Video Game: Madden NFL 2019
Description: Authentic NFL Experience – Whether you’re trying to build the perfect franchise or beat your biggest rival it’s all about your decisions and claiming bragging rights
Readalikes for Gradeschoolers and up
Appeals: Sports, Football, Action
Readalikes
WorldCat’s Description: When twelve-year-old Ty’s brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the mafia.
Crossover Appeal: Football, Action and Adventure, Sport
The Day Roy Riegels Ran the Wrong Way by Dan Gutman
Amazon’s Description: At the 1929 Rose Bowl, talented center Roy Riegels picked up a fumble and made an incredible sixty-five-yard run. There was just one problem: Roy Riegels was running the wrong way!
Crossover Appeal: Sports, Strong Characters, Action
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
WorldCat ‘s Description: A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apart
Crossover Appeal: Sport, Action, Roller Derby
Amazon’s Description: Nobody can stop Nick Hall – he’s a star on the football team, and life is about to get a whole lot sweeter when he asks out the girl of his dreams. But then a bombshell announcement shatters his world. Nick will need all his courage, both on and off the pitch.
Crossover Appeal:Soccer, Action, Sport
Lindsay’s Joyride by Molly Hurford,Violet Lemay
WorldCat ‘s Description: Shy twelve-year-old bookworm Lindsay, future superhero, spends a summer with her cousin/nemesis Phoebe learning BMX tricks, making new friends, and showing boys that girls can compete, too.
Crossover Appeal: Action, Sports, Friendships
