Game On! Sports Stories for Teens

Check out some of these great sports stories for teens.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

Check, Please! series by Ngozi Ukazo
Eric Bittle, an ex-junior figure skating champion turned college hockey player learns to cope with the contact sport--and his feelings towards Jack, his attractive team captain.

Fence: Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan

The boys of Kings Row are assigned a course of team building exercises to deepen their bonds. It takes a shoplifting scandal, a couple of moonlit forest strolls, and a whole lot of introspection for the team to realize they are stronger together than they could ever be apart.

Out of Our League: 16 Stories of Girls in Sports edited by Dahlia Adler & Jennifer Iacopelli

A YA anthology from editors Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli about the trials and triumphs of girls in sports.

More Books --

Brawler by Neil Connelly

Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

Call Me By My Name by John Ed Bradley

Game Change by Joseph Monninger

Game On edited by Laura Silverman

Gut Check by Eric Kester

Gutless by Carl Deuker

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

Kneel by Candace Buford

Swagger by Carl Deuker

Short Story Collections for Teens

Sometimes you just want a short story to read rather than a longer novel.  So this week I'm sharing collections of short stories for teens.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones

Contains fifteen short stories and one novella by fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones.

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

A collection of five spine-tingling short stories.

Out of Our League: 16 Stories of Girls in Sports edited by Dahlia Adler

An anthology about the trials and triumphs of girls in sports.

Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions edited by A.R. Capetta

This electrifying collection imagines what the world could be through the lens of technologies emerging today, posing a challenge to connect with open minds, hearts and senses in a fast-changing world.

More Short Story Collections for Teens --

The Collectors edited by A.S. King

Color Outside the Lines: Stories About Love edited by Sangu Mandanna

Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In edited by Zoraida Cordova

Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Ashley Herring Blake

Games Untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined edited by Dahlia Adler

Love on the Other Side by Nagabe

Moira's Pen by Megan Whalen Turner

Shards & Ashes edited by Melissa Marr

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends edited by Ellen Oh

Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise edited by Laura Silverman