Books in Matt Christopher Sports Classics series

A Black youth comes face-to-face with prejudice when he tries to join the neighborhood baseball team

Playing on opposite soccer teams fighting for the championship, Renny and Bryce are pitted against each other when Renny finally gets the opportunity to show his stuff on the soccer field after another player gets injured and both boys learn some valuable lessons about teamwork and friendship.

When Sean Bailor, an angry young wrestler, loses his perspective on what he is fighting for, he takes his aggressions out on his family and wrestling nemesis, until a friendly referee gives him tips on anger management. Reprint.

Normally fearful to play basketball in front of a crowd, Kelly becomes a confident and aggressive player when she dons a mysterious pair of red sneakers that she finds.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the team's star player threatens to quit if Mike's new friend, Yuri, continues to play first, Mike must decide whether to remain loyal to Yuri.

When Koby Caplan, pitcher for Monticello Middle School, becomes star of a local TV documentary, he must deal with the problem of being a celebrity

After joining the high school track team in an attempt to show up the local braggart, Billy Chekko finds it difficult to handle practice sessions, family responsibilities, and his feelings for a new girl he has met.

Nicky, born with Down's syndrome, surprises his older brother, Terry, when he shows up one day on the football field as Terry's competition. Reprint.

Identical twins learn to accept the fact that they have different interests and abilities

Penny Farrell, captain and third baseman of the Hawks softball team, tries to uncover the reason for the strange behavior of two teammates who have also suddenly turned into super athletes.

Tired of warming the bench, Sylvester Coddmyer III accepts the offer of Cheeko, an ex-ballplayer, to help him improve his game, but Sylvester soon begins to feel that there is something fishy about Cheeko.

Bill, the smallest member and hardest thrower on the Blackhawks, reads about a tiny pitcher who made it to the big leagues and decides to prove himself on the mound. Reprint.