HS Summer Reading 09 - Sports Fiction

HS Summer Reading 09 - Sports Fiction


Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	Mexican Whiteboy by Matt De La Pena	Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.	9-12
	Gym Candy by Carl Deuker	Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.	9-12
	Bull Rider by Marilyn Halvorson	Layne, desperate to follow in his late father's footsteps, wants nothing more than to become a bull rider, even with his mother's lack of support.	9-12
	Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby	In Vancouver, British Columbia, two teenage dressage riders, one a spoiled rich girl and the other a sixteen-year-old boy, come to terms with their identities and learn to accept themselves.	9-12
	Home of the Braves David Klass	Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.	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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