Juvenile & Young Adult / Themes / Sports & Recreation

Playing for Pride: Down by a run, the team needs to play its best... Can Laurie come through for her team?

by Timothy Tocher

A New Sport with New Rules—Can Laurie Come Through for Her Team?

With the girls’ softball season about to start, fifth-grader Laurie Bird Preston can’t decide what to do. Her friends are trying out for...

Long Shot: With 5 seconds lift on the clock, the team is down by 1... Can Laurie make the shot?

by Timothy Tocher

A New Town, a New School, a New Team—Can Laurie Emerge a Winner?

When eleven-year-old Laurie Bird Preston learns her dad has accepted a job in another town, she’s disappointed and angry. Not only will Laurie...

Tangerine

by Edward Bloor & Danny De Vito

A season with the toughest soccer team in the county gives twelve-year-old Paul the confidence to stand up to his wicked brother.

Running Horse Ridge #1: Sapphire: New Horizons

by Heather Brooks

Home is where your horse is

Emily Summers does not want to go to Oregon. Why would she want to leave her friends and Rhapsody, her perfect dressage horse, to move to a horse rescue ranch all the way across the...

Forged by Fire

by Sharon M. Draper

When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite...

November Blues

by Sharon M. Draper

When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever,...

Heat

by Mike Lupica

The #1 Bestseller!

Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to...

Summer Ball

by Mike Lupica

The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Travel Team!

When you ?re the smallest kid playing a big man?s game, the challenges never stop?especially when your name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team...

Double Team #2

by Michael Teitelbaum & Ron Zalme

It's basketball season and all of the Backyard Sports kids love playing games after school. But it's not all fun and games-a lot of the kids, like Pablo, love basketball and take it pretty seriously. Unfortunately,...

Peak

by Roland Smith

The emotional, tension-filled story of a fourteen-year-old boy's attempt to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (Book #2)

Stink Moody #2

by Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds

When Stink buys a huge jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes to the manufacturer - and receives 21,280 jawbreakers for his trouble! Soon he's so obsessed with getting free stuff that he misses an...

Go Long!

by Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber & Paul Mantell

Tiki and Ronde were the stars of their Pee Wee football team, the Cave Springs Vikings. But middle school is much bigger than elementary school and it’s a whole different game—on and off the field. When...

Deadline

by Chris Crutcher

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.

How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old...

Deep Zone

by Tim Green

In the deep zone, even the very best player can find it impossible to beat a foe who’s hungry and waiting. . . .

Troy White can predict a play before it happens. Star quarterback on his state football team,...

The Fast and the Furriest

by Andy Behrens

Meet Kevin Pugh, 12-year-old couch potato. Now meet Cromwell, his part beagle, part potato chip dog. Kevin’s looking forward to spending his summer doing as little as possible. Unfortunately, Kevin’s father,...

Lucky Cap

by Patrick Jennings

The summer before Enzo enters the 6th grade, his dad takes a job with a company cooler than Nike, Timberland, and Marc Ecko. Even better, he gets to spend the summer traveling with his father and the CEO/designer/head...

Double Dutch

by Sharon M. Draper

Delia loves Double Dutch. And she's good at it. Really good. So good that her team has a chance to win the World Double Dutch Championships this year -- Delia is sure of it. What she is less sure of is her chance...

I Am Regina

by Sally Keehn

The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina's life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her...

Blood Ninja II: The Revenge of Lord Oda

by Nick Lake

Now that the vile Lord Oda is dead, Taro and his friends are safe in the mountain lair of the ninjas. Or so they think. When a homing pigeon arrives with news of Taro's mother's whereabouts, Taro sets out for...

The Salem Witch Tryouts

by Kelly McClymer

Prudence Stewart had it all at Beverly Hills High: straight A's, the cutest crush, and a sweet gig as captain of the cheerleading squad. Then poof! Mom and Dad announce they're moving to Salem, Massachusetts....