Ultimate Sports YA Fiction about Athletics Edward Bloor Tangerine 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. Bruce Brooks The Moves Make the Man A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship with basketball as the foundation. Alden R. Carter Bull Catcher Pete and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress from ninth grade through high school in the small Wisconsin town. Chris Crutcher Ironman While training for a triathalon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father. Chris Crutcher Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Eric Calhoune has always been best pals with Sarah Byrnes, the school's "terminal uglies". But when Eric joins the swim team and loses his extra poundage, the friendship is strained. Sarah needs the friendship more than ever when her horrific past catches up with her. Chris Crutcher Stotan! A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical stamina. Terry Davis If Rock and Roll Were a Machine The guidance of two adults and his interest in motorcycles and writing help high school junior Bert Bowden regain his sense of self, which had been destroyed by his fifth-grade teacher. Carl Deuker Heart of a Champion Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team. Carl Deuker On the Devil's Court Struggling with his feelings of inadequacy and his failure to make the basketball team in his new school, seventeen-year-old Joe Faust finds himself willing to trade his soul for one perfect season of basketball. Carl Deuker Painting the Black When star athlete Josh Daniels moves in across the street, Remy Ward doesn't realize how much his life will change during his senior year at Seattle's Crown Hill High. Mel Glenn Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems Tells the story of a high school basketball team's season through a series of poems reflecting the feelings of students, their families, teachers and coaches. Scott Johnson Safe at Second Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and they both must find a new future for themselves. Walter Dean Myers Slam! Seventeen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently. John Ritter Choosing Up Sides In 1921 thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left-handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher father that such a condition is evil and must be overcome. Jerry Spinelli There's a Girl in my Hammerlock Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates. Don Gallo, editor Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Young Adult Writers Rich Wallace Shots on Goal While pursuing his goal of helping his soccer team win the league championship, fifteen-year-old Bones tries to deal with his resentment of his best friend, on whose girlfriend he has a crush. Will Weaver Hard Ball A fourteen-year-old Minnesota farm boy has to figure out how to get along with the archrival in his love life and on the baseball diamond, and both boys must learn how to deal with the unfair expectations of their fathers. Virginia Euwer Wolff Bat 6 In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface.

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