Sporting Fiction
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No Ballet Shoes in Syria Catherine Bruton (9+) Peril en Pointe Helen Lipscombe (10+) Audition Trilogy Maddie Ziegler (Children) CAUTION! The Walls Around Us Nova Ren Suma (YA) Bunheads Sophie Flack Dancer Colum McCann On Pointe Lorie Ann Brover The Cranes Dance Meg Howrey The Painted Girls Cathy Marie Buchana www.readingjackdaw.co.uk Thursday’s Children Rumer Godden Reading can A selection of fiction seriously damage Basketball your ignorance! based around Sport The Wizenard Series Kobe Bryant & Wesley King (YA) Rebound Kwame Alexander (11+) Swagger Carl Deuker (YA) (sexual abuse) Tall Story Candy Gourlay (9+) Rabbit Run John Updike Athletics The Crossover Kwame Alexander (11+) Ghost (series) Jason Reynolds (9+) The Half-God of Rainfall Inua Ellams Running on Empty S.E. Durrant (10+) The Fastest Boy in the World Elizabeth Laird (7+) Boxing Wing Jones Katherine Webber (12+) Chessboxer Stephen Davies (YA) Gold Chris Cleave Fighting Ruben Wolfe Markus Zusak (YA) The Running Dream Wendelin Van Draanen Gloves Off Louisa Reid (YA) Seconds Out Dan Tunstall (13+) Ballet/ Dance Sunday You Learn How to Box Bil Wright (YA) A Company of Swans Eva Ibbotson (YA) The Boxer Nikesh Shukla (YA) Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfeild (8+) The Chocolate War Robert Cormier (YA) Dreamer Ballerina Sarah Rubin (11+) The Greatest Alan Gibbons (13+) Fish Feet Veronica Bennett (YA) From Here to Eternity James Jones Fat City Leonard Gardner A Man and His Bike Wilfred de Jong (Short Stories) Million Dollar Bay: Stories from the Corner F.X.Toole (Short Stories) Alfonsina Llona Kamps (Photo Novel) Pound for Pound F.X.Toole Bad to the Bone James Waddington Shadow-Box Antonia Logue Bikes in Space Elly Blue (Short Stories) The Contender Robert Lipsyte Cat Freya North The Fair Fight Anna Freeman Consumed Jonathan Budds The Game Jack London Devil Take the Hindmost Martin Cathcart Froden The Half Brother Lars Saabye Christensen George’s Grand Tour Caroline Vermalle The Jade Peony Wayson Choy High Road David Chauner The Killings of Stanley Ketchel Ocana Carlos Arribas The Power of One Bryce Courtney Short Ride on a Fast Machine Magnus McGrandle The Professional W.C. Heinz The Adventure of the Priory School Arthur Conan Doyle The Pugilist at Rest Thom Jones (Short Stories) The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist Arthur Conan Doyle The Cyclist’s Tale and Other Short Cycling Stories Kevin Haylett (Short Cricket Stories) Glory Gardens Series Bob Catell (Children’s) The Invisible Mile David Coventry Outside Edge Neil Simon (11+) The Rider Tim Krabbe Wondrous Oblivion Paul Morrison (YA) The Third Book About Achim Uwe Johnson Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew Shehan Karunatilaka The Third Policeman Flann O’Brien Life, The Universe and Everything Douglas Adams The Velocipede Races Emily June Street Mike P.G. Wodehouse The Wheels of Chance H.G. Wells Netherland Joseph O’Neill The Yellow Jersey Ralph Hurne Selection Day Aravind Adiga Three Men on the Brummel Jerome K Jerome W.G. Grace’s Last Case Willie Rushton We Rode all Day Gareth Cartman You & A Bike & A Road Eleanor Davis (Graphic Novel) Cycling Fergus 10: The Photo Finish Chris Hoy (Children’s) Equestrian Piglettes Clementine Beauvais (YA) Eventing series Caroline Akrill (YA) The Big Loop Claire Hutchet Bishop (YA) National Velvet Enid Bagnold (9+) A Curl up and Die Day Frank Dickens One Dollar Horse Lauren St. John (11+) Pony Jumpers series Kate Lattey (YA) Pony on the Twelfth Floor Polly Faber (7+) Hockey: Field & Ice Racing Manhattan Terence Blacker (13+) Beartown Fredrick Backman Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater (YA) We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry Stay the Distance Mara Dabrishus (YA) The Palomino Pony on Parade Olivia Tuffin (Children’s) Rugby The Racehorse who learned How to Dance Claire Balding (Children’s) Chasing a Rugby Dream James Hook & David Brayley (10+) Tilly’s Pony Tails series Pippa Funnell (7+) Gordon’s Game Gordon D’Arcy/ Paul Howard (9+) Black Diamonds John F Dobbyn Rugby Academy Tom Palmer (8+) Bloodline Brian O’Connor Rugby Redzone Gerard Siggins (Children’s) Fortune’s Fool Mary Pagones Rugby Spirit Series Gerard Siggins (Children’s) Horse Heaven Jane Smiley Scrum Tom Palmer (9+) Lord of Misrule Jaimy Gordon Loxwood series Grace Wilkinson Skating related sport Secretariat Reborn Susan Klaus Ice Bear Miracle Cerrie Burnell (9+) Show