Teens: Get in the mood for the fall athletic season with these sports-themed reads, available at the Abington Community Library.

Non-Fiction

• “Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina” by Misty Copeland with Charisse Jones

Misty Copeland, an African-American soloist at the American Ballet Theatre, shares her harrowing life story from her humble beginnings to dancing with one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world.

• “Unbroken: An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive” by Laura Hillenbrand

As a boy, Louis “Louie” Zamperini is always in trouble, but with the help of his older brother, he turns his life around and channels his energy into running, later qualifying for the 1936 Olympics. When World War II breaks out, Louie enlists in the military. After his plane crashes in the Pacific, he survives an incredible 47 days adrift in a raft until his capture by the Japanese navy. Sent to a POW camp, Louie becomes the favorite target of a particularly cruel prison commander.

• “The Book of Rules: A Visual Guide to the Laws of Every Commonly Played Sport and Game” by Facts on File, Inc.

The language of the official sports rule books is, by definition, not easy to read. Here, however, it’s all made simple – and entertaining.

Fiction

• “The Running Dream” by Wendelin Van Draanen

When a school bus accident leaves 16-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

• “Air” by Ryan Gattis

After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. The lines between social activism and criminal behavior blur and their escalating stunts become a rallying point for the underprivileged and disenfranchised around the country, spreading like wildfire across the Internet.

• “Zeroboxer” by Fonda Lee

As 17-year-old Carr ‘the Raptor’ Luka rises to fame in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, he learns a devastating secret that jeopardizes not only his future in the sport, but interplanetary relations.

• “Compulsion” by Heidi Ayarbe

Poised to lead his high school soccer team to its third straight state championship, 17-year-old star player Jake Martin struggles to keep hidden his nearly debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Renee Roberts

Renee Roberts is the Young Adult Services and Project Coordinator at the Abington Community Library.