sports fiction

Fiona the hippo and her friends find a soccer ball and decide to play a game.

Soon after her mother marries a man with three sons, sixth-grader Bea Embers fights to form a girls' soccer team at school, despite discrimination and setbacks.

In 1986 Malaysia, as she worries about her parents' constant fighting, ardent soccer fan Maya, age eleven, trains herself and pulls together a team at her girls' school, despite soccer being a "boys' game.".

"It's time for the most important soccer match of the season, but when the trophy disappears and the tires get slashed on all the players' bicycles, Lasse and Maya find themselves in the middle of another mystery"--OCLC.

It is the championship baseball game and the reader's choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a heartbreaking loss.

"In this . . . novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime--from the . . . author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen"--Provided by publisher.

New to ice hockey, Mo and is having trouble staying upright on the ice, but his desire to help the team motivates him to keep getting better.

"A neighborhood soccer star has a secret plan for his team's big game--a plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks"--Provided by the publisher.

Myra encourages her best friend, Myra, to try out for the lacrosse team, and although she is not really good at sports, Gabi allows herself to be persuaded; but when she struggles in a game Myra gets mad at her, and blames her for the loss--and the two friends realize they have to work at being not just friends, but true teammates.

"Sisters Stella and Ellie Steckler are both determined to win a scholarship and escape their stifling small town, but their plans are upset when a new girl joins the cross country team and then disappears"--OCLC.