and benefited current LGBT athletes.
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Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura HillenbrandA young adult edition of the bestseller documents the story of how Louis Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic athlete and World War II pilot, crashed into the ocean and survived for weeks on a life raft only to become a prisoner of war.
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