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  • Author:
    Coleman, K. R.
    Summary:

    Tessa knows a soccer scholarship is her best chance at going to college. She's the best player on her small-town high school team-but that doesn't mean much in the big world of college soccer. Luckily, her best friend's...

  • Author:
    Fisher, Chris
    Summary:

    A powerful and touching family sports story, as Les Carson, a young man who grew up in southern Saskatchewan and works in Regina, takes a road trip to Toronto to see the Hockey Hall of Fame with two hockey-mad old-timers, his dying...

  • Author:
    Alene, Catherine
    Summary:

    An emotional and heart wrenching novel about grief and striving for perfection. Lighter. Leaner. Faster. Raesha will to do whatever it takes to win Nationals. For her, competing isn't just about the speed of her horse or the thrill...

  • Author:
    Skuy, David
    Summary:

    Cody is no longer the kid with cancer, or the soccer player always sitting on the bench as a substitute. But just when he is getting used to being the striker on the Lions soccer team, as well as being friends with his teammates and a...

  • Author:
    Kreie, Chris
    Summary:

    Daniela is looking forward to soccer season. Not only are the Bay Park Rams a great team, she gets to play alongside her best friend, Rinad. And then there's Kennedy-the newest member of the team-who might just be the best soccer...

  • Author:
    Otsuka, Julie
    Summary:

    From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool...

  • Author:
    Martin, R. T.
    Summary:

    Justin has always been a big fan of Mason Falls High School's baseball team, the Lions-even though they are the worst in their division. But this season, the Lions are playing surprisingly well under the new coach. Almost too well...

  • Author:
    Osaka, Naomi
    Summary:

    In a rhythmic celebration of sport and play, four-time Grand Slam champion and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka shares key steps to becoming a true champ, including being kind, working as a team, doing your best, and most importantly,...

  • Author:
    Lozada, Evelyn
    Summary:

    "Juggling multiple character accents and tones with ease, [narrator Joniece] Abbott-Pratt shines as Hara, her lilting and curious tone perfectly complementing the novel's relatable go-getter protagonist." — Booklist In...

  • Author:
    Wilkshire, Nick
    Summary:

    Hockey is a dangerous game, but it’s what happens off the ice that can get you killed … Curtis Ritchie is the only news in town when Ottawa takes the young hockey sensation first overall in the annual spring draft. But on the eve of...

  • Author:
    Brouwer, Sigmund
    Summary:

    Hockey stars Mike “Crazy” Keats and his Cree Indian friend, Dakota, are caught in a web of violence which makes winning this year’s hockey league championship the least of their concerns. Mike’s new to the Seattle Thunderbirds, and...

  • Author:
    Brouwer, Sigmund
    Summary:

    Ray Hockaday plays center for the Medicine Hat Tigers. He’s spent his hockey career hiding something from the world. When his new Russian roommate shows up, Ray is assigned to help Vlad get used to life in Canada. What Ray doesn’t know...

  • Author:
    Cumyn, Alan
    Summary:

    Nominated for the Ottawa Book Award. Stan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by the unexpected...

  • Author:
    Brouwer, Sigmund
    Summary:

    Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, Jack has it pretty good. He’s a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him; scoring records, popularity and an easy...

  • Author:
    Bates, Sonya Spreen
    Summary:

    Kat is thrilled to be competing in a junior tennis championship at Melbourne Park for the first time. But things are off to a horrible start. Her doubles partner, Miri, is sneaking around at night and asking Kat to cover for her. She's...

  • Author:
    Hedley, Cara
    Summary:

    Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates. When Iz leaves her grandmother behind to play for the Winnipeg University Scarlets,...

  • Author:
    Carroll, David
    Summary:

    Quinn takes on a huge challenge when he enters his first ultra-marathon, the punishing Shin-Kicker 100, a 24-hour race that will push him to the very limits of his endurance. As he struggles to complete the race, we find out why this is...

  • Author:
    Spafford-Fitz, Karen
    Summary:

    Highlighting girls' volleyball, a sport which has overtaken girls' basketball in popularity, Volleyball Vibe shows how engagement in sports can boost self-esteem, confidence, and foster responsibility and teamwork. The main character,...

  • Author:
    Leach, Sara
    Summary:

    Jasmine used to love dance. Now she struggles to hold on to that love as her dance team trains for a big competition. Her teammates are bickering, and when their teacher suggests that Jasmine might not have what it takes to be on the...

  • Author:
    Choyce, Lesley
    Summary:

    Ben is determined to learn to surf. In the rough North Atlantic waters near his home, only the tough can make it on the waves. His first attempt is a disaster. Then he meets Ray, a surfing veteran from California. Ray promises to teach...

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