sports stories

Ninja boy Kyuma is introduced to baseball and tries to learn how to play, but struggles with the concept of it being a game and not a new type of battle.

Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser races hover cars. Jason and his brother, "the Bug, " have been accepted to the International Race School, where they race against great difficulties.

Kallana, the local fashion queen, is dismayed when her father decides she should join the school basketball team.

Hubie, who desperately wants to make the little league team in Spring, receives a new mitt from his mom and practices hard, but when he becomes sick, his big opportunity might escape him.

Kaleigh Radcliffe, playing on an all-girls hockey team for the first time, gets frustrated when the other girls get distracted from their game, until Kaleigh catches the eye of a cute, older boy.

Now that Anya's soccer team is established, they need to step up if they want to take the game to the next level, beat the established school team and prove they are worthy opponents.

Come along with Billie as she sets out to prove that girls can play soccer too.

"A group of 11-year-olds arrives to spend six weeks playing sports at Camp Avalon--which they affectionately call Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that's the way they like it. But this summer, new camp director Winston--who hates losing--has some hyper-competitive ideas about how to improve their performance, whether they want to or not!"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.

As the Istanbul Olympics loom near and an injury threatens record-breaking sprinter Paris Troy's chances of winning a gold medal, Paris is tempted by his brother into using performance-enhancing drugs.