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Book Pairings: Sports

Groups of books that provide multiple perspectives on a shared experience, idea, or event.

Physical Disabilities

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Call Number: B Lewis
ISBN: 9780393330472
Publication Date: 2007-09-17
Unsinkable by Jessica Long
Call Number: B Long
ISBN: 9781328707253
Publication Date: 2018-06-26

Soccer

The Keeper by Tim Howard
Call Number: B Howard
ISBN: 9780062387554
Publication Date: 2014-12-09
Hope Solo by Hope Solo
Call Number: B Solo
ISBN: 9780062220653
Publication Date: 2012-08-14
All Heart by Carli Lloyd; Wayne Coffey
Call Number: B Lloyd
ISBN: 9780544978690
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
Messi 2014 by Luca Caioli
Call Number: B Messi
ISBN: 9781906850616
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
Breakaway by Alex Morgan
Call Number: B Morgan
ISBN: 9781481451079
Publication Date: 2015-06-02

Football

Jim Thorpe, Original All-American by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: B Thorpe
ISBN: 9780803731189
Publication Date: 2006-07-06
Out of the Blue, Young Reader's Edition by Victor Cruz
Call Number: B Cruz
ISBN: 9780451419972
Publication Date: 2013-06-27
Tamba Hali by David Seigerman
Call Number: B Hali
ISBN: 9781481482202
Publication Date: 2017-11-21

Tennis

Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe; Arnold Rampersad
Call Number: B Ashe
ISBN: 0345386817
Publication Date: 1994-05-01
Serena Williams by Matt Christopher
Call Number: B Williams
ISBN: 0316471801
Publication Date: 2017-07-03

Baseball

The Closer by Mariano Rivera; Wayne Coffey (As told to); Sue Corbett (As told to)
Call Number: B Rivera
ISBN: 9780316404808
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
Mo'Ne - Remember My Name by Mo'ne Davis; TBD Staff
Call Number: B Davis
ISBN: 9780062397522
Publication Date: 2015-03-17
Throwing Strikes by R. A. Dickey; Sue Corbett; Wayne Coffey
Call Number: B Dickey
ISBN: 9780803740372
Publication Date: 2013-03-26

Other Sports

Babe Conquers the World by Rich Wallace; Sandra Neil Wallace
Call Number: B Zaharias
ISBN: 9781590789810
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Life in Motion by Misty Copeland
Call Number: B Copeland
ISBN: 9781481479790
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
Within Reach by Mark Pfetzer; Jack Galvin (Illustrator)
Call Number: B Phetzer
ISBN: 9780525460893
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
No Summit Out of Sight by Jordan Romero; Linda LeBlanc (As told to)
Call Number: B Romero
ISBN: 9781476709628
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Lionheart by Jesse Martin; Ed Gannon
Call Number: B Martin
ISBN: 9781865083476
Publication Date: 2002-05-01