Alan Brown's Sports Literacy Blog

Key:

^ 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.

Swimming

 A Matter of Heart by Amy Fellner Dominy (Grades 9-12) 

Anything but Ordinary by Lara Avery (Grades 8-12)

^ Breaking the Surface by Eric Marcus and Greg Louganis

Breathless by Jessica Warman (Grades 9-12)

Breathless by Pam Withers (Grades 8-12)

Double Negative by Susan Marshall (Grades 8-12)

Haze by Erin Thomas (Grades 5-9)

In Lane Three, Alex Archer by Tessa Duder (Grades 9-12)

Ironman by Chris Crutcher (Grades 9-12)

 Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (Grades 9-12)

Period 8 by Chris Crutcher (Grades 8-12)

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein (Grades 6-8)

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson (Grades 9-12)

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (Grades 7-12)

Stotan! by Chris Crutcher (Grades 9-12)

Swim the Fly by Don Calame (Grades 9-12)

^ Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (Grades 9-12)

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (Grades 7-12)