Can’t get enough of the Winter Olympics? Here are 21 YA winter sports books to obsess over based on your favorite Winter Olympic sport.
FINDING HER EDGE
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A swoony romantic novel following an elite ice dancer caught in a love triangle with her new skating partner and an old flame. Now a Netflix series.
IT’S A LOVE/SKATE RELATIONSHIP
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A sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between a hotheaded hockey player and the ice princess at the figure skating rink next door.
THE BOY NEXT DOOR
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Curl up on a cold winter morning with this figure skating spin on a classic romance where childhood friends dance the edge between love and tragedy.
JUST BETWEEN US
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In this gorgeous graphic novel, Lydia tries to fall back in love with figure skating without falling for her competition.
BITTERSWEET
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A teen ice skater pushes the limits to follow her dreams—and learns there’s a fine line between bitter and sweet.
BEING SLOANE JACOBS
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Switching places with someone else has never been more fun than in this novel about following your dreams and finding your heart—perfect for readers of Emery Lord and Morgan Matson!
SPINNING
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Tillie Walden’s Eisner Award winning graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know.
THE SLOPE RULES
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Cally must learn to be true to herself—all while landing a spot on the ski team and figuring out who she is without her old friends. And when she finds out what Blake is hiding, she learns the rules on the slopes apply to more than just skiing.
GIRL OVERBOARD
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EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN’T
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Figure skater Olivia Kennedy’s Olympic dreams have ended. She’s bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager . . . until Jonah Choi starts training at her family’s struggling rink. Jonah’s driven, talented, and going for the Olympics in speed skating. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?
CHECK, PLEASE!
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Heartstopper meets Heated Rivalry in this hilarious and heartwarming two-volume coming-of-age graphic novel series about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life.
COLD DAY IN THE SUN
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Holland wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her team is featured, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland’s new fame, but there’s one person who fiercely supports her, and it’s the last person she expects: her bossy team captain.
HEART CHECK
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A star hockey player and his biggest critic must reexamine their assumptions about each other when forced to work together at an after-school job in this feel-good young adult rom-com about breaking the ice.
LOVE ON ICE
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What’s a girl to do when the star of the hockey team crash lands in her backyard after a prank gone wrong? Help him cover up the evidence . . . in exchange for him posing as the perfect prom date, of course.
FAKE SKATING
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A heartfelt and banter-filled rom-com about childhood sweethearts whose icy reunion in their hockey-loving hometown unexpectedly thaws when they fake a romantic relationship.
ICEBREAKER
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An irresistible story about two hockey players fighting to be the best—and the romance that catches them by surprise along the way.
HOCKEY GIRL LOVES DRAMA BOY
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A young adult graphic novel romance about a hotheaded hockey player who asks for temper management lessons from the cool, calm boy in drama club.
ON THIN ICE
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Brooke Parker never expected to find herself in the tiny town of Juniper Falls, Minnesota. Brooke feels like she’s losing it . . . until she finds Juniper Falls hockey. Juniper Falls girls’ hockey, that is.
MICHIGAN VS. THE BOYS
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Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. Until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls’ hockey team off the ice this year. The boys’ team isn’t exactly welcoming, but Michigan’s prepared to prove herself. When hazing crosses into assault, Michigan must weigh the consequences of speaking up—even if it means putting her future on the line.
