Popular Paperbacks: Good Sports
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and
a Dream.
Bissinger scouts the Permian Panthers High School football team
from Odessa, Texas, the winningest football team in Texas history.
(796.332 B544f)
Blais, Madeleine. In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle.
The town, the team, the dream, Amherst's high school girl's winning
basketball season.
Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.
Soccer, football, fitting in, family secrets, and murder. (Juv
Fic)
Brooks, Bruce. The Moves Make the Man.
Jerome, a thirteen-year-old African American basketball player
develops a deep friendship with an emotionally-disturbed white
student. (YA Fic)
Corbett, Sara. Venus to the Hoop: A Gold Medal Year in
Women's Basketball.
The 1996 U.S. women's basketball team goes for the gold. (796.323
C81v)
Crutcher, Chris. Ironman.
Anger at his father fuels seventeen-year-old Bo's quest for victory
in the triathalon. (YA Fic)
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes.
Swimming is the background for this story of Moby, an ex-fat boy,
and Sarah Byrnes whose tragic past lives up to her name. (YA
Fic)
Dygard, Thomas. Halfback Tough.
Can Joe Atkin live down his bad-boy reputation when he moves to
a new city and becomes the star of his new high school football
team? (YA Fic)
Gutman, Dan. Honus & Me
The magic behind the most valuable baseball card takes Joe on
a trip through time. (Juv Fic)
Hillstrom, Kevin. The Handy Sports Answer Book.
Sports facts, figures, and trivia in a question-and-answer format.
Hyde, Dayton O. The Major, the Poacher and the Wonderful
One-Trout River.
A fanatical fly-fisherman who dreams of landing a prize trout
is challenged by a young boy. (Juv Fic)
Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe.
A magical tale of baseball heroes and a field of dreams. (Fic)
Klass, David. Danger Zone.
A small-town basketball star travels to Los Angeles to join the
American Teen Dream Team to prepare for international competition
in Rome. (YA Fic)
Korman, Gordon. The Toilet Paper Tigers.
A very funny baseball story about a losing team and how they got
better with the help of a smart-talking girl. (Juv Fic)
Lipsyte, Robert. The Contender.
What does it take to be a contender in boxing? In life? (YA
Fic)
Lynch, Chris. Iceman.
Fourteen-year-old Eric is a study in contrasts, emotionally insecure
but an absolute animal in the hockey rink where he slams out his
anger and suffering. (YA Fic)
Macy, Sue. A Whole New Ball Game.
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League soon developed
a following of their own. (j796.357)
Macy, Sue. Winning Ways.
A photohistory of women in sports. (j796.0194)
Murphy, Claire. To the Summit.
A climbing expedition to the top of Denali with her father takes
17-year-old Sarah on a journey of discovery deep within herself.
(YA Fic)
Myers, Walter Dean. Hoops.
Lonnie is at first disgusted with his basketball coach but soon
learns more from him than how to improve his game. (YA Fic)
Myers, Walter Dean. Slam!
A 17-year-old African American basketball player has to overcome
lots of distractions that are interfering with his star status.
(YA Fic)
Ultimate Sports:
Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults. Gallo, Donald, ed.
Sports sets the background for stories of losing, winning, and
growing up. (YA Fic)
Wallace, Rich. Wrestling Sturbridge.
Will Ben stay the second-best wrestler through his senior year?
(YA Fic)
5/5/04
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802
