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March 1, 2017

WING JONES by Katherine Webber

March 1, 2017

Book cover & rating - WING JONES by Katherine WebberIn many ways, Wing Jone is the book that I’ve been searching for for half my life. (I’m in my mid-twenties, so that’s not an exaggeration.) See, I’m of biracial descent. Even though I’ve sought books with biracial protagonists all my life, I’ve come across very few. Combine that with sports, one of my many passions, and odds of finding such a book plummet to near zero. Then Wing Jones came along and that book made my heart sing.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, alcoholism, ambition, american authors, bi- or multiracial characters, bullying, car accident, culture, diverse books, ethnicity, family, family life, family problems, friendship, hope, hospital, inter-generations, multiculturalism, on love, poc characters, poverty, racism, romance, running, siblinghood, single parenthood

September 25, 2014

THIS SIDE OF SALVATION by Jeri Smith-Ready

September 25, 2014

THIS SIDE OF SALVATION by Jeri Smith-ReadyThis Side of Salvation had a lot going for it. Sports, school, religion and romance — all things that are important to a sixteen-year-old. David had a bright future ahead of him in baseball. He trained just as hard for it off-season as he did during his seasons. College scouts were on the look-out for him and his high school coach had taught David all he could.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, baseball, beliefs, christianity, cults, death, depression, family, family problems, friendship, grief, high school, homeschooling, lgbtq characters, siblinghood

May 17, 2014

BEING SLOANE JACOBS by Lauren Morrill

May 17, 2014

BEING SLOANE JACOBS by Lauren MorrillI don’t think any book that is so steeped in sports can get any more charming than Being Sloane Jacobs! After I closed that book,I was just sitting there with a silly grin on my face. No kidding. I wanted to hug the book to sleep. It was that adorable. And yet I totally got into the sports parts. They were realistic, they were intense, and all the dynamics between team mates and competitors were so on point, I recognised a lot of the situations both Sloane Emily and Sloane Devon found themselves in.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: ambition, american authors, camps, cheating, competition, family problems, figure skating, friendship, impersonation, light-hearted books, multiple points of view, realistic fiction, self-esteem, summer

April 8, 2014

RAW BLUE by Kirsty Eagar

April 8, 2014

Raw Blue is one of those books with a very apt title. It indeed is a raw book. It’s a book about finding yourself, dealing with or avoiding the past (whichever way you see it) and coming to terms with family differences. There’re a lot of reasons for Carly to be down but she has…

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· Categories: Fiction Keywords: australian authors, dating, discrimination, dysfunctional families, friendship, kitchen work, rape, realistic fiction, restaurants, self-esteem, sports, surfing, synesthesia

March 31, 2014

CATCHING JORDAN by Miranda Kenneally

March 31, 2014

CATCHING JORDAN (Hundread Oaks #1) by Miranda KenneallyCatching Jordan was one of those books I had more fun looking forward to than actually reading. For one, books about sports often get me very excited. For another, the protagonist is a girl on a guys’ team! How can this not turn out to be a great book? Simple: when the sports action itself is lacking in the book.

· Categories: Epic Recs, Fiction Keywords: american authors, american football, competition, friendship, high school

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