Overview
"Heading into the 2024 Olympics, in which Simon Biles makes her triumphant return, celebrated sports journalist Dan Wetzel scores a perfect ten with this uplifting young reader's biography of the gold medal gymnast! Featuring comic-style illustrations from Marcelo Baez! For nearly a decade, Simone Biles has dazzled gymnastics fans across the globe with jaw-dropping flips, twists, and dismounts. Her record-breaking performances have catapulted her to the top of the sport and made her a hero to young people. But well before Simone faced Olympic trials on the balance beam and rings, she confronted real-life challenges as a kid, as she moved in and out of foster care. With the support and love of her grandparents, plus her unwavering drive to make history on the ultimate stage in sports, she grew into an incredible role model and activist--and one of the greatest athletes of our time. Filled with sports action and bold comic-style illustrations, this inspiring biography recounts the incredible life of a world class gymnast who is going for gold yet again at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Praise for Epic Athletes: * ""Wetzel knows how to organize the facts and tell a good story. . . an unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers."" --Booklist, STARRED review of Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry"
Full Product Details
Author: Dan Wetzel ,
Marcelo Baez
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Volume: 7
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 20.60cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9781250359940
ISBN 10: 1250359945
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 07 May 2024
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
"""Wetzel knows how to organize the facts and tell a good story. His insights into high school, collegiate, and professional basketball, along with his use of well-chosen quotes from insiders, make this book an unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers."" --Booklist, starred review of Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry"
Author Information
New York Times bestselling author Dan Wetzel has been a Yahoo Sports national columnist since 2003. He's covered events and stories around the globe, including college football, the NFL, the MLB, the NHL, the NBA, the UFC, the World Cup, and the Olympics. For years, he's been called America's best sports columnist, appeared repeatedly in the prestigious Best American Sports Writing, and been honored more than a dozen times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. His coauthored books include Glory Road with NCAA basketball coach Don Haskins (basis for the Disney movie of the same name) and several other sports memoirs.
