Actually, sport fiction is very enjoyable. At least I find it so.

If you have a kid who likes baseball I'd recommend Six Innings, by James Preller.

It's just the story of a baseball match between two children's teams, a little league final. It's basically a play by play description of the game, from the point of view of the players of one of the teams.

That may sound awful, I know, but it's written with so much passion for the game, and with such a heart-felt examination of the characters, their motivations, their hopes and fears, that it's more entertaining and moving than it has any right to be. It's a book about baseball, of course, but also about friendship, and the joys and sorrows of team sports.

If you have no familiarity at all with baseball you can get a bit lost in the technicalities, but the passion still comes through.