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This book recognizes the strong presence of young adult sports literature in contemporary publishing and reading, and its goal is to help teenagers, teachers, and librarians understand the literature, its history, and its importance in contemporary society.

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This book recognizes the strong presence of young adult sports literature in contemporary publishing and reading, and its goal is to help teenagers, teachers, and librarians understand the literature, its history, and its importance in contemporary society.

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Joining the excellent Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature series, this title tackles the issue of sports fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for teen readers. Chapters feature the justification for and history of the genre. Common literary disregard for sports books is keenly examined. Rosters and rules of sports fiction-athletes, coaches, play-by-play action-are outlined. "Sports literature for young women" includes not only general information about girls' sports books but also introduces a subgenre called "lone girl" stories in which the girl is the groundbreaker female on a boys' team. Four appendixes list further professional reading, thousands of sports titles for teens, the author's top one hundred, and key sports Web sites. This thirteenth series entry scores as accurately as its famed number-sake (Dan Marino). Readable and fascinating, the chapters flow from the historic disrespect and questionable quality of sports literature (sports books do not win literary prizes) to its evolution into complex, diverse works (but they still do not win). The author's background as coach and English professor allows fair treatment of this popular genre. His underlying message, apparent in every chapter and title selected, is that sports books "offer the same benefits, challenges, and intellectual stimulation as any other well-written novel." Categorizing and listing every sports-related book with teen appeal is an impossible feat, but the appendixes earn a medal for their impressive range. If only all professional reading could be so brainy and muscular. 2004, Scarecrow Press, 188p.; Index. Biblio. Source Notes. Appendix., PLB. Ages adult professional.
—Elaine McGuire

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780810849006
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
  • Publication date: 12/1/2003
  • Pages: 188
  • Series: Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature
  • Product dimensions: 0.56 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 5.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Is There a Place for Sports Literature? 1
2 From the Schoolroom to the Playing Field: A History of Young Adult Sports Literature 11
3 Young Adult Sports Fiction: More Than Just Game Stories 25
4 Young Adult Sports Nonfiction and Poetry 47
5 Sports Literature for Young Women 59
6 Coaches in Young Adult Sports Fiction 79
Resources on Sports and Sports Literature: An Introduction to the Appendixes 95
App. A For Further Reading 97
App. B Thousands of Young Adult Sports Books Classified by Gender, Sport, and Other Categories 99
App. C Chris Crowe's Top 100 Young Adult Sports Books of All Time 155
App. D Sports Literature and Related Topics on the Internet 159
Index 165
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