Download or read book Balance Beam Boss written by Jake Maddox and published by Stone Arch Books. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.
Download or read book Jake Maddox Girl Gymnastics Jitters written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dana and the rest of the Raiders gymnastics team must learn how to deal with their biggest rivals, the Superiors. When the Superiors don't play fair, the Raiders learn a valuable lesson in sportsmanship.
Download or read book Jake Maddox Girl Victory Vault written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kayla is the best gymnast on her team. When she misses her vault at an important gymnastics meet, no one sees her mistake except her best friend, Chandra. When Chandra pressures her to tell the truth, Kayla must decide if keeping her trophy is worth losing her friend.
Download or read book Gymnastics Comeback written by Jake Maddox and published by Stone Arch Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eighth-grader Suzy has joined the high school gymnastics team, but faces pressures from her team, her coach, and her mother when an injury sidelines her."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Jake Maddox Skating Showdown written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a big figure skating competition coming up, Grace has to remember why she loved skating in the first place.
Download or read book Dancing Solo written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah must ask for help before the upcoming recital or this dance could be her last.
Download or read book Chirp written by Kate Messner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] deftly layered mystery about family, friendship, and the struggle to speak up." - Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Shout From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forget. Mia's change in scenery brings day camp, new friends, and time with her beloved grandmother. But Gram is convinced someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm. Is it sabotage or is Gram's thinking impaired from the stroke she suffered months ago? Mia and her friends set out to investigate, but can they uncover the truth in time to save Gram's farm? And will that discovery empower Mia to confront the secret she's been hiding--and find the courage she never knew she had? In a compelling story rich with friendship, science, and summer fun, a girl finds her voice while navigating the joys and challenges of growing up.
Download or read book Soccer Show Off written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gina tries to be the star of the soccer team at her new school, but her teammates do not like her showoff moves.
Download or read book Faceplate written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Fine Balance written by Rohinton Mistry and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.
Download or read book Snowboarding Surprise written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Samira has never been the best gymnast on her team, but she has always worked hard and loved what she was doing; but when a torn rotator cuff sidelines her and six months later her shoulder just does not seem to feel right--she discovers snowboarding, a whole new world of speed and excitement opens up before her, and Samira has to decide which sport to commit to."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Download or read book She s Got This written by Laurie Hernandez and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller! From gold-medal-winning Olympic gymnast and bestselling author Laurie Hernandez comes a picture book about chasing your dreams and never giving up. Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying—and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought. Through this heartwarming and inspirational story, featuring vibrant art from #1 New York Times bestselling and Geisel Honor-winning artist Nina Mata, Laurie imparts important lessons she learned on her way to Olympic glory: You always have to get back up and try again, and you always have to believe in yourself.
Download or read book Back on the Beam written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of an injury, Nadia couldn't practice her balance beam routines all summer. Her ankle is healed now, but she's nervous about being back in competition. It seems like every time she sees her rival, Blaire, her ankle starts to hurt again. Will Nadia find her balance, or will she let Blaire's mean comments keep her from winning?
Download or read book Endless Encores written by Ken Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As difficult as it is to have your first big success, most people find it exponentially harder torepeat success. So many of us, after "bringing the crowd to its feet," worry that we're going to get booed off the stage with our next venture. Is there a way to avoid this, to have multiple hits and "endless encores?" Technology executive and bestselling author Ken Goldstein shows the way to repeating success by concentrating on three essentials - people, products, and profits, in that order. In this affecting and instructive business parable, he tells the story of a man who has accomplished much but now fears exposure as a fraud and the woman who, as a CEO with multiple successes to her credit, shows him the secret to consistent achievement. Are you ready to play endless encores? If so, this is your story.
Download or read book The Director written by Renee Rose and published by Burning Desires. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NO ONE TAKES WHAT’S MINE. The lovely attorney kept a secret from me. A baby she’s been carrying since Valentine’s night. The night we were thrown together by the roulette wheel. She never contacted me. Meant to keep me in the dark. She’s about to find out what happens when you cross a bratva boss. Punishment is in order. Sequestering until the birth. And I’ll use that time to win her surrender. Because I don’t just plan to keep the baby— I plan to make his mother my bride. And it would be much better for both of us if she were willing. The Director is the explosive first book in the USA Today Bestselling Chicago Bratva series. It’s a stand-alone dark mafia enemies-to-lovers romance, complete with HEA and no cliff-hangers. It contains steamy bedroom scenes and a dangerous and possessive hero who falls hard for the woman he wants to claim for life.
Download or read book Digging Deep written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
