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Ghost
By Jason Reynolds (J Reyn, CD J Reyn, PLAY J Reyn, eBook, eAudiobook)
Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons. Ghost meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist, who is determined to help other kids succeed.
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Bump
By Matt Wallace (J Wall, eBook, eAudiobook)
MJ knows what it means to hurt: gymnastic bruises heal, but big hurts, like dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom works two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling.
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Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
By Sarah Kapit (J Kapi)
Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
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Fast Pitch
By Nic Stone (J Ston, PLAY J Ston)
Shenice dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past.
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Rebound
By Kwame Alexander (J Alex, eBook, eAudiobook)
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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The Comeback
By E.L. Shen (J Shen, eAudiobook)
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.
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One Last Shot
By John David Anderson (J Ande, eAudiobook)
Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Until, he discovers miniature golf, a sport he actually enjoys. Soon he is signed up for lessons and entered in tournaments. As he becomes a better golfer and makes new friends, be wonders if he might not always be a disappointment.
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Ten Thousand Tries
By Amy Makechnie (J Make)
Twelve-year-old Golden Maroni starts eighth grade determined to be master of his universe, but learns he cannot control everything on the soccer field, in his friendships, and especially in facing his father's incurable disease.
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Chirp
By Kate Messner (JM Mess, PLAY JM Mess, eBook, eAudiobook)
Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
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Roller Girl
By Victoria Jamieson (J Jami, eBook)
A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart.
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Brave Like That
By Lindsey Stoddard (J Stod, eBook, eAudiobook)
Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
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Before the Ever After
By Jacqueline Woodson (J Wood, eBook, eAudiobook)
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's beloved to the neighborhood kids and his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately ZJ’s dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time.