Ballet
Ellen, Tom and Lucy Ivison Never Evers
Flack, Sophie Bunheads
Padian, Maria Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best
Baseball
Griffiths, Sara Throw a Curve
White, Ellen Emerson A Season of Daring Greatly
Basketball
Gudger, Samantha A Game Worth Watching
Hesik, Annameekee The You Know Who Girls
Mackel, Kathy Boost
Nicholason, Lorna Schultz Hoop Dreams
Revoyr, Nina Necessary Hunger
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Head Games (Pretty Tough Series)
BMX
Avivi, Karen Shredded
Boxing
Pyron, Bobby The Ring
Camping
Thrash, Maggie Honor Girl
Figure Skating
Comeaux, Jennifer Edge Series
Morrill, Lauren Being Sloane Jacobs
Van Ark, Katie The Boy Next Door
Football
Elkeles, Simone Wild Cards
Heldring, Thatcher The Football Girl
Kenneally, Miranda Catching Jordan
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert Dairy Queen, The Off Season, Front and Center
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Playing With the Boys (Pretty Tough Series)
Syms, Carly Cinderella in Cleats
Golf
Fichera, Liz Hooked
Gymnastics
Carter, Caela Tumbling
Cross, Julie Letters to Nowhere
Hockey
Asselin, Kristine Carlson Any Way You Slice It
Hedley, Cara Twenty Miles
Hyde, Natalie Hockey Girl
Morrill, Lauren Being Sloane Jacobs
Sullivan, Kelli Ice in My Veins
Horseback Riding
Kenneally, Miranda Racing Savannah
Martial Arts
Sarah Skilton Bruised
Roller Derby
Cross, Shauna Derby Girl
Sparks, Megan Roller Girls Series
Skiing
Hoo, Melanie The Slope Rules
Snowboarding
Headley, Justina Chen Girl Overboard
Softball
Kenneally, Miranda Stealing Parker
Mackey, Weezie Kerr Throwing Like a Girl
Peters, Julie Anne Far from Xanadu
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Stealing Bases (Pretty Tough Series)
Soccer
Aronson, Sarah Beyond Lucky
Choat, Beth Soccerland
FitzGerald, Dawn Soccer Chicks Rule
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Pretty Tough (Pretty Tough Series)
Stokes, Paula The Art of Lainey
Surfing
Freeman, Lisa Honey Girl
Lantz, Francess Pier Pressure (Luna Bay Series)
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Making Waves (Pretty Tough Series)
Swimming
Cadnum, Michael Heat
Duder, Tessa In Lane Three, Alex Archer
Luutsema, Nat Goldfish
Tennis
Iacopelli, Jennifer Game, Set, Match
Padian, Maria Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best
Shepard, Nicole Leigh Fifteen Love (Pretty Tough Series)
Seles, Monica and James LaRosa The Academy: Game On
Track and Field
Heppermann, Christine Ask Me How I Got Here
Kenneally, Miranda Breathe Annie, Breathe
Moriarty, Jaclyn Feeling Sorry for Celia
Myers, B. R. Girl on the Run
Van Draanen, Wendelin The Running Dream
Teen Nonfiction
Finch, Jennie Throw Like a Girl
Do you have a favorite? Did you love a book that we haven't listed? Please leave a comment below.
You might wish to add for Soccer the book "Defending Irene" by Kristen Wolden Nitz.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know, Gioria. I just added it to our middle grade list.
DeleteGreat to see a list like this and a website for sporty girls! I'm visiting via YA Highway. I loved The Dairy Queen. Jersey Tomatoes was really well done - the author is a tennis player. The Girl Who Through Butterflies was terrific but more MG than YA. There are also a lot of horse back riding girl books, if you want another category.
ReplyDeleteAdd to the figure skating category: Undercover by Beth Kephart, one of my favorites.
I really enjoyed books from the Pretty Tough series, but I have a correction. The first two books in the series, Playing with the Boys and Pretty Tough are by Liz Tigelaar, a different author. Head Games and Stealing Bases are by Keri Mikulski. Nicole Leigh Shephard is the pen name Keri used for the last two books (15 Love and Breaking Waves) in the Pretty Tough Series. Keri/Nicole was a 3 season varsity athlete and then coached. Those books are a great choice for reluctant readers.
I'm working on a sporty girl novel myself, which my agent will be shopping to publishers later this year. Back to revisions...
Thanks for your post, Sarah. When we first listed the Pretty Tough series we had them under the two author's names, but Keri Mikulski asked us to change it to the pen. I do plan to interview Keri sometime soon so she can talk about that more herself. She has been a big help to us in getting this blog started.
ReplyDeleteSo cool to find you guys! New follower..
ReplyDeleteThis fall, my agent will be shopping a YA mystery about a girl who participates in the Iditarod.
And I'm in the middle of a novel about a young diver who wants to make the Olympic team.
Very glad you're blogging!!
Melodie, congrats on your manuscripts. Tell us when they are available for review!
DeleteWas looking around for a site for the young ladies I coach (cross country season isn't that far away) and found you. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI have two books that you might want to check out. Finishing Kick ended up on Running Times Summer Reading list in 2014 while Trail of Second Chances has won an IndieB.R.A.G medallion. The first is available in paper, ebook, and audio. The second in paper and ebook.
As for the 'play like a girl' comment up top, 'run like a girl' is a compliment in a lot of races like the Leadville 100 - women out-finish men in the race by about 2-1. I don't mind when people say I run like a girl.
Why I write like a girl, I've no idea.