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Cohen, Joshua
Leverage
High school sophomore Danny excels at gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the gymnasts, by members of the football team, until an emotionally and physically scarred new student joins the football team and forms an unlikely friendship with Danny.
425 p. 2011
Teen Fiction Book
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Coy, John
Crackback
Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.
201 p. 2005
Teen Fiction Book COY
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Fischer, Debbie Reed
Swimming with the Sharks
Peyton is willing to follow fellow cheerleader Lexie's lead in order to fit in, but when Lexie begins tormenting the new girl at school, Peyton questions whether achieving popularity is worth the price of cruelty.
259 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Flynn, Pat
Out of His League
In a small West Texas town, an Australian exchange student becomes a star on the football field and soon finds himself torn between the lure of America and the ties that bind him to his home in Australia.
300 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Hamilton, Bethany
Soul Surfer : a True Story of Faith Family and Fighting to Get Back On the Board
Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer lost her arm in a shark attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.
213 p. 2004
Adult Nonfiction Book
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Hautman, Pete
Rash
In the late twenty-first century, Bo, after being falsely accused of spreading a rash throughout his school, is sold into forced labor at a pizza factory in the Canadian tundra where he's promised early parole if he joins an illegal football team, while, at home, his school project takes on a life of its own.
249 p. 2006
Teen Fiction Book
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Hendrickson, David H.
Cracking the Ice
In 1968, when fourteen-year-old Jessie Stackhouse wins a hockey scholarship to an elite New Hampshire boarding school, it seems the only thing standing between him and his dream of one day being the second African American to play in the National Hockey League is the bigotry of the coach, some students, and townspeople.
366 p. 2011
Teen Fiction Book
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Herbach, Geoff
Stupid Fast
Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.
311 p. 2011
Teen Fiction Book
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Hornby, Nick
Slam
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.
309 p. 2007
Teen Fiction Book
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Jasper, Rick
Out of Control
"Carlos 'Trip' Costas is a fiery shortstop with many talents and passions. His father is Julio Costas, a famous singer. Unfortunately, Julio is also famous for being controlling and sometimes violent with Trip. He dreams of seeing his son play in the majors, but that's not what Trip wants. When Trip decides to take a break from baseball to focus on his own music, his father threatens to stop donating money to the team.
114 p. 2012
Teen Fiction Book
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Kephart, Beth
House of Dance
During one of her daily visits across town to visit her dying grandfather, fifteen-year-old Rosie discovers a dance studio that helps her find a way to bring her family members together.
263 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Korman, Gordon
POP
Lonely 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.
260 p. 2009
Teen Fiction Book
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Lipsyte, Robert
The Contender
Against great odds, a black high school drop-out trains to become a championship boxer.
182 p. 1967
Teen Fiction Book
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Lipsyte, Robert
Yellow Flag
When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how, or if, he can continue playing music and headline as a Nascar racer.
234 p. 2007
Teen Fiction Book
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Lowell, Pamela
Spotting for Nellie
After a terrible car accident leaves her gymnast sister with a brain injury, sixteen-year-old Claire struggles with guilt for the accident, helping her sister recover, and boyfriend problems.
296 p. 2010
Teen Fiction Book
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Lupica, Mike
The Big Field
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
243 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Lynch, Chris
The Big Game of Everything
Jock and his eccentric family spend the summer working at Grampus's golf complex, where they end up learning the rules of The Big Game of Everything.
275 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Mayall, Beth
Mermaid Park
Sixteen-year-old Amy escapes family difficulties by immersing herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show.
248 p. 2005
Teen Fiction Book
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Mikulski, Keri
Stealing Bases
Softball star Kylie Collins wants to put her mean-girl past behind her and focus on Division One recruitment, but a new star pitcher and her cheating ex-boyfriend Zachary may cause her to return to her old ways.
274 p. 2011
Teen Fiction Book
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Morinaga, Ai
My Heavenly Hockey Club
Hana Suzuki loves only two things in life: eating and sleeping. So when handsome classmate Izumi Oda asks Hana--his major crush--to join the school hockey club, persuading her proves to be a difficult task. When Izumi mentions the field trips to fancy resorts, Hana can't wait for the first away game. Of course there's also the getting up early, working hard, and playing well with others.
206 p. 2007
Teen Graphic Novel
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