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• Camp Average

  Battle, Craig

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  A group of 11-year-olds arrives to spend six weeks playing sports at Camp Avalon—which they affectionately call Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that’s the way they like it. But this summer, new camp director Winston—who hates…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bruised

  Boteju, Tanya

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  Daya Wijesinghe sees a bruise as a mixture of comfort and control, but joining a roller derby team pushes her toward big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.

• Lucy Tries Soccer

  Lucy Tries Sports

  Bowes, Lisa

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  Eager to try a summer sport, Lucy and her friends meet at the soccer field for their first game of three-on-three! Thanks to Coach Nick, Lucy and the rest of Team Blue learn a few basic skills as they prepare to face Team Red.

• Fight Like a Girl

  Kamal, Sheena

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  Love and violence. In some families, they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channelling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing. Her father comes and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Terry Fox and Me

  Leatherdale, Mary Beth

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  Before Terry Fox become a national hero and icon, he was just a regular kid. But even then, his characteristic strength, determination and loyalty were apparent and were the foundation for his friendship with Doug. The two first met at basketball…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Life as a Diamond

  Manzer, Jenny

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  Talented baseball player Caspar Cadman has a great arm and a big secret. He used to live life as a girl called Cassandra.

• Hockey Night in Kenya

  Mutinda, Danson

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  Kenyan orphans, Kitoo and Nigosi, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping their elders with chores around the orphanage and reading from the limited selection of books in their library. When the librarian gives Kitoo a copy of Sports…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amazing Athletes

  An All-star Look at Canada's Paralympians

  Ouellet, Marie-Claude

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  Discover the world of Para sport and meet some of its greatest athletes in this fascinating look at the third-largest sporting event in the world, the Paralympic Games.

• The Stone Thrower

  Richardson, Jael Ealey

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  The African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up poor in a racially segregated community in Portsmouth, Ohio, but his mother assured him that he wouldn't stay there forever. Education was the way out, and a football scholarship was the way…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brady Brady and the Ballpark Bark by Mary Shaw | HPL

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  It's just before the season opener and Brady's friend Tree's timing on his swing is all off, but with the help of Brady and his dog Hatrick, Tree has a good chance of being ready for the first game.

• Brady Brady: Brady Brady et le super frappeur

  Shaw, Mary

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  French language edition

• Proud to Play

  Canadian LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Made History

  Silver, Erin

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  The 2018 Winter Olympics marked a milestone for LGBTQ+ athletes. Thirteen athletes out of 3,000 competitors were out and proud—nearly double the number who felt comfortable sharing their sexuality four years earlier at the Sochi Games. While…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• David Jumps in

  Woo, Alan

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  On his first day at a brand-new school, David finds himself alone at recess after his classmates race off to their favourite activities. Kids are on the swings, playing soccer and busy with video games. But David has a pocketful of rubber bands for…Read moreRead more of this annotation