The Challenge: Read 20 engaging, inspiring, award-winning, best-selling, timely, narrative non-fiction books
over 4 years (outside of class) to get MORE out of high school and MORE out of life.
Titles
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Call Number: B Tillman
ISBN: 0385522266
Publication Date: 2009-09-15
The Kid Who Climbed Everest by Bear Grylls
Call Number: 796.52 GRY
ISBN: 1585742503
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Proud by Ibtihaj Muhammad; Lori Tharps (As told to)
Call Number: B MUHAMMAD
ISBN: 9780316518963
Publication Date: 2018-07-24
Under the Lights and in the Dark by Gwendolyn Oxenham
Call Number: 796.334 Oxe
ISBN: 9781785781537
Publication Date: 2017-07-06
Red Card by Ken Bensinger
Call Number: 796.334 Ben
ISBN: 9781501133909
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Masters of Modern Soccer by Grant Wahl
Call Number: 796.334 Wah
ISBN: 9780307408600
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Mickey and Willie by Allen Barra
Call Number: 796.357 Bar
ISBN: 0307716481
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Call Number: 796.357 LEW
ISBN: 9780393324815
Publication Date: 2004-03-17
Bring the Noise by Raphael Honigstein
Call Number: B Klopp
ISBN: 9781568589572
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
When Nobody Was Watching by Carli Lloyd; Wayne Coffey
Call Number: B Lloyd
ISBN: 9780544814622
Publication Date: 2016-09-26
That's My Team! by Paul Volponi
Call Number: 796.06 Vol
ISBN: 9781538126738
Publication Date: 2019-08-09
Canyon Dreams by Michael Powell
Call Number: 796.323 POW
ISBN: 9780525534662
Publication Date: 2019-11-19
Games of Deception by Andrew Maraniss
Call Number: 796.48 Mar
ISBN: 9780525514633
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
One Life by Megan Rapinoe; Emma Brockes
Call Number: B Rapinoe
ISBN: 9781984881168
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
Courage to Soar by Simone Biles; Michelle Burford (As told to); Mary Lou Retton (Foreword by)
Call Number: B Biles
ISBN: 9780310759669
Publication Date: 2016-11-15
Letters to a Young Athlete by Chris Bosh; Pat Riley (Foreword by)
Call Number: B BOSH
ISBN: 9781984881786
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Call Number: 612.8 Wal
ISBN: 9781501144318
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Home Waters by John N. Maclean
Call Number: 978.66 MAC
ISBN: 9780062944597
Publication Date: 2021-06-01
Race of the Century: the Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile (Scholastic Focus) by Neal Bascomb
Call Number: 796.42 BAS
ISBN: 9781338628463
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
Inaugural Ballers by Andrew Maraniss
Call Number: B Maraniss
ISBN: 9780593351246
Publication Date: 2022-09-13
Pickleball Fundamentals by USA Pickleball Association; Mary Littlewood
Call Number: 796.34 LIT
ISBN: 9781492504139
Publication Date: 2015-05-27
Sixty-One by Chris Paul; Michael Wilbon (As told to)
Call Number: B Paul
ISBN: 9781250276711
Publication Date: 2023-06-20
Fair Play by Katie Barnes
Call Number: 796 BAR
ISBN: 9781250276629
Publication Date: 2023-09-19
52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Abbs-Streets
Call Number: 796.5 STR
ISBN: 9780593419953
Publication Date: 2022-02-22
Dear Black Girls by A'ja Wilson
Call Number: 305.2 WIL
ISBN: 9781250290045
Publication Date: 2024-02-06
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Getting to Us by Seth Davis
Call Number: 796..07 DAV
ISBN: 9780735222724
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Call Number: 797.12 Bro
ISBN: 9780670025817
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
American Like Me by America Ferrera
Call Number: 920.073 Ame
ISBN: 9781501180910
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
Quarterback by John Feinstein
Call Number: 796.332 Fei
ISBN: 9780385543033
Publication Date: 2018-11-13
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Call Number: B MCCANDLESS
ISBN: 0385486804
Publication Date: 1997-01-20
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Call Number: 798.4 Hil
ISBN: 0449005615
Publication Date: 2002-03-26
The Dimaggios by Tom Clavin
Call Number: 796.357 Cla
ISBN: 9780062183774(trade)
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
The Dimaggios by Tom Clavin
Call Number: 796.357 Cla
ISBN: 9780062183774
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
The Last Pirate of New York by Rich Cohen
Call Number: 364.109 COH
ISBN: 9780399589928
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby
Call Number: B Jordan
ISBN: 9780316194778
