Sports

Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	Born in Sin by Evelyn Coleman	Fourteen-year-old Keisha is strong in her own convictions, has the support of a loving mother, and as a result is able to find the courage to confront racial prejudice and to succeed in the competitive world of Olympic swimming.	9-12
	Crackback by John Coy	Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.	9-12
	Headlock by Joyce Sweeney	Endangering his health, his high class rank, and his pizza delivery job, high school senior Kyle secretly enters a rigorous training program for pro wrestlers and earns a chance at his first professional match.	9-12
	Learning the Game by Kevin Waltman	When he and his high school basketball teammates steal from a fraternity house in their small town, Nate contends with this guilt, his loyalty to his friends, and his desire to help his older brother who comes under suspicion for the crime.	9-12
	Plunking Reggie Jackson by James W. Bennett	Coley is not as tough as his late older brother, although he is captain of the baseball team, making-out with the most gorgeous girl in school, and headed for the major leagues. A sprained ankle, pregnant girl friend, and an English course he can’t pass converge to teach Coley more about the value of his brother’s kind of toughness.	9-12
	Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher	Tri-racial T.J. is the captain of a swim team for a school with no swimming pool where the “real” jocks in the school don’t want the sacred letter jackets to be worn by any "unworthy" athletes.	9-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources. Some books contain mature themes. Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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