Jumping Dream series Claire Svendsen Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson (9+) Taking the Fall A.P. McCoy Skate School Kay Woodward (9+) The Eventing Series Natalie Keller Reinert Skating Shoes Noel Streatfeild (8+) The Narrowing Field A.P. McCoy Slam Nick Hornby (YA) The Reivers William Faulkner Trish Trash: Roller Girl from Mars #1 Jessica Abel (YA) The Sport of Kings C.E. Morgan The Track of Sand Andrea Camilleri Various Dick Francis Novels Soccer Aftershock Bernard Ashley (7+) Angels FC series Michael Coleman (Children’s) Gymnastics Bend it Like Beckham Dharma Marinder (YA) Gym Stars Series Jane Lawes (7+) Booked Kwame Alexander (10+) Gold Medal Summer Donna Freitas (10+) Defenders Tom Palmer (9+) Tumbling Caela Carter (YA) Dream On Bali Rai (13+) A Perfect 10 Chris Higgins (11+) Exposure Mal Peet (YA) You Will Know Me Megan Abbott Football Fiesta Gerrard Siggins (Children’s) Break the Fall Jennifer Iacopelli Foul Play series Tom Palmer (9+) Ghost Stadium Tom Palmer (13+) Charlie Merrick's Misfits in Fouls, Friends, and My World Cup Dave Girls FC series Helena Pielicharty (7+) Cousins (9+) Home Ground Alan Gibbons (9+) United Here I Come Alan Combes (9+) Keeper Mal Peet (YA) Unstoppable Dan Freedman (11+) Kick Mitch Johnson (11+) War Games Terry Deary (9+) Kick Walter Dean Myers, Ross Workman Wings Series Tom Palmer (9+) Legends Lair Joe O’Brien (9+) Wonder Goal Michael Foreman (7+) Lily and the Rockets Rebecca Stevens (9+) Albion Albion Dick Morland (Speculative Fiction) Now is the Time for Running Michael Williams (13+) Away Days Kevin Sampson Out of Nowhere Maria Padian (YA) Fever Pitch Nick Hornby Over the Line Tom Palmer (11+) Goalkeepers are Different Brian Glanville Penalty Mal Peet (YA) How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup J.L. Carr Respect: The Walter Tull Story Michael Morpurgo (10+) In the Crowd Laurent Mauvignier Running with Lions Julian Winters January Window Phillip Kerr Secret FC Tom Palmer (9+) Match of Death James Riordan Shoot to Win Dan Freedman (9+) The Arsenal Stadium Mystery Leonard Gribble Soccer Squad Bali Rai (9+) The Belly of the Atlantic Fatou Diome Soldier’s Game James Lillgore (Children’s) The Crew Dougie Brimson Stat Man Alan Durrant (9+) The Damned United David Peace Striker Boy Jonny Zucker (9+) The Dying of the Light Brian Glanville Tangerine Edward Bloor (YA) The Football Factory John King The Big Series Rob Childs (Children’s) The Hope that Kills Us Adrian Searle The Defender Alan Gibbons (12+) The Rise of Gerry Logan Brian Glanville The Fix Sophie McKenzie (YA) Thistle and the Grail Robin Jenkins The Football Trials series John Hickman (13+) Trophy Wives Karren Brady The Fox and the Ghost King Michael Morpurgo (7+) Wing of a Sparrow Dougie Brimson The Hat Trick Terry Deary (9+) The Kick Off Dan Freedman (9+) Surfing The Lion Roars Alan Gibbons (7+) Air Lisa Glass (13+) The Number 7 Shirt Alan Gibbons (9+) Kook Christopher Vick (13+) The Silent Striker Pete Kalu (13+) Saltwater Buddha Jaimal Yogis (YA) Breath Tim Winton Tennis Shoes Noel Streatfeild (8+) Tapping the Source Kem Nunn Unstoppable Dan Freedman (11+) The Dawn Patrol (PI. Daniels series) Don Winslow Unstoppable Dan Freedman (11+) The Dogs of Winter Kem Nunn We Are Okay Nina LaCour (YA) Tijuanan Starits Kem Nunn 40 Love Madeleine Wickham Choke Stuart Woods Swimming Crooked Little Heart Anne Lamot Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Double Fault Lionel Shriver Saenz (YA) Doubles Nic Brown Breath Like Water Anna Karzab (YA) Drop Shot Harlen Coban Deeper Than Blue Jill Huckleberry (12+) Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace Fat Boy Swim Catherine Fforde (10+) Sudden Death Rita Mae Brown Girl Out of Water Nat Luurtsema (12+) My Box-Shaped Heart Rachael Lucas (13+) General Sport Out of Synch Warren Firschein (YA) Atlantis United Gerard Siggins Splash Charli Howard (9+) Cyborg Cat Ade Adepitan (Disability) Aquamarine Carol Anshaw England, My England Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas Fantasy Sports Sam Bosma (7+) Swimmer Bill Broady Tom Brown’s School Days Thomas Hughes Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller The Last Wave Gillian Best The Lido Libby Page The Swimmer by Roma Tearne The Swimmer John Cheever Short Story The Swimming Pool Season Rose Tramain www.readingjackdaw.co.uk Tennis See the website for more fiction Dryland Sara Jaffe (YA) recommendations, Legacy and the Queen Kobe Bryant (YA) lists & ideas Ramona Blue Julie Murray (YA) .