Children's / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories

Sam's team are edging closer to the bottom of the league this season and team captain Jordan's bad attitude isn't helping anyone. When Sam spots Hasan playing on the refugee team, he can see that Hasan's got talent and invites him along to practice. Hasan and his friend Faisal prove to be exactly...

Benny Krueger loves playing ice hockey with his friends at his home on Prairie Lake. But Benny's heart is broken when his parents announce that they're having a baby and the family will have to move. To make matters worse, his older sister, Raina, is a skilled ice hockey player and loves to embar...

Zach Thompson can't believe his family can finally afford to send him to the elite ice hockey camp of his dreams. But even before he hits the rink, Zach feels iced out by his older teammates. They mock the new kid's hand-me-down gear and hog the puck during practice. Can Zach show some hustle and...

There's more than one way to find your voice - Lenny Brown is eight years old and doesn't talk. Except to his mum and his dog, Rocky. At school, everyone understands that Lenny is different, but when he and his mum have to move across town, it means a new start for Lenny, and lots of new challeng...

A little girl explores different ways to manage her anger in this laugh-out-loud story.

Ola! I'm Jasmina Santos-Campbell (but you can call me Jaz). You've probably heard of me and my football team the Bramrock Stars before. No? Well, you will soon because we're almost famous! Forming the Stars was my genius idea - you see I need to prove to Mae (that's my mum!) that I'm a football s...

Johnny Ball loves football. He loves reading about it, talking about it, watching it - and he loves playing it too. He's a good player, but not quite good enough to make the Tissbury Primary School team for the super-huge Under-11s County Cup. But never mind, because their clueless coach, Mr Mann...

Johnny Ball's got a super exciting new job: assistant manager for the Tissbury Tigers! But there's a catch. Johnny's brother, Daniel, is the Tiger's star player and he doesn't want his younger brother cramping his style. Daniel tells Johnny that no one on the team is ever allowed to know who he i...

Jon and his friends are big fans of famous footballer Ben Wills. Can they learn to play like him and win?

When Hoof spots an advert for BAD UNITED he can't wait to sign up! A chance to play his beloved football with a team of equally enthusiastic creatures. BAD UNITED combine strength, skill, speed and stench to show everyone what they've got.