Books

All That Remains
Bruce Brooks
Call Number: Y SS Bro
Teen: 13+
Synopsis: Three novellas explore the effects of death on young lives..
Checkered Flag Cheater
Will Weaver
Call Number: Y Wea
Teen: 13+
Synopsis: Trace Bonham, a teenaged professional stock car racer, blows away the competition wherever he races, but with every victory Trace is increasingly aware that his winning is due to more than just his driving skills..
Cover-Up
John Feinstein
Call Number: Y Fei
Teen: 13+
Synopsis: Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show..
Flying Feet
James McCann
Call Number: Y PBK McC
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Jinho wants respect for his skill at tae kwon do, but when he meets an unscrupulous mixed martial arts trainer, he turns his back on his sport's code of honor..
Love Puppies and Corner Kicks
R.W. Krech
Call Number: Y Kre
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Andrea is devastated when her parents announce that the family's moving to Scotland for a year-long teacher exchange program, but as she makes new friends, joins a soccer team, and her stutter improves, life doesn't seem so bad..
Million Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica
Call Number: Y Lup
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed..
My 13th Season
Kristi Roberts
Call Number: Y Rob
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl..
Players
Joyce Sweeney
Call Number: Y Swe
Teen: 13+
Synopsis: Eighteen-year-old Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers that the new player on his team is a girl-stealing, friend-framing, team-destroying force of evil..
Prizefighter En Mi Casa
E. E. Charlton-Trujillo
Call Number: Y Cha
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Following a car accident that left her with epilepsy, twelve-year-old Chula--with a little help from a visiting fearsome Mexican boxer--tries to deal with the repercussions her new condition has on her family, neighborhood, and school..
The Batboy
Mike Lupica
Call Number: Y Lup
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team..
The Outside Shot
Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Y PBK Mye
Teen: 13+
Synopsis: Recruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a Harlem boy has many new experiences, including working with a child who needs physical therapy and dealing with corruption in college sports..
Vanishing Act
John Feinstein
Call Number: Y Fei
Teen: 12+
Synopsis: Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player..
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