[CALIBK12] Sports in Literature

[Heather Gruenthal]

Tommy Kovac came up with this list when we were
working on our genre lists for CSLA.  To add/edit
please join the RIYL (read if you like) wikispace: 

http://riyl.wikispaces.com/Sports

Read if you like Sports...
SPORTS WITH A TWIST:

7 Days at the Hot Corner by Trueman
Baseball player’s best friend is gay.

The Rhyming Season by Averett
Girl’s basketball, poetry.

Vanishing Act by Feinstein
Sports mystery (Final Four mystery series)

Tartabull’s Throw by Garfield
Werewolf, baseball.

Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Watcha Gonna Do? by Voigt
Girls’ tennis, cheating.

Slot Machine by Lynch
Overweight boy tries to find athletic “slot”

Tangerine by Bloor
Blindness, football.

Ironman by Crutcher
Anger management class, triathlon.

"Hero" by Perry Moore. It's about a gay high school
basketball star.

Sports MANGA:
Gothic Sports (Co-ed soccer, gothic fashion, TokyoPop)
Whistle! (soccer, VIZ)
Eyeshield (football, VIZ)
Prince of Tennis (tennis, VIZ)
Girl Got Game (basketball, TokyoPop) 


Heather Gruenthal, Teacher Librarian
  Western High School
  Orangeview Junior High School
  Anaheim Union High School District



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