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We have picked our favorite books about sports. These titles can be found in the Juvenile section of the library.
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Hip-Hop Hustle
by Jake Maddox
Chery Etienne has her own hip-hop dance crew, but now some of them are moving away and she will have to try out for her middle school's hip-hop dance team, although since she has never had any formal training she is not sure her unique style will be welcome.
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Swimming into Trouble
by Angela Ahn
When she is sidelined by an ear infection, Julia Nam, the youngest member of the Vipers Swim Team, is desperate to get back in pool, but when she goes behind her parents' backs to do so, she gets into hot water.
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Shermy & Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor
by Kirby Larson
Shermy finds his plans for a quiet, relaxing summer upended by the arrival of Shake, who moves in next door, and as they are forced to spend more and more time together, these polar opposites must learn how to get along.
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Painting the Game
by Patricia MacLachlan
Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's and she'd never measure up. And his pitching may mean big things for his career and their family, but it's also what keeps him away from home so much of the year. Sometimes, Lucy isn't sure what would be worse: being bad at pitching or being great. Still, this summer, Lucy wants to learn to throw the perfect knuckleball. She wakes up at the crack of dawn to practice in secret, without her friends Tex and Robin-or even the goats who watch them play. Even as she trains relentlessly, Lucy wonders if she'll ever feel brave enough to share her progress with her mom or dad. Can she prove to them, and herself, that she has what it takes?
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King of the Ice
by Kelly Starling Lyons
When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong.
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The Extra Yard
by Mike Lupica
Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life, he is faced with a much bigger challenge.
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Race through White-Water Canyon
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
On a rafting trip in the Pacific Northwest, the Aldens come across the story of a mysterious man who disappeared into the wilderness many years ago. Can you help the Aldens find out where the man went--and what happened to the treasure he took with him? In this interactive, choose-your-path mystery, readers will make decisions that will help the Boxcar Children crack the case during their white-water adventure.
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Skateboard Star
by Jennifer Torres
With the Valle Grande Skate Spectacular competition coming up, Catalina is hoping her sister Coco will win and she can have her old board. Catalina considers entering the competition herself when Coco loses her board.
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The Turnover
by Mike Lupica
Thrilled when his legendary coach grandfather comes out of retirement for Lucas' basketball season, Lucas chooses his grandfather as a role model for a biography assignment only to discover other truths about his grandfather's nature.
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The Many Fortunes of Maya
by Nicole D. Collier
Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes (a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies) for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to help answer her deep-down questions.
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Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge
by Kate Messner
Looking forward to Field Day at school, two class pet mice who are more used to science experiments and art projects organize their own challenges, from tug-of-war to acorn tosses, before racing back inside for yummy ice pops.
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Kristy and the Walking Disaster
by Ann M. Martin
When she sees how much her little brother and young stepbrother and stepsister want to play softball, thirteen-year-old Kristy starts her own team, which makes up in spirit what it lacks in skill.
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The Atlanta Alibi
by David A. Kelly
When cousins Mike and Kate discover that the bat and ball that Hank Aaron used to hit his 715th home run have gone missing from the Atlanta Braves ballpark, apparently by someone who wants the Braves' manager fired, Mike and Kate are determined to solve the mystery and get the stolen artifacts back.
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Falling Short
by Ernesto Cisneros
Star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short?
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Bad Kitty Joins the Team
by Nick Bruel
Discovered to be so out of shape that she cannot torment Puppy without stopping to catch her breath, Kitty is made to exercise against her will before a bit of trickery gets her into the competitive spirit.
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Wild River
by W. R. Philbrick
Awakened by a scream on the first night of a whitewater rafting trip, Daniel discovers that a nearby dam has failed and that his camp is on the brink of flooding, forcing him and his young teammates to escape and make their way to safety without adult help.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali: A Novel
by James Patterson
Fully authorized by and written in cooperation with the Muhammad Ali estate, two powerhouse authors come together to tell the inspiring story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammed Ali, one of the greatest sports heroes of all time.
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One Last Shot
by John David Anderson
Miniature golf becomes an escape for Malcolm during a time when his home life feels tumultuous and he must navigate tournaments, new friendships, and growing tensions at home.
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The Oddlympics
by David Slavin
Oddonis and his misfit friends don't exactly love competition and they aren't exactly athletes. So they're definitely NOT excited when their middle school gets challenged to a sports competition by the Roman middle school on the other side of Mount Olympus. When Zeus and his Roman counterpart, Jupiter, get a little too involved, the Greek and Roman kids end up in a competition over who gets to run the WHOLE mountain.
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Trouble to the Max
by Tom Watson
When a friend’s prized soccer ball gets stuck in a tall tree in Picasso Park, neurosensitive kid Molly and her best friends, Simon and Rosie, use what they understand about physics to get the ball in time for a big game.
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