Joining the growing Black creative movement currently refashioning horses and cowboy imagery, a thoughtful, probing exploration of the shared history of Blackness and horses which reveals what its image can teach us about nationhood, race, and culture. Drawing on their...

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024 In this memoir for young readers, Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya reflects on her groundbreaking career and her fight for identity in professional sports. Caster Semenya...

In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous odds to become an all-star in the WNBA. “An inherently compelling memoir . . . A simply fascinating and ultimately inspiring story.” ―Midwest Book Review “Rodgers pulls...

Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from...

Elite wheelchair racer, wrestler, and America’s Got Talent contestant Zion Clark joins with New York Times best-selling author James S. Hirsch for a stunning memoir—recounting childhood adversity, awe-inspiring perseverance, and self-invention.When a baby named Zion was born in 1997 to an imprisoned, drug-addicted mother,...

Basketball player Angel Reese has amazed sports fans on the court when playing for the Louisiana State Tigers and the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. Readers will learn about Reese's early life, how she became a basketball star, and her...

In this stunningly illustrated graphic novel, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life as a social justice advocate comes to life through the story of a high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy.WINNER OF THE WALTER DEAN MYERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING...

BASH — an intergalactic game of basketball played by superstar athletes from across the cosmos.Young Rudy comes from the poor neighborhood of Nevilia, but dreams of a being a BASH star, and his talent might just make it happen: but...

"Muhammad Ali as you’ve never seen him...a new graphic novel mixes comic book art and rarely seen photography... powerful combination" - The New York TimesAward-winning writer JD Morvan and renowned photographer Abbas' stunning graphic novel masterpiece which uses iconic photos...

With a Foreword by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

An astonishing memoir of redemption—the moving story of a former top NBA player who miraculously rebounded from a monumental fall thanks to hard work and his deep, transformative faith. Sixteen years ago, Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star, an Olympic...

An astonishing memoir of redemption—the moving story of a former top NBA player who miraculously rebounded from a monumental fall thanks to hard work and his deep, transformative faith. Sixteen years ago, Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star, an Olympic...

Legendary Hollywood entertainment manager and publicist Ramon Hervey II shares insightful tales of his remarkable four-decade career plotting and overseeing fame, success, crisis and spinning for seminal talents at the top of their game, from Little Richard, Bette Midler, and the...

An inspiring and innovative guide towards living your best life--made easy--from Venus Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Throughout Venus Williams' incredible career in tennis, she's been asked almost every question imaginable. What she eats, how...

An inspiring and innovative guide towards living your best life--made easy--from Venus Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Throughout Venus Williams' incredible career in tennis, she's been asked almost every question imaginable. What she eats, how...

Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan––before Magic Johnson and Showtime––the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world. In Spinning the Globe, author Ben Green tells the story of this extraordinary franchise and...

Inspired by Arthur Ashe’s bestselling memoir Days of Grace, a collection of positive, uplifting stories of seemingly small acts of grace from across the sports world that have helped to bridge cultural and racial divides. Like many people of color,...

Raven Leilani’s Luster meets Halle Butler’s The New Me, SOFT SPOTS is a darkly funny and off-kilter coming-of-age novel following recent college graduate Robin Clarke after she runs away from her family, only to be forced to confront whether she should reconcile with...

The incredible story of what happened when two outsiders―one an emerging champion who happens to be Jewish, the other, the first black player to win Wimbledon―pair up not only to form a winning team, but also an enduring friendship. Althea...

A unique and insightful guide to encourage readers to reflect on their spiritual journeys using the tenets of golf as a medium.An homage to legendary golfer Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons, In God’s Grip examines how a life of faith can mirror the game...

A unique and insightful guide to encourage readers to reflect on their spiritual journeys using the tenets of golf as a medium.An homage to legendary golfer Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons, In God’s Grip examines how a life of faith can mirror the game...

Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when...

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series perfect for STEM fans!The annual Fun Run is coming up at Brookside Elementary! The students will all run laps around the carpool lane, and Miles...

"A sure-fire hit for horse lovers!" ―KirkusPresley and the Impossible Dream is the first book in the middle grade Windy Creek Stables series set at a rural Virginia riding school ― a 21st-century Saddle Club, full of authentic detail, realistic drama, and...

Lucy Lancaster’s competitive spirit is the boss to beat in this sixth book in a chapter book series full of magical mishaps and everyday childhood adventures.Lucy is playing games with her friends, and she’s got her game face on! But...

From Andrea Williams, the bestselling author of We Are Family with LeBron James, comes Inside the Park, a funny kids book about a young baseball fan’s misadventures after getting locked inside a pro baseball stadium on the eve of the biggest game of the season....

Newbery Honoree Derrick Barnes tackles timely issues of race and prejudice in this powerful, nuanced novel about an accomplished Black boy who strives to be seen as human.CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD HONOREEONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers...

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field.Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to...

Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds tip off the first book in a new middle grade series about a young boy trying to make his mark on an AAU basketball team coached by a former...