Sports Stories for Kids

 

Alexander, Nina: Alison Rides the Rapids.  
When a disastrous math test shakes her self-confidence, Alison goes through the magic mirror and finds her skills and courage tested as a junior river guide on a white-water rafting trip.

Allen, Alex: Fifth Down.  
The know-it-all new boy at school is a source of irritation to two friends, captains of opposing touch football teams, until a big games comes up.

Bledsoe, Lucy Jane: Hoop Girlz.  
When ten-year-old River, who is crazy about basketball, is not chosen to play in a tournament, she decides to organize a team of her own and accepts the help of her older brother.

Christopher, Matt: Soccer Duel.  
Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.

Corbet, Scott: The Hockey Girls.  
The new compulsory sports program throws the freshman girls at Wagstaff High into a fury, until they get involved.

Costello, Emily: Best Friend Face-Off.  
Best friends Tess and Tameka are looking forward to spending their summer together at soccer camp, but when they are assigned to opposite teams, their special friendship is put to the test.

Deegan, Paul J: Almost A Champion.  
Although he makes the ninth-grade basketball team, Dan Murphy still has to learn to accept bitter disappointment.

Gutman, Dan: Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.  
Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly implicated.

Higdon, Hal: The Team That Played The Space Bowl.  
To insure victory in the Space Bowl, leaders of the planet Gann kidnap what they believe is a pro football team, which turns out to be a college squad that has never won a game or scored a point.

Hill, Laban Carrick: Out Of Line.  
Kevin is hooked on a new discussion group, Extreme Sports Talk, but one kid in the discussion group is a little too extreme and thinks that any sports that are not extreme should be eliminated.

Hurwitz, Johanna: Baseball Fever.   
Ezra Feldman likes baseball more than anything, but his father can't understand. Can an unwanted car trip, a grumpy old professor, and a surprising chess victory help father and son find common ground?

Knudson, R. Rozanne: Zan Hagan’s Marathon.  
After setting a record at the Virginia Cross-Country Championship, Zan sets her goals for an Olympic gold medal in the first women's marathon in Olympic history set to take place in Los Angeles in 1984.

Lipsyte, Robert: The Brave.  
Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, teenage boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who left the sport to become a policeman.

Lowell, Melissa, Breaking the Ice.  
Nikki is thrilled when she makes the Silver Blades skating club, but soon realizes it is tougher than she thought.  Both Nikki and Tori have to land a double flip jump, but how far will Tori go to make sure she lands it first?