Now that the 2018 Winter Olympics are over, are you hungry for more hockey? Stoked for more snowboarding? Fixated on figure skating? From the memoirs of past Olympic medalists to hockey player romance novel heroes, check out these nonfiction and fiction books dealing with winter sports.
Winter Sports Nonfiction
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Spinning
by Tillie Walden Unable to conceive of a life beyond her competitive training regimen, a teen figure skater begins to question her unrelenting lifestyle in the wake of a growing passion for art and a first love with a new girlfriend. By the award-winning creator of I Love This Part. |
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Welcome to my world
by Johnny Weir The three-time U.S. Championship figure skater presents a series of anecdotes and essays on his life and observations, sharing perspectives on topics ranging from pop culture and skating to fashion and Weir’s own life. |
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Finding the edge : my life on the ice
by Karen Chen Figure skating icon and U.S. National Champion Karen Chen tells the amazing story of her rise to the top, featuring never-before-seen photos and behind-the-scenes details from her journey on and off the ice. |
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A skating life
by Dorothy Hamill A personal memoir by the Olympic gold medallist shares the painful secrets of her private life, from her difficulties with her alcoholic father and her emotionally distant mother to her ex-husband's fatal plane crash and her own struggles with depression and bankruptcy. |
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Michelle Kwan, heart of a champion : an autobiography
by Michelle Kwan Presents the story of California skater Michelle Kwan, who claimed the women's World Champion crown for figure skating at the age of sixteen, profiling her as a role model for today's young people and describing her hard work and personal achievements. |
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Zero regrets : be greater than yesterday
by Apolo Anton Ohno A Gold medal-winning Olympic speed skater shares his inspiring personal story and life lessons learned through training and competition. |
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99 : stories of the game
by Wayne Gretzky One of the greatest sports figures of all time salutes his heroes and takes us inside pro hockey as few others can. |
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The boys of winter : the untold story of a coach, a dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team
by Wayne R. Coffey On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lake Placid Olympics, an award-winning sportwriter looks back at what has been called the greatest moment of twentieth-century sports history, the victory of the U.S. hockey team over the Soviet Union, assessing the meaning of the triumph in terms of the events of the time and the paths of the players and coaches on both sides since 1980. |
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Norwich : one tiny Vermont town's secret to happiness and excellence
by Karen Crouse Traces the history and achievements of the small Vermont community that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, assessing its model for achieving excellence and a well-rounded life based on counter-intuitive practices of moderate competition, inclusion regardless of talent and emphasis on childhood fun. |
Winter Sports Fiction
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Rough patch
by Nicole Markotić Keira, a figure skater entering high school, finds herself conflicted when she is interested in both boys and girls--especially Jayne, a new girl who seems perfect for her |
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The Chosen Ones
by Lisa Luciano Brody Yates has fallen on hard times. Fired from his job as a sports reporter for a major newspaper, he decides to masquerade as a trainer in order to infiltrate the backstage world of figure skating. He has one chance to save someone's life and to turn his around by breaking the story of a lifetime. |
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Girl overboard
by Justina Chen With everyone assuming that she is spoiled because of her father's incredible fortune, Syrah Cheng finds it difficult to make any real friends and so escapes to the mountains to get the happiness she seeks, but when a snowboarding accident keeps her away from the place she loves, Syrah is left to deal with emotions she has long ignored. |
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Bittersweet
by Sarah Ockler Hudson Avery gave up a promising competitive ice skating career after her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old and now spends her time baking cupcakes and helping out in her mother's upstate New York diner, but when she gets a chance at a scholarship and starts coaching the boys' hockey team, she realizes that she is not through with ice skating after all. |
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The boy next door
by Katie Van Ark In this intensely romantic debut novel, a teen figure skater falls in love with her skating partner—who is also the boy next door. |
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Being Sloane Jacobs
by Lauren Morrill Meeting by chance after suffering setbacks in their respective sports, a figure skater and a hockey player who share the same first name switch places during a romantic summer, each believing the other to have a better life, only to learn the value of being themselves. By the author of Meant to Be. |
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Boarder patrol
by E. L. Thomas Sixteen-year old Ryan is determined to be a professional snowboarder, but when his board is stolen at the ski resort, he must choose between career and family and make the decision to do the right thing. |
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Rookie move
by Sarina Bowen On the first day he's called up to the newly franchised Brooklyn Bruisers, professional hockey player Leo Trevi gets checked on both sides, first by the team's coach, who holds a long-standing grudge, and then by the team's publicist, his former girlfriend, Georgia Worthington, whom he still loves. By the USA Today best-selling author of the Ivy Years series. |