If you like … Sports Stories

If you like stories about kids with dreams of being a sporting hero …

Tangerine by Edward Bloor: Paul fights to play soccer despite his near blindness.
It’s a try by Vince Ford: One boy is chosen to be a ball boy for the All Black test, and he becomes an instant celebrity at school.
Buddy by V. M. Jones: Josh rises to his teacher’s challenge and enters a triathlon the only problem is that he’s scared of water
Juggling mandarins by V. M. Jones: Soccer rules the McLeod household, but Pip finds another sport which helps him overcome his fear of failure in his father’s eyes.
Gold dust by Chris Lynch: Richard dreams of baseball glory and can’t understand why his new friend Napoleon doesn’t share the American dream.
Keeper by Mal Peet: The world’s greatest goalkeeper tells the story of a mysterious keeper he trained with deep in the Amazonian jungle.
NIPS XI by Ruth Starke: Lan wants to prove he’s a real Aussie, and that means learning to play cricket.