Sport Stories
Sports stories often provide a larger setting for exploring other themes. The action around the sport is something that many readers can relate to as they explore other problems in the story. Some stories feature the details of the sport more intensely and attempt to make the reader feel like they are really involved in the game.
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Younger Readers
- Bildner, Phil. Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
- Cory, Shane. Players in Pigtales
- Finchler, Judy. You're a Good Sport, Miss Malarkey
- Miller, William. Joe Louis, My Champion
- Noble, Trinka Hakes. Jimmy's Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk
- O'Malley, Kevin. My Lucky Hat
- Rappaport, Doreen. Dirt on Their Skirts: the story of the young women who won the world championship
- Traveres, Matt. Oliver's Game
Older Readers
- Bledsoe, Lucy Jane. The Big Bike Race
- Christopher, Matt. Soccer Halfback
- Christopher, Matt. The Hit-Away Kid
- Corbett, Scott. The Hockey Trick
- Dadey, Debbie. Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks
- Gutman, Dan. Honus & Me: a Baseball Card Adventure
- Gutman, Dan. The Million Dollar Shot
- Herman, Hank. Foul!
- Hughes, Dean. Home Run Hero
- Hughes, Dean. Team Player
- Krensky, Stephen. Arthur and the Seventh Inning Stretcher
- Landon, Lucinda. Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at the Soccer Match
- Levine, Caroline Anne. The Detective Stars and the Case of the Super Soccer Team
- Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Mantell, Paul. Cool As Ice
- Roy, Ron. The Unwillng Umpire
- Slote, Alfred. Hang Tough, Paul Mather
- Wallace, Rich. The Roar of the Crowd
