SJPL Picks: Sports fiction (~Grades 3-7)Like this list

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• Select

  Matheson, Christie,

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  Grades 2-6. Twelve-year-old Alex loves playing soccer, and she's good at it, too. Very good. When her skills land her a free ride to play for Select, an elite soccer club, it feels like a huge opportunity. Joining Select could be the key to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Learning to Fall

  Engelfried, Sally,

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  Grades 3-7/AR 4.1. Reconciling with her alcoholic father, 12-year-old Daphne joins him at a weekly skate session where she starts to believe in him as she learns that skating is all about accepting failure, moving on--and getting back up after you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Swim Team

  Christmas, Johnnie,

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  Grades 3-6/AR 2.6. When she has to take Swim 101, middle schooler Bree must face one of her greatest fears, but with a little help from an elderly neighbor and former swim team captain, she becomes her school's best hope to beat their rival.

• Air

  Roe, Monica, 1978-

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  Grades 4-7/AR 5.3. When her wheelchair motocross dreams get shattered, 12-year-old Emmie finds the community rallying around her, but cannot shake the feeling that her goals are no longer her own and must take a stand for what she wants.

• Falling Short

  Cisneros, Ernesto,

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  Grades 4-7/AR 4.5. Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won’t change things at home—not without each other’s help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are Family

  James, LeBron,

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  Grades 3-6/AR 6.3. When Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year--and maybe ever again--they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season.

• Bump

  Wallace, Matt, 1982-

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  Grades 3-7/AR 5.4. MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Comeback

  Shen, E. L.,

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  Grades 3-4/AR 5.1. Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.

• Ana on the Edge

  Sass, A. J.,

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  Grades 3-6/AR 4.4. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that next season's program will be princess themed, doubt forms fast. Once Ana meets Hayden, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jayla Jumps in

  Jones, Joy, 1954-

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  Grades 4-7/AR 4.9. After learning that her mother was a Double Dutch champion, eleven-year-old Jayla forms a team hoping to stand out in her big, quirky family, and finds her life changed in ways she never imagined.

• Lupe Wong Won't Dance

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  Grades 3-7/AR 4.7. Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Last Shot

  Anderson, John David, 1975-

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  Grades 4+/AR 4.7. For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kenzie Kickstarts a Team

  Rosewater, Kit,

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  Grades 3-6/Ar 3.8. Fifth-grade best friends Kenzie "Kenzilla" and Shelly "Bombshell" dream of becoming roller derby superstars one day, but when a junior league forms and they must recruit teammates, will their friendship survive?

• Joss

  Falligant, Erin,

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  Grades 3-4/AR 4.3. In this first book of her series, catching waves on her board, Joss is all in, 100%. When the surf's up, she pops out her hearing aid, hops on her board, and paddles into the waves. Joss is stoked to enter a surfing video contest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Epoca

  the Tree of Ecrof

  Pochoda, Ivy,

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  Grades 4-6/AR 5.2. Set in an alternate classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof is the story of two children: the lowly born Rovi and the crown princess Pretia who uncover and battle terrible…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camp Average

  Battle, Craig, 1980-

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  Grades 3-4/AR 5.2. 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Junior Ninja Champion

  the Competition Begins

  Hapka, Cathy,

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  Grades 3-6/AR 4.6. First book in series. Five unlikely friends are brought together to compete in the first Junior Ninja competition, a televised contest of athletic ability based on the popular National Ninja Champion show.

• No Slam Dunk

  Lupica, Mike,

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  Grades 4-7/AR 5.0. In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday Night Stage Lights

  Alpine, Rachele, 1979-

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  Grades 4-6/AR 5.2. Brooklyn Gartner eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet. But after her mom gets remarried and moves them to Texas, everything changes. Thanks to her star football player stepbrother, her family is football obsessed. And thanks to a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Takedown

  Shovan, Laura,

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  Grade 4-7/AR 4.1. Told in separate voices, sixth-graders Mikayla, a wrestler like her brothers, and Lev, part of the Fearsome Threesome, become good wrestling partners and friends, but there can be only one winner at the State competition.