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Booklist: Hey There, Sports Fan

Dec 21, 2018 11:38

Hey there, sports fan! Looking for a good book? Want a sports-related story to recommend to your favorite young athletes? On your mark - get set - READ!

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is not only a Newbery winner, but it's also one of my favorite books of all time. Though it is a mystery, one of its main characters is a high school boy who is a ( Read more... )

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slayground January 20 2007, 04:36:42 UTC

More sports stories which my customers love but I have yet to read - all in teen fiction -

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
... and many, many of his books!

Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Heat by Mike Lupica
Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica

The next two sequences all deal with boxing:

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
The Brave by Robert Lipsyte
The Chief by Robert Lipsyte
Warrior Angel by Robert Lipsyte

Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak

bangaboomerang January 30 2007, 23:34:11 UTC

The Westing Game is one of my all-time faves, too :)

slayground January 30 2007, 23:41:55 UTC

Nice to meet you! The Westing Game is fantastic.

bangaboomerang January 30 2007, 23:49:38 UTC

We actually sort of know each other (from the old blog-on-your-domain days). I used to have Destructo-Girl.org (not the buffy website); and Slayerettes.org (all Buffy websites). My name is Destany.

slayground January 31 2007, 00:51:18 UTC

Oh! Hi, Destany! Yes, I remember DG and Slayerettes.

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Sports anonymous July 14 2007, 16:29:30 UTC

I think sports is something that builds children character and it's essential for their life.That's why my son is training baseball.He likes it very much and I ma happy with this too.
Cara Fletcher
http://sportallsport.net/

Re: Sports slayground July 14 2007, 17:20:54 UTC

Nice to meet you, Cara! Thanks for checking out this booklist. Best of luck to your son with his endeavors.

notalwaysweak October 14 2009, 09:24:46 UTC

I was googling The Gymnasts to see if there was any fan fiction about it, and this was one of the links that came up. I was just curious about this:

Written by Stephen Levy under the pseudonym Elizabeth Levy

Where did you hear this?

slayground October 14 2009, 14:23:40 UTC

I recall someone telling me that and asking me to correct it, but as I no longer can find that link, I'm changing it back to what it said before: written by Elizabeth Levy. :)