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Unstoppable by Maria Sharapova; Rich Cohen
Call Number: B Sharapova
ISBN: 9780374279790
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
American Shaolin by Matthew Polly
Call Number: 796.815 Pol
ISBN: 9781592402625
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Facing Michael Jordan by Sean Deveney (Editor); Kent McDill (As told to)
Call Number: 796.323 Fac
ISBN: 9781613219508
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper
Call Number: 797.12 COO
ISBN: 9781250754769
Publication Date: 2020-06-30
Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss
Call Number: B BURKE
ISBN: 9780593116722
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
My Name Is Tani ... and I Believe in Miracles Young Readers Edition by Tani Adewumi; Craig Borlase (As told to)
Call Number: 794.1 Ade
ISBN: 9781400218295
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised by Carmelo Anthony; D. Watkins (As told to)
Call Number: B Anthony
ISBN: 9781982160593
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Giannis by Mirin Fader
Call Number: B ANT
ISBN: 9780306924125
Publication Date: 2021-08-10
When the Cheering Stops by Gay Culverhouse
Call Number: 796.33 CUL
ISBN: 9781538145821
Publication Date: 2021-10-07
Talking to GOATs by Jim Gray
Call Number: 796 Gra
ISBN: 9780062992062
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
The Grandest Stage by Tyler Kepner
Call Number: 796.35 Kep
ISBN: 9780385546256
Publication Date: 2022-10-11
All In by Billie Jean King; Johnette Howard; Maryanne Vollers
Call Number: 796.34 KIN
ISBN: 9781101947333
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
The Right Call by Sally Jenkins (Contribution by)
Call Number: 796.01 Jen
ISBN: 9781982122553
Publication Date: 2023-06-06
Hoop Muses by Seimone Augustus; Kate Fagan; Sophia Chang (Illustrator)
Call Number: 796.3 FAG
ISBN: 9781538709146
Publication Date: 2023-03-07
Messi vs. Ronaldo by Jonathan Clegg; Joshua Robinson
Call Number: 796.3 ROB
ISBN: 9780063157187
Publication Date: 2023-11-14
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26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi; Scott Douglas
Call Number: 796.42 Kef
ISBN: 9781635652888
Publication Date: 2019-03-19
The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation) by Daniel James Brown
Call Number: 797.12 Bro
ISBN: 9780451475923
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Game On! by Dustin Hansen
Call Number: 794.8 HAN
ISBN: 9781250294456
Publication Date: 2019-02-19
Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin; Connie Hsu (Editor)
Call Number: 796.332 She
ISBN: 9781596439542
Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Broad Band by Claire L. Evans (Maps by)
Call Number: 920 Eva
ISBN: 9780735211759
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
No Beast So Fierce by Dane Huckelbridge
Call Number: 799.2 Huc
ISBN: 9780062678843
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
My Cubs by Scott Simon
Call Number: 796.357 Sim
ISBN: 9780735218031
Publication Date: 2017-04-11
The Baseball by Zack Hample
Call Number: 796.357
ISBN: 9780307475459
Publication Date: 2011-03-08
Watching Baseball Smarter by Zack Hample
Call Number: 796.357 Ham
ISBN: 9780307280329
Publication Date: 2007-03-27
QB by Steve Young; Jeff Benedict
Call Number: B Young
ISBN: 9780544845763
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant; Pau Gasol (Foreword by); Phil Jackson (Introduction by); Andrew D. Bernstein (Photographer)
Call Number: 796.323 BRY
ISBN: 9780374201234
Publication Date: 2018-10-23
Three-Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman
Call Number: 796.323 Pea
ISBN: 9781328530004
Publication Date: 2020-09-22
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Call Number: 796.8 Lee
ISBN: 9781250206688
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
LeBron, Inc by Brian Windhorst
Call Number: B James
ISBN: 9781538730874
Publication Date: 2019-04-09
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
Call Number: 797.2 Tsu
ISBN: 9781616207861
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
The Rise by Mike Sielski
Call Number: B Bryant
ISBN: 9781250275721
Publication Date: 2022-01-11
LeBron's Dream Team by Lebron James; Buzz Bissinger
Call Number: 796.323 Jam
ISBN: 9780143118220
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
Sidelined by Julie DiCaro
Call Number: 796.082 DIC
ISBN: 9781524746100
Publication Date: 2021-03-16
All the Time in the World by John Gierach
Call Number: 799.12 GIE
ISBN: 9781501168659
Publication Date: 2023-03-21
The Catch of a Lifetime by Peter Kaminsky (Editor)