Game On

Rhyming Season	Averett, Edward	YA F Averett
A senior basketball player shoulders the hopes of a dying mill town and her bereaved family when she and an eccentric coach try to lead their team to state basketball history.
Tangerine	Bloor, Edward	YA F Bloor
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
The Moves Make the Man	Brooks, Bruce	YA F Brooks
A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.
Love, Football and Other Contact Sports	Carter, Alden R.	YA F Carter
A collection of stories about high school students from one end of the social spectrum to the other.
Open Court	Carol , Clippinger	YA F Clipping
A thirteen-year-old tennis prodigy grapples with her seemingly incompatible desires to be an exceptional athlete and a normal teenager.
Gym Candy	Deuker, Carl	YA F Deuker
Football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who earns a spot on the varsity team his freshman year and tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids.
Night Hoops	Deuker, Carol	YA F Deuker
While trying to show he’s good enough to be on the varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erratic behavior of a troubled classmate.
Small Town, Big Dreams	Dickson, Darrell	YA F Dickson
Seventeen-year-old Dane, concerned that moving to Oregon will hurt his chances of winning a scholarship, tries to live his faith on the field, with his girlfriend, and in his family.
Offsides	Esckilsen, Eric	YA F Esckile
Tom Gray, a Mohawk Indian and star soccer player, moves to a new high school and refuses to play for the Warriors with their insulting mascot.
Cover-Up	Feinstein, John	YA F Feinstein
As the Super Bowl draws nearer, two teens learn that the offensive line of the California Dreams has failed their doping tests and their owner is trying to cover up the test results.
Football Hero	Green, Tim	YA F Green
When Ty's brother is recruited to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing the brothers in trouble with the Mafia.
Slam Dunk	Jamiet, Kate	YA F Jamiet
When his star point guard goes missing, sixteen-year-old Slam Amaro finds out that coaching a girls high school basketball team isn't the slam dunk he thought it would be.
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup	Ron , Koertge	YA F Koertge
When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and writing poetry helps fill the time and helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
Yellow Flag	Lipstye, Robert	YA F Lipstye
Born into a family of NASCAR champions, Kyle Hildebrand is content cheering for his brother, but when Kyle is suddenly expected to take his place, he must decide what he wants to do with his life.
Summer Ball	Lupica, Mike	YA F Lupica
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
Ghost Coach	Moon, Harold K.	YA F Moon
An English teacher and widow of the school's coach, decides to surreptitiously tutor one of her students in basketball and accomplishes something she didn't expect.
Dairy Queen	Murdock, Catherine	YA F Murdock
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.
Game	Myers, Walter Dean	YA F Myers
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to play first college and then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being a team player, especially after a new student threatens to take the scouts' attention away from him.
The Boxer and the Spy	Parker, Robert B.	YA F Parker
Fifteen-year-old Terry, an aspiring boxer, uncovers the mystery behind the unexpected death of a classmate.
The Penalty	Peet, Mal	YA F Peet
When teenage football prodigy El Brujito, vanishes without a trace, South America's top sports journalist is reluctantly drawn into the mystery.
Life, Love and the Pursuit of Free Throws	Rallison, Janette	YA F Rallison
High school freshmen Josie and Cami try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys.
Revenge of the Cheerleaders	Rallison, Janette	YA F Rallison
High school cheerleader Chelsea seeks revenge against her younger sister's boyfriend after he embarrasses her once too often, but when she falls for his older brother, things become really complicated.
Sports Shorts		YA F Stories Sports
A collection of eight short stories of victories and defeats in various sports, including karate, track, wrestling, baseball, basketball, and football.
The Knights of the Hill Country	Tharp, Tim	YA F Tharp
In his senior year, high school star linebacker Hampton Greene finally begins to think for himself and discovers that he might be interested in more than just football.
Pretty Tough	Liz, Tigelaar	YA F Tigelaar
Krista and Charlie Brown, two feuding sisters from Malibu, California, take their rivalry to the soccer field when both girls make the high school team.
Cruise Control	Trueman, Terry	YA F Trueman
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother with severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
One Good Punch	Wallace, Rich	YA F Wallace
Facing the most important track season of his life, Michael Kerrington is focused on the competition, but when police find drugs in his locker, Michael faces a decision that will impact more than just his own life.
Juice	Walters, Eric	YA F Walters
Moose must decide if he should risk taking steroids to become a big star on the football team.
When No One Was Looking	Wells, Rosemary	YA F Wells
A tragic chain of events threatens a 14-year-old girl's promising tennis career.
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