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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As a young runner, Aganetha Smart defied everyone's expectations to win a gold medal for Canada in the 1928 Olympics. It was a revolutionary victory, because this was the first Games in which women could compete in track events--and they did so despite opposition. But now Aganetha Smart is in a nursing home, and nobody realizes that the frail centenarian was once a bold pioneer"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Shares the life story of the Olympic fencer, including how she overcame feeling out of place in her sport and how she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Dominique Dawes focused on her dream and nothing would stop her from reaching it -- definitely not the fact that she was still a kid. By the time she was fifteen years old, she stood on the podium to receive the Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Discover how her faith in God and hard work led her to become one of the top gymnasts in the world.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"A lo largo de la historia de Estados Unidos, en cada deporte, y en todos los niveles de juego, a las mujeres con aspiraciones en el deporte les han dicho que nunca serían lo suficientemente veloces, fuertes o buenas. En este libro, Chelsea Clinton nos presenta a varias de estas mujeres que han sobresalido en el deporte por su pasión, habilidad y perseverancia. Ella persistió en el deporte es un libro para todos aquellos a quienes la meta final...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. But it wasn't an easy road to success. Aly faced obstacle after obstacle, including naysayers who claimed that she didn't have the talent to compete at an elite level and classmates who shamed Aly for her athletic body. Through...
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