It's Hard To Dribble With Your Feet
Ten-year-old Carmen Skore, a basketball player at Victory School for Super Athletes with super dribbling ability, doubts her ability to be a good soccer player, but learns that practice helps, even without a super skill.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
Nobody Wants To Play With A Ball Hog
Ten-year-old Tyler Trofee, a basketball player at Victory School for Super Athletes, learns that even though he has super shooting skills, it is better to be a team player.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
Out At Second
The Grizzlies' first basement is benched before the playoffs and the teams catcher, Manny, and Stu, the second baseman, take it upon the mselves to help train his replacement, but a wild throw causes Stu to have ahead injury, which the boys try to hide, until Stu starts to act strangely.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: conduct of life, wounds and injuries, competition (psychology), baseball, baseball stories, sports fiction [X]
Skateboard Moves
When his family moves into his recently deceased grandmother's house, ten-year-old Charlie meets a boy who also likes to skateboard, but then finds that his own special skateboard is missing.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: moving, skateboarding, friendship, moving, household, sports fiction [X], readers (publications)
The Crossover
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of Kwame Alexander's novel of the same name.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1054
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: novels in verse, basketball, twins, brothers, fathers and sons, african americans, father-son relationship, large print books, novels in verse, sports fiction [X], basketball stories, children's audiobooks, electronic books, electronic books, cartoons and comics, juvenile fiction / comics & graphic novels / general, juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / basketball, juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / family / parents, juvenile fiction / social issues / death & dying, sports comics, graphic novels, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc
Win Or Lose
"Devin's team thinks she is taking too much credit for their winning streak and she must keep the team together"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: friendship, leadership, soccer, california, sportsmanship, family life, soccer stories, teamwork (sports), families, middle school students, didactic fiction, sports fiction [X]
Caged Warrior
From age three, McCutcheon Daniels, now sixteen, has been trained in Mixed Martial Arts and must keep winning to feed his five-year-old sister and father, but chance presents an opportunity to get out of the Detroit slums using his brain instead of his fighting skills.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: mixed martial arts, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, single-parent families, poverty, detroit (mich.), father-son relationship, siblings, sports fiction [X]
Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up
Contains two "Amelia Bedelia" chapter books, including "Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up" in which Amelia gets a chance to prove her athleticism when her class holds a mini-Olympics; and "Amelia Bedelia Cleans Up" in which Amelia and her friends clean up a vacant lot and build a clubhouse.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: sports, school stories, humorous fiction, toy and movable books, friendship, amelia-bedelia (fictional character), sports stories, schools, humorous stories, athletics, sports stories, humorous fiction, amelia-bedelia, sports fiction [X]
The Captain Contest
Dewey loves to draw and wants to enter the soccer team logo contest, but he does not want to win the grand prize--being team captain.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: competition (psychology), soccer, soccer stories, sports fiction [X], readers (publications)
Shaken Up
A California earthquake is just the first in a series of chain of events that shakes Devin's confidence: she fails a test in a subject she knows well, her crush seems to have his attention on another girl, and worst of all, her soccer game is off, so now Devin, the girl who usually inspires confidence in her friends and teammates, will have to turn to them for support.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / girls & women, juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / soccer, soccer, teamwork (sports), california, self-confidence, sports fiction [X]
Hat Trick
With the playoffs over, Devin and her seventh-grade friends decide to try out for a soccer travel team, but friendships are threatened because not everyone makes it on to the tough, competitive team, and in the mean time the girls are faced with a crisis--budget cuts threaten to eliminate the soccer program at the elementary school Devin's little sister attends.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: school stories, middle schools, fund raising, friendship, teamwork (sports), soccer, soccer stories, money-making projects for children, elementary schools, schools, sports fiction [X]
Booked
"Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 466
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: soccer stories, books, reading, self-esteem, soccer, books and reading, sports fiction [X], novels in verse, african americans, sports comics, graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels, graphic novels
Home Run
"Josh's life has just fallen apart. His father will no longer be coaching the travel baseball team and is moving to Florida, forcing his mom and little sister to move into a small apartment on the wrong side of town.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
Change Up
"Derek is sure this will be the best season yet! He has it all planned-his dad will have him start at shortstop, and the team will cruise to a championship.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: jeter, derek, little league baseball, teamwork (sports), sports, baseball, sports fiction [X], autobiographical fiction, family life, baseball players, coaches (athletics), fathers and sons, father-son relationship, baseball stories
The Distance To Home
Baseball player and superfan Quinnen must struggle to deal with her older sister's death in a story that unfolds between two summers.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570