Friday Night Lights: Football Fiction for Teens

Books about football for teen readers.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Buzz Bissinger
Paper Book
Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them. Return once again to the timeless account of the...
Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders
Geoff Herbach
Paper Book
From Geoff Herbach, the award-winning author of the hit young adult novels Stupid Fast and Nothing Special, comes a tale that will resonate with fat kids, nerds, dorks, gamers, geeks and teen outcasts of all kinds-an authentically funny story for anyone who has suffered from teasing and bullying at...
Dare Me
Megan Abbott
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Give Me Your Hand: the searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as "Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...Tense, dark, and...
Pop
Gordon Korman
Paper Book
Pop delivers suspense, humor, sports action, and a compelling look at the damage those "pop"s in football can cause Gordon Korman's books appeal to a wide range of kids and adults and can pull in even reluctant readers. Share Pop in your home or classroom; sports fans in particular won't...
Catching Jordan
Miranda Kenneally
Ebook
Miranda Kenneally's first book in the beloved sports romance Hundred Oaks series! Love is the toughest game to play... Athletic superstar Jordan Woods is the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. Her teammates, including her best friend Sam, all see her as their leader...
No More Dead Dogs
Gordon Korman
Paper Book
From bestselling humor author Gordon Korman comes a hilarious middle school story about a boy's shenanigans to advocate for the unsung heroes of classic literature--dogs, obviously. Wallace Wallace won't lie, not even to avoid detention. And after he handed in a...
Leverage
Joshua C. Cohen
Paper Book
A Top Ten Best Fiction Book for Young Adults as Selected by the American Library Association The football field is a battlefield There's an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High. It is paid on-and off-the football field. And it claims its victims...
Payback Time
Carl Deuker
Paper Book
Through the eyes of a distinctly non-athletic protagonist--a fat high school journalist named Mitch--veteran sports novelist Deuker reveals the surprising truth behind a mysterious football player named Angel.  When Angel shows up Lincoln High, he seems to have no past--or at least...

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