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• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame

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  This Newbery Medal-winning novel in verse explores family, brotherhood, and basketball through the eyes of twin brothers Josh and Jordan Bell.

• The Kid Who Only Hit Homers

  Christopher, Matt, 1917-1997

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  A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when he is befriended by a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth.

• The Big Game

  Green, Tim, 1963-

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  Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade season to his Super Bowl champion father, who recently passed away. Danny promises everyone that, just like his dad, he’ll dominate the big game at the end of the season and earn a spot on the high school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Castle "Ghost" Cranshaw finds his calling in an elite track team, learning about teamwork and his past along the way.

• Bea Mullins Takes a Shot

  Deibert, Emily,

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  When a 7th grader is forced to join her school’s hockey team, she discovers unexpected friendships and a budding crush on the team captain.

• Warrior on the Mound

  Headen, Sandra W.,

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  Narrated by twelve-year-old Cato, this intense and evocative story of racial unrest in prewar North Carolina ends with a dramatic match between white and Black little league teams.

• Fast Pitch

  Stone, Nic,

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  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field.

• Tumble

  Pérez, Celia C., 1972-

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  From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who learns the missing pieces of her origin story from the family of legendary luchadores she’s just met.

• The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

  Ritter, John H., 1951-

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  A Wild West prequel to The Boy Who Saved Baseball, featuring a young baseball prodigy, Jack Dillon, who teams up with the legendary outlaw Billy the Kid in the gold-mining town of Dillontown.

• The Hero Two Doors Down

  Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

  Robinson, Sharon, 1950-

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  Based on a true story, this novel explores the friendship between an eight-year-old boy and his new neighbor, Jackie Robinson.

• The Boy Who Saved Baseball

  Ritter, John H., 1951-

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  A story blending baseball lore and life lessons, where a young boy tries to save his town's field through a single game.

• Hoops

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  A seventeen-year-old high school basketball star faces pressures from heavy bettors and must make a crucial decision about his future.

• Shoot-out

  a Comeback Kids Novel

  Lupica, Mike

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  A story from bestselling author Mike Lupica about a star player who ends up on the worst team and learns that being a good captain means assisting off the field as much as on it.

• Three Strike Summer

  Schrempp, Skyler,

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  Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on

• The Kodiaks

  Home Ice Advantage

  Robertson, David, 1977-

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  Eleven-year-old Alex moves to the city and uses hockey to navigate fitting in while staying proud of his Indigenous culture.

• Bouncing Back

  Ostler, Scott,

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  This story is about 13-year-old Carlos Cooper, who, after a car accident leaves him in a wheelchair, joins a wheelchair basketball team called the Rollin' Rats.

• The Comeback

  Shen, E. L.,

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  Features 12-year-old Maxine Chen balancing competitive skating, school bullies, and family pressure as she aims for nationals.

• Skating on Mars

  Huntoon, Caroline,

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  A touching story about a nonbinary middle-schooler, Mars, navigating grief, self-discovery, and challenges on the ice.