SPORTS FICTION Crackback By Coy, John 2007/09 - Scholastic Paperbacks 0439697344 Check Our Catalog In this vibrant, powerful debut, Coy pens the gripping story of a young man who discovers that the hits he takes on the football field don't compare with the ones he faces in life. ...More Heat By Lupica, Mike 2007/03 - Puffin Books 0142407577 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now in paperback. Baseball is young Michael Arroyo's only salvation, but his dream of playing in the Little League World Series is soon threatened. Includes a teaser for Lupica's upcoming novel, "Miracle on 49th Street." ...More The Moves Make the Man By Brooks, Bruce 1996/01 - HarperTrophy 0064405648 Check Our Catalog "Brooks' fine first novel has a basketball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness" (School Library Journal). "Brilliant sportswriting and a trenchant examination of the friendship between (the) narrator . . . and a white boy in trouble".--ALA Booklist (starred). ...More Night Hoops By Deuker, Carl 2000/04 - Houghton Mifflin Company 0395979366 Check Our Catalog While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street. ...More Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes By Crutcher, Chris 2003/03 - HarperTempest 0060094893 Check Our Catalog Eric and Sarah have been friends since junior high, when his weight and her scars made them outcasts. In high school, Eric has slimmed and Sarah doesn't let being an outsider hurt her. Now she sits silent in a hospital. Can Eric uncover her secret before it puts them both in danger? ...More Taking Sides By Soto, Gary 2003/03 - Harcourt Paperbacks 0152046941 Check Our Catalog Having moved from the barrio to the suburbs, Lincoln Mendoza is still loyal to his home team--even though he's playing basketball for another school now. When the two teams face each other, Lincoln learns something about winning, loyalty, change, and friendship. ...More Tangerine By Bloor, Edward 2006/09 - Harcourt Paperbacks 0152057803 Check Our Catalog THE TRUTH LIES BENEATH Paul Fisher's older brother is a high school football star, but to Paul he's no hero. Paul's own game is soccer, which he plays even though he has to wear thick glasses because of a mysterious eye injury. When the Fishers move to Tangerine, Florida, Paul tries to make sense of things. But it's not easy. In Tangerine, underground fires burn for years and lightning strikes the same practice field every day. Strange things happen here all the time -- but nothing is stranger than the secrets Paul discovers about his brother, his new group of friends, and his own dangerous past. ...More There's a Girl in My Hammerlock By Spinelli, Jerry 2007/04 - Aladdin Paperbacks 1416939377 Check Our Catalog Maisie goes out for wrestling to get close to Eric, the boy of her dreams, but she soon finds out that she loves wrestling. Most of the boys hate having her on the team--one boy quits and some of the others write nasty letters to the newspaper. Still, Maisie sticks it out, and finally wins the respect of the team. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. ...More Three Clams and an Oyster By Powell, Randy 2006/09 - Farrar Straus Giroux 0374400075 Check Our Catalog During their search to find a fourth player (an Oyster) for their flag football team, three high school boys are forced to come out of their comfort zone by, among other things, considering a girl for their fourth. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. ...More