Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Ancient Olympic Games: Better In The BuffThe oldest recorded Olympics was in 776 BC. That makes the Olympics older than Betty White…which is no small feat. When it first started there was only on...
Genre
As you may have heard, Sports Lit has a reputation for being saccharine, self-indulgent, and clichéd.But as you can see from the wide variety of styles, topics, and subjects that we've featured in...
What's Up With the Title?
You might have noticed that there are a lot of colons flying around in these titles:It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fi...
What's Up With the Ending?
Even though this selection of Olympics-themed books vastly differs from one another, we did notice a trend.Here's a shocker: the ends are all insanely inspirational. Whether it's because the books...
Tough-o-Meter
Even though some of the books cover some pretty difficult stuff, like Nazis, abusive relationships, and drug abuse, most of them are books about sports, written by athletes. Not that athletes can't...