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Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen tells her story -- on and off the ice champion figure skater Sasha Cohen captured the world's attention with her exquisite spiral and outstanding layback spin at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. In Torino, she reigned as the most intriguing contender in figure skating at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games and triumphed with the silver medal. For the first time, Sasha tells her amazing story, in her own words, including: Her discovery of ice skating at age 7 and the coaches who trained her Her comeback from the injury that almost ended her career The crushing lows and miracle wins This is the official autobiography of the world's most captivating skater, on and off the ice.

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Sasha Cohen is an unbelievably charming, gifted skater, and she is the early favorite to win the Gold Medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. She placed fourth at the 2002 Games, and has since improved her skating, trained with new coaches, worked as a professional model, and taken the world by storm! Photographer Kathy Goedeken has been photographing skaters for over nine years. She has been published in the periodicals ""Sports Illustrated for Kids"", ""Sports Illustrated for Women"", as well as several skating magazines. Her photos appear in Scholastic's 1997 ""Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion"", Simon and Schuster's 1997 ""Boitano's Edge"", Lerner Publications' 1998 ""Michelle Kwan: Champion on Ice"", Scholastic's 1998 ""Michelle Kwan Scrapbook"", and has photographed all of the covers for Hyperion Book's 2000 series Michelle Kwan Presents Skating Dreams. Ms. Goedeken's photographs have appeared in numerous figure skating programs. Her TV credits include ""Ice Skating on E!"" and ""Scott Hamilton on E!"". Amanda Maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from Mount Holyoke College and is currently an executive editor of children's books. She spends her free time writing, running, and helping raise her young son with her husband and their cat in Brooklyn, New York. Tease is her first novel.

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