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Ghost

Written by Jason Reynolds

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are...

5th - 7th
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Dough Boys

Written by Paula Chase

Deontae “Simp” Wright has big plans for his future. Plans that involve basketball, his best friend...

3rd - 7th
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Michael Morpurgo

Written by Michael Morpurgo

Twelve-year-old Bonny has always wanted to be a world-champion cyclist, maybe even an Olympic...

2nd - 5th
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Snowman Paul at the Winter Olympics

Written by Yossi Lapid and Illustrated by Joanna Pasek
Snowman Paul wants to win a gold medal at the Winter Games! He trains hard and has an amazing...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Baseball Saved Us

Written by Ken Mochizuki and Illustrated by Dom Lee

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...

K - 6th
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The Hero Two Doors Down

Written by Sharon Robinson
Based on the true story of a boy in Brooklyn who became neighbors and friends with his hero, Jackie...
4th - 7th
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Ballpark

Written by Eileen Meyer and Illustrated by Carlynn Whitt
A boy and his grandpa attend their first big league baseball game, where they'll keep an eye out for...
Pre-K - 1st
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Game Day (Rookie Reader®—GR Level B)

Written by Cari Meister
Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game.
K - 2nd
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Paul the Pitcher (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Paul Sharp
Paul loves to throw a baseball, pitching high and low, fast and slow in order to strike out the...
K - 2nd
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Booked

Written by Kwame Alexander
In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship...
5th - 7th
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Night Hoops

Written by Carl Deuker
Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the...
7th - 9th
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Point Guard

Written by Mike Lupica

Gus and Cassie have always been on the same team off the field, but in this third novel in New York...

3rd - 7th
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Tangerine

Written by Edward Bloor
Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But he’s not...
5th - 7th
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The Extra Yard

Written by Mike Lupica

Teddy, a young football player, learns that sometimes bridging the distance in your family can be...

3rd - 7th
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The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

Written by Mick Cochrane
Molly doesn’t want to be seen as “Miss Difficulty Overcome”; she wants to make herself known to the...
3rd - 7th
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The Crossover

Written by Kwame Alexander

Winner of 2014 Newbery and Coretta Scott King Awards for children's literature. Written in verse...

5th - 7th
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The Mighty Dynamo

Written by Kieran Crowley

More than anything, Noah Murphy wants to be a professional soccer player―and participating in the...

4th - 8th
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A Whole New Ballgame (A Rip and Red Book)

Written by Phil Bildner and Illustrated by Tim Probert

Rip and Red are best friends whose fifth-grade year is nothing like what they expected. They have a...

3rd - 7th
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Rookie of the Year (Rip and Red)

Written by Phil Bildner and Illustrated by Tim Probert
Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them, as Tiki, a new girl whose Egyptian...
3rd - 6th
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Losers Take All: A Novel

Written by David Klass
At Jack Logan's sports-crazy New Jersey high school, the new rule is that all kids must play on a...
7th - 9th
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Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big

Written by Chris Paul and Illustrated by Frank Morrison
Everybody told Chris that he was too small to play basketball. But he ignored them all...because he...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball

Written by John Coy and Illustrated by Joe Morse
What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...
2nd - 6th
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Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol (English & Spanish Edition)

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Randy Gutierrez

Pelé goes from playing soccer for fun with his father and friends to being the King of Soccer. He...

Pre-K - 3rd

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