Play It Forward: How Women Are Changing Sports to Change the World

Gr 9 Up–For a nonfiction collection about the impact that women have made in sports that is at once sobering and inspiring, turn to this book. Published by sports media company TOGETHXR, which was created by soccer star Alex Morgan and other top female athletes, this collection of true stories covers the experiences of women and nonbinary people in sports and the numerous hurdles they face just to play. These quick and impactful tales show that despite the heights that they have reached, they continually encounter roadblocks that male athletes almost never have to consider. Issues like pay disparity, violence, and discrimination based on age, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, and ability are dealt with head-on but without erasing the healing and camaraderie that they’ve found in sports. Editor Sales assembled a crew of journalists to cover an impressive range of athletes, both famous and not, who are involved in everything from soccer to lumberjack competitions. The book features a forward by Morgan, an afterword by WNBA legend Sue Bird, and the back matter includes a comprehensive list of sources and short biographies on the contributors.