Title

Author

Call #

Notes:

Boost

(basketball)

Mackel

FIC MAC

Thirteen-year-old Savvy is the girls basketball team's star player, but, despite her height and skills, Savvy struggles with her self-confidence and searches for some way to boost her performance, but when steroids are found in her bag, Savvy denies they are hers and the rumors start to fly.

The Necessary Hunger

(basketball)

Revoyr

FIC REV

Step-sisters and rival athletes Nancy and Raina form a supportive bond as together they combat racism, experience self-discovery, and awaken to their first feelings of love.

Playing with the Boys

(football)

Tigelaar

FIC TIG

Fifteen-year-old Lucy, having moved from Ohio to Malibu, California, following the death of her mother, is upset when she fails to make the soccer team at her new school, but she begins to regain her confidence when the soccer coach suggests her super-accurate kick could be of great benefit to the football team.

Pretty Tough: a Novel

(soccer)

Tigelaar

FIC TIG

Two feuding sisters from Malibu, California, take their rivalry to the soccer field when both girls make the high school team.

Shutout

(soccer)

Halpin

FIC HAL

Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes.

Gothic Sports

(soccer)

Hage

FIC HAG

After she is swiftly rejected for one of the elite sports teams at her new high school, Anya joins with other misfits to form a goth soccer team.  Also check out books 2 & 3.

The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

(baseball)

Chochrane

FIC CHO

Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well.

Smart Boys & Fast Girls

(cross-country)

Davis

FIC DAV

Making the varsity cross-country team puts Natalie Page on the fast track to popularity, but her nearly perfect new life is tripped up when she starts to fail geometry and falls for her new tutor, a cute, smart boy with a girlfriend, a disdain for sports and athletes, and no interest in Natalie whatsoever.

Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do?

(tennis)

Voight

FIC VOI

As new ninth-graders eager only to survive high school, Mikey and Margalo must deal creatively with stolen money and cheating on the tennis courts.

The Off Season

Murdock

FIC MUR

High school junior D. J. Schwenk staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.