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Swimming and Diving
Fiction
Cadnum, Michael. Heat. 1998. (YA Fiction Cadnu.M)
A teenaged diving champion must deal with the aftermath of a diving accident and her attorney father's remarriage and subsequent arrest for fraud.
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes. 2003. (YA Fiction Crutc.C & YA Playaway Crutc.C)
High School students Eric Calhoune and Sarah Byrnes have been friends since childhood. While Sarah has struggled with a physical disfigurement, Eric's peers have known him as the fat kid, or "Moby." When Eric starts to shed pounds through his involvement with the swim team, he's afraid that that will alter his friendship with Sarah. But if that isn't why Sarah has suddenly stopped talking and is at the Spokane mental ward, what is the reason?
Crutcher, Chris. Stotan!. 2003. (YA Fiction Crutc.C)
A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical stamina.
Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. 2001. (YA Fiction Crutc.C)
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swim team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
Duder, Tessa. In Lane Three, Alex Archer. 1987. (J Duder.T)
Fifteen-year-old Alex struggles to overcome personal trauma and hardship as she competes with her arch rival for a place on the New Zealand swim team participating in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Warman, Jessica. Breathless. 2009. (YA Fiction Warma.J)
Fifteen-year-old Katie's parents send her to boarding school after her older and schizophrenic brother attempts suicide. Relieved to be away from her troubled family, Katie eagerly dives into the swim team where she feels most alive. Narrated in Katie's raw and authentic voice, her story also explores friendships, romance and the intimacy of boarding school.
Nonfiction
Cox, Lynn. Swimming To Antarctica : Tales Of A Long-distance Swimmer. 2004. (YA B Cox.L Cox.L & B Cox.L Cox.L)
A noted long-distance swimmer with a love for cold water describes her record-breaking English Channel crossing, her 1987 swim across the Bering Strait, and exploits in the Straits of Magellan, Lake Baikal, and Antarctica.
Tennis
Fiction
Feinstein, John. Vanishing Act. 2006. (YA Mystery Feins.J & YA CD Mystery Feins.J)
Sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
Powell, Randy. The Whistling Toilets. 1996. (YA Fiction Powel.R)
While coaching tennis for a group of inner city kids as well as for his friend Ginny, a star player, 16-year-old Stan grows in understanding himself and others.
Nonfiction
Williams, Venus. Venus and Serena: Serving from the Hip: Ten Rules for Living, Loving and Winning. 2005. (YA B Willi.V Willi.V)
The tennis superstars talk about their lives, including what it takes to be successful, how they spend their money, dating, studying, and dealing with pressure.
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