Golden arm / by Carl Deuker.

Summary: High school senior Lazarus Weathers wants out of the run-down trailer park where he lives with his mother and brother. When he receives an invitation to move in with a well-off family and pitch for a high-profile high school baseball team on the other side of town, it's his chance to impress major-league scouts and maybe become a professional baseball player. But it also means leaving his family behind. As his brother gets sucked into the trailer park's drug world, Laz has to choose between being a star pitcher and being there for his family.

Foul trouble / by John Feinstein.

Summary: "College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"

Cracking the bell / by Geoff Herbach.

Summary: High school senior Isaiah faces tough choices after a concussion sidelines him from playing football, a sport that gave him the focus and discipline he needed after his sister Hannah died four years prior. A football scholarship, his father's admiration, and worry that he'll return to his previous destructive behavior hang in the balance as Isaiah contemplates leaving the sport he loves.

Game change : a novel / by Joseph Monninger.

Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Zeb Holloway is happy to work in his uncle's auto repair shop and cruise through school without much effort. He's a quarterback on his high school's undefeated football team, but he never plays. Why would he when T.T. Munroe--a walking, talking highlight real-- is around? That is, until T.T's injured a week before the state championships. Now Zeb is starting. As he assumes the role of QB and team leader, the entire town is watching him. And when a college recruiter says Zeb could have a future beyond his small New Hampshire town, he realizes there's a bigger life out there for him ... if he can play his heart out"

Teen ref : a good "no call" / by Phil Struzziero.

Summary: "Drew Hennings, a fifteen year-old referee, dreams of playing quarterback for the Hingham High School varsity team . . . but those dreams ended in eighth grade when he got a serious concussion. Even though Drew can't play football anymore, but he loves the game too much to walk away. A close family friend and football official, Jack, mentors Drew as he tries to earn a spot as an official in a youth football playoff game"