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Michael Jordan: A Life Above the Rim

by Robert Lipsyte

Michael Jordan was a late bloomer.Cut from the Varsity basketball team in high school when he first tried out, Michael nonetheless became the best basketball player that ever lived—Rare Air Jordan.The true...


Tony Hawk

by Tony Hawk & Sean Mortimer

In this young adult autobiography, Tony Hawk shares the stories from his life that have helped him become a skateboarding hero.

Hawk speaks of being a super-competitive 'demon' child who found peace while on...


On the Track with...Jeff Gordon

by Matt Christopher

Matt Christopher delves into the life of Jeff Gordon, the racing sensation, and recreates his memorable moments with exciting turn-by-turn action. This fast-paced biography includes photos, Gordon's stats, and...


Michael Jordan: Legends in Sports

by Matt Christopher

Michael Jordan. The name conjures up images of buzzer-beating jump shots, gravity-defying slam dunks, and precision ballhandling. For over a decade, Michael Jordan has been showing the world how the game of...


Going for the Gold: Sarah Hughes

by R. S. Ashby & Thomas Lang

Ice Princess

Sarah Hughes was born to skate, and she proved to the world with her dramatic gold medal victory at the 2002 Winter Olympics. But the road to Olympic glory was not always easy for this Long Island...


Going for the Gold: Apolo Anton Ohno

by Thomas Lang & Lisa Jardine

Man of Speed

Part athlete, part rock star, Apolo Anton Ohno has won fans across the globe with his charisma, his movie-idol looks, and his edge-of-the-seat victories at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Going for the...


Lance Armstrong: A Biography

by Bill Gutman

BACK ON THE BIKE

LANCE ARMSTRONG is the premier cyclist in sports history. But the road to victory has not been smooth, which makes his story all the more compelling. In 1991 he was the National Amateur Cycling...


By My Brother's Side

by Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber & Robert Burleigh

Tiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they loved sports,...


PeaceJam: A Billion Simple Acts of Peace

by Ivan Suvanjieff

The Dalai Lama, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Costa Rican president Oscar Arias and political rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi are just some of the Nobel Peace Laureates who have joined the PeaceJam Foundation...


Babe Ruth

by Wilborn Hampton

Babe Ruth is still regarded as perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to step on a diamond. Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at age seven,...


Jim Thorpe: 20th-Century Jock

by Robert Lipsyte & John Hite

A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.


42: The Jackie Robinson Story: The Movie Novel

by Aaron Rosenberg

A movie tie-in novel about Jackie Robinson's life story. In theaters 4/12/13. A novel based on the movie 42--a biopic about Jackie Robinson's history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African...


Jackie Robinson: American Hero

by Sharon Robinson

Just in time for the major motion picture release, discover everything you wanted to know about Jackie Robinson! To tie- in with the April 2013 release of the movie 42, the life story of Jackie Robinson, this...


Amazing Olympic Athlete Wilma Rudolph

by Mary Dodson Wade

Another title in the AMAZING AMERICANS series, AMAZING OLYMPIC ATHLETE WILMA RUDOLPH explores the life of Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in the same Olympics. After attending...


Against All Odds: Never Give up

by Glenn Stout

Four sports stories about players and teams coming back from the brink of defeat that will inspire young fans never to give up.


From Hardships to Championships

by Glenn Stout

The inspirational stories of Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LaFlore, and Joe Torre, five men who overcame difficult childhoods to play the game they loved--baseball.


You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

by Jonah Winter & Terry Widener

According to Booklist in a starred review, "the Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book."

He hit 660 home runs (fourth best of all time), had a lifetime batting average of .302, and...


Jeremy Lin: Rising Star

by James Buckley Jr.

The biography of worldwide basketball sensation, Jeremy Lin! Jeremy Lin is an overnight basketball success! But in order for him to have been ready for his big opportunity, he had to put in years of hard work...


Believe: The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand (Young Readers' Edition)

by Eric LeGrand & Mike Yorkey

Believe is the profoundly moving story of Eric LeGrand, the former defensive tackle for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights football team, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury and was left paralyzed by...


Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)

by Kathleen Krull & Kathryn Hewitt

What is your favorite athlete's biggest fear? Strangest habit? Craziest quirk? And what did their neighbors have to say about them? Find out all you ever wanted to know about your favorite sports stars in Lives...