Sports Fiction

Arranged by Sport or Activity (a non-comprehensive list):
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Football
• Games
• Hockey
• Running
• Soccer
• Various
• Titles are linked to reviews where available
• Canadian authors are flagged with a Canadian flag
• Click on call# for shelf location, availability and other information such as book size
• Be sure to have the novel(s) approved by your teacher before proceeding

• Crazy Horse Electric Game / by Chris Crutcher - call#: F CHR
• Under the frog / by Tibor Fischer - call# F FIS
• Prairie Hardball / by Alison Gordon - call# F GOR
• Snow in August / by Pete Hamill - call#: F HAM
• Iowa Baseball Confederacy / by W.P. Kinsella - call#: F KIN
• Shoeless Joe / by W.P. Kinsella - call#: F KIN
• The Thrill of the Grass / by W.P. Kinsella - call#: F KIN
• Natural, The / by Bernard Malamud - call#: F MAL
• Striking Out / by Weaver, Will - call#: F WEA

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• Moves Make the Man / by Bruce Brooks- call#: F BRO
• Heart of a Champion / by Carl Deuker - call#: F DEU
• Rebounder / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Tournament Upstart / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Rookie Arrives / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Under the Frog: a black comedy / by Tibor Fischer - call#: F FIS
• Prairie Hardball / by Alison Gordon - call#: F GOR
• Danger Zone / by David Klass - call#: F KLA
• Hoops / by Walter Dean Myers - call#: F MYE
• Outside Shot / by Walter Dean Myers - call#: F MYE
• Slam! / by Walter Dean Myers - call#: F MYE
• For Love of the Game / by Michael Shaara - call#: F SHA
• Players / by Michael Shaara - call#: F SHA
• Keystone Kids / by John R. Tunis - call#: F TUN
• Rebound / by Walters, Eric - call#: F WAL

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• Brave, The / by Robert Lipsyte - call#: F LIP
• Chief, The / by Robert Lipsyte - call#: F LIP
• Contender, The / by Robert Lipsyte - call#: F LIP
• Shadow Boxer / by Chris Lynch - call#: F LYN

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• Imitate the Tiger / by Jan Cheripko - call#: F CHE
• Running Loose / by Chris Crutcher - call#: F CRU
• End Zone / by Don DeLillo - call#: F DEL
• Game Plan / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Winning Kicker / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Damage / by A.M. Jenkins - call#: F JEN
• Anything to Win / by Gloria D. Miklowitz - call#: F MIK

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• Breaking the Fall / by Michael Cadnum - call#: F CAD
• Invitation to the Game / by Hughes, Monica - call#: F HUG
• Juniper Game / by Sherryl Jordan - call#: F JOR

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• Offside / by Cathy Beveridge - call#: F BEV
• Our Game: An All-Star Collection of Hockey Fiction / by Edited By: Doug Beardsley - call#: F OUR
• Boy Who Drank Too Much / by Shep Greene - call#: F GRE
• Iceman / by Chris Lynch - call#: F LYN
• King Leary / byPaul Quarrington - call#: F QUA
• Shabash / by Ann Walsh - call#: F WAL
• Bad Boy / by Diana Wieler - call#: F WIE
• Iced / by Judith Alguire - call#: F ALG

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• Winners and Losers / by Stephen Hoffius - call#: F HOF
• Losers and Winners / by Frances Miller - call#: F MIL
• Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner / by Allan Sillitoe - call#: F SIL

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• Tangerine / by Edward Bloor - call#: F BLO
• Soccer Duel / by Thomas Dygard - call#: F DYG
• Twelve Days in August / by Lisa Ketchum - call#: F KET
• Shots on Goal / by Rich Wallace - call#: F WAL

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Car Racing:
• Racing Fear / by Jacqueline Guest - call#: F GUE

Fishing
• Old Man and the Sea / by author name - call#: F CHR

Gymnastics
• Finding my Voice / by Marie G. Lee - call#: F LEE

Hunting
• Hunter in the Dark / byHughes, Monica - call#: F HUG

Karate
• Peeling the Onion / by Wendy Orr - call#: F ORR

Kayaking / Extreme Sports
• Raging River / by Pam Withers - call#: F LEE

Lifeguards
• Like Some Kind of Hero / by Jan Marino - call#: F MAR

Motorcycles
• Lightning Rider / by Guest, Jacqueline - call#: F GUE

Racing
• Slay-ride / by Francis, Dick - call#: F FRA

Skateboarding
• Grind / byWalters, Eric - call#: F WAL

Skating
• Luckiest Girl in the World / by Steven Levenkron - call#: F LEV

Sports - General
• Athletic Shorts: six short stories / by Chris Crutcher - call#: F CRU

Swimming
• Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes / by Chris Crutcher - call#: F CRU
• Stotan! / by Chris Crutcher - call#: F CRU

Tennis
• So Much to Live For / by Lurlene McDaniel - call#: F MACD

Track & Field
• Runner, The / by Cynthia Voigt - call#: F VOI

White-water Rafting
• Rough Waters / by S.L. Rottman - call#: F ROT
• Raging River / by Pam Withers - call#: F WIT

Wrestling
• No Effect / by Daniel Hayes - call#: F HAY
• Tag Team / by Paul Kropp - call#: F KRO

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