sports fiction

Julian feels a lot of pressure when he realizes he's the only remaining player from last year's winning team, but a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective.

Cole Richards, in his fourth year of karate training, is preparing for the test that will move him to the next belt level when his dojo announces a "create-your-own-kata" contest, and between trying to decide which competition to enter, and dealing with tensions with peers and friends, Cole begins to get too stressed.

The Grizzlies' first baseman is benched before the playoffs and the teams catcher, Manny, and Stu, the second baseman, take it upon themselves to help train his replacement, but a wild throw causes Stu to have ahead injury, which the boys try to hide, until Stu starts to act strangely.

Julian Pryce, who used to be the star center for the Tornadoes basketball team, is forced to sit on the bench when his family moves and the new school team already has a starting center, Paul Boyd, who ends up in the hospital after Julian takes extreme measures.

In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.

"Devin, a seventh-grader and co-captain of the soccer team, is worried that her friends' issues will keep them from being 'in the zone' while playing"--OCLC.

"The middle school soccer team is facing a lot of pressure to be league champions--will they buckle under it or will they manage to succeed?"--.

When wide receiver Ethan drops a touchdown pass and his team loses the game, he starts to doubt his own abilities, but as the next game approaches he realizes that he has to do what his father and coaches are telling him to do--stop obsessing about failure and get back to playing confident football.

Eighth-grader Simon Sanford and his friends Jacob and Mohammed are all excited for soccer tryouts, because this year they will probably be starters, but a newcomer, Trevor, is stealing the show; jealous, and worried about their positions on the team, the three start to sabotage their rival--until Simon gets a life lesson from his least favorite teacher.

"Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--.