The walk on by John Feinstein - The football team's corrupt coach, who is the father of the current starter, will stop at nothing to keep Alex off the field

Tall story by Candy Gourlay - Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London

Baseball genius by Tim Green, Derek Jeter - An everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player

Heat by Mike Lupica - Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof

Travel team by Mike Lupica - After he is cut from his travel basketball team, -twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory

Ghost by Jason Reynolds - Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential

The running dream by Wendelin Van Draanen - When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again