sports fiction

"As team captain, Kai is always in control on the field. . . . But at home, as hard as he tries, he can't keep his parents together. Their fighting intensifies so much that Kai's frustrations spill over into school and soccer. Will he be able to provide what the team needs without the home support that he used to take for granted?"--Provided by publisher.

"After passing out during a game, Manny discovers that he has lupus and the diagnosis causes him to question everything in his life, from playing soccer to his faith"--Provided by publisher.

"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?"--Provided by publisher.

When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.

When his friend Shawn outshines him on the basketball court, Bo learns that being a team player is more important than being the star player.

A collection of four hockey stories previously published individually.

"Jimmy Joseph loves rugby. All he dreams about is one day playing for his country in a World Cup, or winning a Test series for the Lions with a last-minute drop-goal. But when he kicks an up-and-under in the schoolyard and accidentally hits the new head of PE, Mr Kane, on the head, he makes a powerful enemy. Jimmy and his best friends--Manu, Scott and Kitty--try to prove their worth on the rugby field, but to no avail. Mr Kane has it out for them, and he's being helped by team captain Mike Green, well known as the school bully. Can Jimmy and his friends overcome the tyranny of Mr Kane and help Mike see the error of his ways? Or will the combination of bullying, pressure and dirty tactics derail the friends' rugby careers before they have even begun?"--Amazon.

"Aiden is one of the smartest players on the field. His active brain helps him to respond quickly to the action and anticipate the ball. But that same overactivity doesn't translate to his schoolwork. . . . His grades are so low that if he doesn't improve, he'll be dropped from the team. Will Aiden make the grade, or will he watch from the sideline?"--Provided by publisher.

"Fourteen-year-old Griffin Finch attends school on scholarship and is struggling to stay on the basketball team. Griffin spends the summer playing basketball on a street court for the Running Rebels in a hardscrabble neighborhood. But a summer of fast, high-scoring play ends with Griffin running home, frightened by violence in the street. Griffin makes his school team and persuades a Running Rebels teammate to apply for a basketball scholarship. Opposing ideas of how basketball should be played emerge. How can Griffin convince Coach and the rest of his team that they need to play run-and-gun basketball to win? Can he bring together his schoolmates and his friends from Regent Park?"--Provided by publisher.

"Moses prefers video games to sports, but his parents have signed him up for the tennis team anyway; his strategy is to take it easy and hope he gets tossed from the team. His attitude angers the other children and after one of the boys, Xavier, gives him [a] lesson in teamwork, Moses finally starts to take tennis and team seriously"--Provided by publisher.