RIYL+Sports

Read if you like Sports...

 * SPORTS WITH A TWIST**:

//7 Days at the Hot Corner// by Trueman Baseball player’s best friend is gay.

//The Rhyming Season// by Averett Girl’s basketball, poetry.

//Vanishing Act// by Feinstein Sports mystery (Final Four mystery series)

//Tartabull’s Throw// by Garfield Werewolf, baseball.

//Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Watcha Gonna Do?// by Voigt Girls’ tennis, cheating.

//Slot Machine// by Lynch Overweight boy tries to find athletic “slot”

//Tangerine// by Bloor Blindness, football.

//Ironman// by Crutcher Anger management class, triathlon.

"Hero" by Perry Moore. It's about a gay high school basketball star.

from Vicki Headley Media Specialist Kennedy Middle School
 * Sports Fiction (Junior High)**


 * Author || Title ||
 * Jeter & Curry || The life you imagine: life lessons for achieving your dreams ||
 * Russo || House of Sports ||
 * Deuker || Night Hoops ||
 * Peyton || Blind Beauty ||
 * Ritter || Over the Wall/The boy who saved baseball ||
 * Hawk || Tony Hawk:Professional Skateboarder ||
 * Bloor || Tangerine ||
 * Feinstein, John || Last Short ||
 * Armstrong, Lance || It's not about the Bike ||
 * Lipsyte, Robert || The Contender ||
 * Brooks, Bruce || Moves Make the Man ||
 * Gutman, Dan || Million Dollar……(varies - hit, punch etc.) ||
 * Christopher, Matt || Writes both fiction and non-fiction at a varity of levels ||
 * Myers, Walter Dean || Slam/Outside Shot ||
 * Crutcher, Chris || Ironman /all ||
 * Lincoln Library || Lincoln Library of sports Champions ||

//Gothic Sports// (Co-ed soccer, gothic fashion, TokyoPop) //Whistle!// (soccer, VIZ) //Eyeshield// (football, VIZ) //Prince of Tennis// (tennis, VIZ) //Girl Got Game// (basketball, TokyoPop)
 * Sports MANGA:**

Winger by Andrew Smith Tap out by Eric Devine The Dojo series by Patrick Jones Matt de la Pena's books Mexican White Boy and Ball Don't Lie Chris Crutchers books Deadline and Whale Talk Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen High Heat by Carl Deuker Jump Ball by Mel Glen