Over the End Line

By Alfred C. Martino
(YA F Mart)
304 pages 2009 Sports

What is worse, witnessing a horrible and tragic event at the drunken celebration party, or witnessing the event and not stopping it? For senior soccer player and top student, Jonny, he is about to find out. Climbing the social ladder from the bottom rung has its price. (Grades 9 & up)

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Exposure

By Mal Peet
(YA F Peet)
430 pages  2009  Sports

In a move orchestrated by his greedy agent, South African soccer star Otello joins a new team in the south and tastes racial discrimination for the first time. After eloping with Dezi, the celebrity white daughter of a sleazy politician, his world begins to crumble. His downfall points to several people close to him. As the story unfolds, the guilty person’s identity is exposed. It’s Shakespeare’s Othello but with a twist!  (Grades 9 & up)

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