Sports
 Swim the Fly – Don CalameSwim team members and best friends Matt, Sean, and Coop set themselves the summertime goal of seeing a live girl naked, and while the chances of that happening seem very slim, Matt’s personal goal to swim the 100-yard butterfly seems even less possible. |
 Shooting Star – Fredrick McKissackJomo takes performance-enhancing drugs in order to become a better football player, but soon finds his life spinning out of control… |
 Deadline – Chris CrutcherAfter being told he has one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, be fearless on the football field, ponder his life’s purpose, and converse through dreams with a spiritual guide known as “Hey-Soos.” |
 Dairy Queen Series – Catherine Gilbert MurdockAfter spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school’s rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to try out for the football team herself not anticipating the commotion it would cause. |
 Last Shot – John FeinsteinAfter winning a basketball journalism contest, 8th graders Stevie & Susan are sent to cover the Final Four tournament where they discover that a player is being blackmailed. |
 Black and White – Paul VolponiTwo high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught. |
 My Most Excellent Year – Steve KlugerT.C.,a rabid Red Sox fan, and Augie, who prefers show tunes, have always been as close as brothers, but lately, things have been changing… |
 Game – Walter Dean MyersIf Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new–white–student threatens to take the scouts’ attention away from him. |
 Mexican Whiteboy – Matt de la PenaSixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California. |
 Why I Fight — J. Adams OaksAfter his house burns down, 12-year-old Wyatt takes off with his uncle, spending the next four years driving from town to town, earning money by fighting. |
 Jersey Tomatoes are the Best -Maria PadianWhen fifteen-year-old best friends Henry and Eve leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her long-cherished dreams of the future to the test. |
