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Sports Stories
 
Fiction
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (F BLO)
Paul Fisher, a stellar soccer player despite being legally blind, finally comes into his own when his family moves to the strange town of Tangerine, Florida.
 
Keeper by Mal Peet (F PEE)
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero El Gato describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
 
Home of the Braves by David Klass (F KLA)
Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.
 
Ironman and others by Chris Crutcher (F CRU)
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
 
Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks (F OAK)
After his house burns down, Wyatt Reaves takes off with his uncle, and the two of them drive from town to town for six years, earning money mostly by fighting, until Wyatt finally confronts his parents one last time.
 
The Boxer by Kathleen Karr (HF KAR)
Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a decent living as a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City.
 
Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver (F WEA)
In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.
 
Open Ice by Pat Hughes (F HUG)
Hockey has been Nick Taglio's life since he was five years old, so when a massive concussion benches him--possibly for good--everything seems to fall apart, including his schoolwork, his family relationships, his friendships, and his love life.
 
Iceman by Chris Lynch (F LYN)
Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile his own needs with those of his parents.
 
Pinned by Alfred Martino (F MAR)
Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
 
Nonfiction
A New Generation of Warriors: The History of Mixed Martial Arts by Jim Whiting (796.8 WHI)
Chronicles the history of mixed martial arts from ancient Greece to the early twenty-first century, and looks at some of the skills used in modern mixed martial arts.
 
Professional Bull Riders: The Official Guide to the Toughest Sport on Earth by (791.8 JOH)
A photo-illustrated guide to professional bull riding that discusses equipment and profiles famous riders and bulls, such as Justin McBride, Chris Shivers, and Missy Oak Slinger.
 
Biographies
David Beckham, Pele, Julie Foudy, Cammi Granato, Wayne Gretsky, Matt Hughes, Mario Lemieux, Jet Li, Chuck Liddell, Michael Phelps, Venus & Serena Williams


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