Free throws, friendship, and other things we fouled up by Bishop, Jenn 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 121404 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Basketball - Fiction Sports rivalries - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Jealousy - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Cincinnati (Ohio) - Fiction

Summary: New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.

Sayonara, football [Sayonara, Football (Manga) Volume: v. 1]by Arakawa, Naoshi 

Paperback(Kodansha Comics, 2020)

BTSB #: 065260 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-16   


Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels High schools - Fiction Soccer - Fiction Sports rivalries - Fiction

Summary: Midori and Sumire are soccer stars at rival middle schools, destined to collide--one's a striker, the other's a goalie. But the two girls end up in the same high school, with a lazy coach and a bizarre teammate, Nozomi, who brags that she's a soccer prodigy but can't seem to stop kicking the ball into her own goal. To become champions, Midori and Sumire will have to get over their rivalry and work some magic on the field--not to mention the challenges of growing up. In graphic novel format.