Alan Brown's Sports Literacy Blog

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^ Nonfiction

*Grade levels are based on reviews from sources such as School Library Journal, Booklist, etc. They do not necessarily represent Alan’s and Abby’s views on grade level appropriateness.

Soccer

Above All Else by Jeff Ross (Grades 5-8)

 After by Amy Efaw (Grades 8-11)

Bleachers by Joseph Mills

Blue Lock (Manga Series) by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura

Booked by Kwame Alexander (Grades 6-10)

Braced by Alyson Gerber (Grades 3-7)

Breakaway by Kat Spears (Grades 9-12)

 ^ Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan (Grades 4-8)

  ^ When Nobody Was Watching by Carli Lloyd and Wayne Coffey (Grades 9-12)

Compulsion by Heidi Ayarbe (Grades 9-12)

Dangerous Play by Elise Hart Kipness 

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Grades 7-10)

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (Grades 7-10)

 Defending Taylor by Miranda Kenneally (Grades 10-12)

Divided City by Theresa Breslin

Exposure by Mal Peet (Grades 9-12)

Eyes on the Goal by John Coy (Grades 4-6)

^ Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Flying through Water by Mamle Wolo (Grades 3-7)

^ Forward: My Story by Abby Wambach (Grades 3-7)

Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez (Grades 9-12)

Geography Club by Brent Hartinger (Grades 9-12)

^ Go for the Goal  by Mia Hamm and Aaron Heifetz

Goal!  by Robert Rigby (Grades 8-10)

Goal II by Robert Rigby (Grades 8-10)

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber (Grades 9-12)

Keeper by Mal Peet (Grades 9-12)

Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman (Grades 7-12)

 Kicker by Michele Martin Bossele (Grades 5-8)

  Losers Take All by David Klass (Grades 7-12)

Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams (Grades 8-10)

Offsides by Erik Dsckilsen (Grades 7-11)

 ^ One Life by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (Grades 9-12)

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian (Grades 9-12)

Out of Reach by V. M. Jones (Grades 7-9)

 Out of Sync by Amanda Humann (Grades 9-12)

^ Outcasts United by Warren St. John (Grades 9-12)

^ Why Soccer Matters by Pele and Brian Winter

Pretty TOUGH by Liz Tigelaar (Grades 7-9)

Running with Lions by Julian Winters (Grades 7-12)

Shots on Goal by Rich Wallace (Grades 6-9)

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger (Grades 9-12)

 ^ Small Time by Justin Bryant

 Soccer Chick Rules by Dawn Fitzgerald (Grades 5-8)

  Soccerland by Beth Choat (Grades 6-9)

Solo by Hope Solo 

Game On! (Star Striker Series) by Mary Amato (Grade Levels 3-7)

Tangerine by Edward Bloor (Grades 6-9)

 ^ The Beckham Experiment by Grant Wahl

  The Brothers Torres by Coert Voorhees (Grades 6-9)

  The Eleventh Trade by Alyssa Hollingsworth (Grades 3-7)

^ The Keeper by Tim Howard (Grades 4-8)

The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (Grades 7-9)

The Penalty by Mal Peet

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares (Grades 7-10)

 Under Pressure by Emma Carlson Berne (Grades (6-9)

You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie (Grades 10-12)

  Zilla by Leann Sage (Grades 9-12)