high school athletes

"Jackson always stands his ground on the field. When a rival player purposefully spikes Aiden, Jackson strikes back. A scuffle breaks out, and Jackson gets a red card. He takes his anger out on the ref's car. . . . Jackson finds himself in trouble with the police. Will he end up with bigger problems, or will he be able to stop the downwawrd spiral and find his way back to defend his team?"--Provided by publisher.

"After a dangerous encounter with some bullies, Ben dedicates himself to applying for college programs in an attempt to get away from the violence and the feel safe at home again"--Provided by publisher.

"Enzo's drive to be perfect is often seen by others as pushy, arrogant, and self-centered. Between his intense practice routine and his pappa drilling him, Enzo feels the constant pressure to overperform. When he misses a penalty kick in an important game, the team loses. Enzo decides to run away. He ends up face to face with the dangers of street life. Will he find his way back home and to his team now that he's facing a less than perfect life"--Provided by publisher.

"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.

"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.

A painstakingly researched account details the tragic and triumphant story of the Eagles, a high school football team from Cody, Wyoming's World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp.

"The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our kids"--Provided by publisher.

"After an injury forces Ria off the diving team, an unexpected friendship with Cotton, a guy on the autism spectrum, helps her come to terms with the abusive relationship she's been in with her former coach"--Amazon.com.

"Brynn Cadence . . . discovers the dead body of a classmate on the football field one Friday night. When she tells the police she saw a masked figure fleeing up the bleachers, they dismiss her and label the death accidental. With no one believing what she saw, Brynn's internal walls start to go up. But there's one wall she has no control over--the one that separates her and Kyler Fellan's gym lockers. . . . While not an unwelcome surprise, Brynn knows she should leave her fluttering feelings for Kyler on the locker room floor in order to focus on exposing the truth of her classmate's death. But Kyler's top jock status has made him privy to some potentially useful gossip. . . . As two find themselves delving deeper into the case, they are inevitably drawn closer to each other--even if that isn't safe for either of them"--Provided by publisher.