The girl who threw butterflies by Mick Cochrane - Eighth-grader Molly earns a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, but also helps in other aspects of her life

Babe and me : a baseball card adventure by Dan Gutman - With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out what really happened during Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series homerun

The million dollar putt by Dan Gutman - Assisted by his neighbor, Birdie, blind thirteen-year-old Ed "Bogie" Bogard will win one million dollars if he can sink a ten-foot putt in Hawaii's fifth annual Angus Killick Memorial Tournament

The contract by Derek Jeter - In Kalamazoo, Michigan, eight-year-old Derek Jeter, who dreams of playing for the New York Yankees, learns what it takes to be a champion on and off the field

No more dead dogs by Gordon Korman - Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production

The only game by Mike Lupica - Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball

Saving the team by Alex Morgan - Seventh-grader Devin is afraid she will not make the soccer team but finds, instead, a team so bad that she is compelled to turn it into something the players and coach can all be proud of

Keeping score by Linda Sue Park - In Brooklyn in 1951, a die-hard Giants fan teaches nine-year-old Maggie, who is a "Bums" (Dodgers) fan, how to use a technique to keep score of a baseball game which creates a special friendship between them

The kid who only hit homers by Matt Christopher - A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him

Three strike summer by Skyler Schrempp - Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on

Key player by Kelly Yang - The Women's World Cup is coming to Southern California, and everyone is soccer-crazy—especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together

Diary of a wimpy kid : big shot by Jeff Kinney - When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander - A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time

The tree of Ecrof by Ivy Claire - Set in an alternative classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, this is the story of two children: the orphaned outcast Rovi and the crown princess Pretia, who uncover and battle terrible evil