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Becoming Muhammad Ali : a novel by James PattersonA biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time. TEEN SPORTS PATTERSON JAMES |
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, balancing basketball, girls, and brotherhood as their father ignores his declining health. TEEN SPORTS ALEXANDER KWAME
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Fast Break by Mike LupicaLiving on his own since his mothers death, twelve-year-old Jayson has focused on basketball and avoiding foster care, but when his deception is discovered, he is placed with an affluent foster family and must learn to adjust to his new life. TEEN SPORTS LUPICA MIKE |
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The Game Can't Love You Back by Karole CozzoWhen a freak accident causes her school to be absorbed into a neighboring district, Eve, an only female star pitcher on the baseball team, navigates her way around new players who are not used to having a woman on the team, including a rival pitcher who is as cute as he is insufferable. TEEN ROMANCE COZZO KAROLE |
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Heat by Mike LupicaPitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. TEEN SPORTS LUPICA MIKE |
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Hooper by Geoff HerbachFor Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future. TEEN SPORTS HERBACH GEOFF |
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How to Breathe Underwater by Vicky SkinnerPressured to be perfect all her life, a talented young swimmer gives up her ambitions when her parents split up and she is forced to move to a new school, where she navigates difficult changes and a hopeless crush. TEEN REALISTIC SKINNER VICKY |
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba HigueraLupe Wong needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite baseball pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, but her plan goes awry when she has to learn square dancing in gym class. TEEN SPORTS HIGUERA DONNA |
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Much Ado About Baseball by Rajani LaRoccaLoosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles, but obstacles stand in their way.
TEEN SPORTS LAROCCA RAJANI
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Off the Ice by Julie CrossWhen Claire takes a semester off to care for her father and to keep the family bar afloat, she reunites with Tate, a hockey star goalie, and remembers their last night together. TEEN ROMANCE CROSS JULIE |
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Pop by Gordon KormanLonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water. TEEN SPORTS KORMAN GORDON |
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Swim Team by Johnnie ChristmasWhen she has to take Swim 101, middle schooler Bree must face one of her greatest fears, but with a little help from an elderly neighbor and former swim team captain, she becomes her schools best hope to beat their rival. TEEN GRAPHIC CHRISTMAS |
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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. TEEN SPORTS RIBAY RANDY |
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Bittersweet by Sarah OcklerHudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all. TEEN ROMANCE OCKLER SARAH |
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Dangerous Play by Emma KressAfter being sexually assaulted at a party, star field hockey player Zoe Alamandar takes justice into her own hands until one night of vigilantism costs her everything she has worked so hard for.
TEEN SPORTS KRESS EMMA
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Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen YangAn introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves. TEEN GRAPHIC YANG |
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Lessons in Falling by Diana GallagherAfter a fall jeopardizes her dreams for a college gymnastics scholarship, Savannah must deal with her parents' expectations, her friend's suicide attempt, and a new relationship. TEEN REALISTIC GALLAGHER DIANA |
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Rebound by Bob KrechDetermined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town. TEEN SPORTS KRECH BOB |
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Those Summer Nights by Laura SilvermanWhen her boss at Bonanza, the local entertainment multiplex, announces a staff competition, bringing her past Olympic nightmares back to the present, Hannah must find a way to discover a new self in the midst of her old life. TEEN REASLISTIC SILVERMAN LAURA |
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Tracers by J. J. HowardCam is a New York City bike messenger with no family or strings attached to anyone, but when he meets a mysterious stranger and is pulled into her dangerous world of parkour, he is torn between following his heart and sacrificing everything to pay off his debts. TEEN REALISTIC HOWARD J.J. |
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Until Friday Night by Abbi GlinesIn the small town of Lawton, Alabama, star high school quarterback West Ashby meets new girl Maggie Carlton, both battling feelings of grief and sorrow. TEEN ROMANCE GLINES ABBI |
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