sports fiction

Type: 
655
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
sports fiction

Ten

a soccer story
2015
In 1986 Malaysia, as she worries about her parents' constant fighting, ardent soccer fan Maya, age eleven, trains herself and pulls together a team at her girls' school, despite soccer being a "boys' game.".

Soccer score

2017
Mia has a new soccer shoes and other equipment so she is ready to take to the field and score.

You throw like a girl

2017
"Gabby's summer vacation isn't shaping up to be that great. Her dad was just deployed overseas, and Gabby is staying at her grandmother's house with her mom and baby sister until he returns. The one bright spot is that Gaby plans to sign up for the local softball league... But when Gabby goes to sign up for the summer league, she discovers that there wasn't enough interest to justify a girl's team this year. And to top it off, a horrible miscommunication ends with Gabby signed up to participate in the Miss Popcorn Festival--the annual pageant that Gabby's mom dominated when she was younger. Besides not having any interest in the pageant life, Gabby made a promise to her dad that she would play softball for the summer. Since her pitching skills rival any boy her age, Gabby creates a master plan: disguise herself as a boy and sign up for the boy's baseball team instead--and try to win the pageant to make Mom happy. Can Gabby juggle perfecting her pageant walk and perfecting her fastball? Or will this plan strike out?"--Provided by publisher.

Kings of the court

2017
"Basketball-crazy Sameer tries to help the school team overcome its aversion to a very dramatic new coach"--Provided by publisher.

The distance to home

2017
Baseball player and superfan Quinnen must struggle to deal with her older sister's death in a story that unfolds between two summers.

Basketball break

2017
"Lucas loves basketball, but he repeatedly takes shots that are either too far away or from a bad spot, and the whole team is mad at him--will a benching remind him that sometimes he has to pass the ball?"--OCLC.

Baseball buzz

2017
Jackson loves baseball, but a bee in the outfield causes him to miss a fly ball, and the game is stopped until the bee finally departs.

Camp So-and-So

2017
"Twenty five girls are invited to attend the mysterious Camp So-and-So over the summer where they work with their cabin mates to compete in the All-Camp Sports 7 Follies"--Provided by publisher.

Baseball genius

2017
"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump"--Amazon.com.

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