The Cortlandt Boys by Laura Vanderkam is set in a small town in Pennsylvania. In 1994, the boys’ basketball team, the Cortlandt Cavaliers, wins the state championship thanks to a last-second three-point shot. The focus of the book is the effect of this win on...

Approaching Twi-Night is a sports fiction novel written by M. Thomas Apple. Jonathan "Ditch" Klein had a lot of potential and dreams when he quit in the final year of journalism school for a chance to play in the major leagues. Ten years later, he's...

The Small Sports Take The Field, written by Matthew Damman and illustrated by Patty Eisenbraun, is a wonderful children’s book that teaches the importance of hard work, teamwork and positive thinking. One day, Jake is sitting by an overgrown field and daydreams about scoring a...

The coal mines in the town of Worksop, England have closed, leaving the local economy in a downward spiral. The spirit of the population has decayed; crime and drug abuse are on the rise. Vincent McLean, a former resident of the town, who spent several...

Stinger Maguire is Mike Bove’s second Bruce DelReno mystery, following on from 2011’s Willowtree. In this instalment, retired postman and current golf coach, Bruce, finds the tortured and battered body of local boy made good - PGA golfer, Taryn ‘Stinger’ Maguire - gruesomely displayed in...

Hunting and Fishing for Kids by Terri Kovalcik is a short book for middle graders, with several loosely related tales of hunting and fishing adventures. Some of these tales also include a brief bit of factual information about whichever species was featured. In many respects,...

The Golf Rules: Learn the Rules of Golf by Watching Others Break Them - Stroke Play by Richard E. Todd is a handy book which is fun to read. It introduces readers to golf and the rules are expressed through a short story format to...

Undefeated by Charity Parkerson is an anthology of four short stories starring four alpha males all involved, one way or another, in the Smith Brothers Fight Club. The first story is of Bryant, half owner of the club. Someone has been stealing from the club...

Ski Bum Chronicles by Jeff Lyon is a complete delight. I never skied in my early years, and I never had the pleasure of working in a resort, but Jeff presents the episodes of his experiences as a resort employee and ski enthusiast with such...

Buzz Manning by Brett Hopson is a humorous story set in Vancouver. The story takes us through many hilarious moments in Kevin and Buzz's lives. The two men basically lead a lazy and easy-going existence with a lot of women and frivolous relationships. Their dream...