high school athletes

Explains how athletes can succeed in high school and college sports, find athletic scholarships, learn college eligibility rules, develop a personal value system, get the attention of recruiters, and other related topics.

Presents a biography of LeBron James, focusing on his stellar high school basketball career at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Ohio, and discussing the contest between Adidas and Nike to win his endorsement, and his signing with the Cleveland Cavs.

When trouble arises on Bram's swim team, he struggles to find out who hurt his friend and to protect his coach from blame.

Sam Campbell, a member of the Laggan Lairds losing basketball team, suggests the team change its name to the Laggan Lard Butts, and soon the entire school is caught up in the campaign.

Anjenai, Kierra and Tyler, having grown up in an Atlanta housing project, find their friendship tested when they start fighting for the attention of the star football player.

Chronicles the efforts of Iowa high school seniors Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere to become four-time state wrestling champions, following them through the 2004-05 school year to the four-day Iowa State High School Wrestling Tournament, and on to college at Virginia Tech.

Chronicles the life of New York basketball sensation Sebastian Telfair, describing how he went from abject poverty to riches after becoming one of the sport's greatest point guards.

Text and photographs explore the often adversarial relationship between academics and athletics.