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43) Combat sports
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"Kaia! Readers of this text will learn about women who have dominated combat sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts. These highly competitive sports are exciting, and readers learn it takes discipline, technique, and a knowledge of the rules to be successful." -- Publisher description.
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A dominant athlete in an era when women were discouraged from playing sports, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a true trailblazer. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the athlete's life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.
46) Princess Cyd
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Eager to escape life with her depressive single father, 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin visits her novelist aunt in Chicago over the summer. While there, she falls for Katie, a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
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No matter how hard it is to get out the door, it's on the road that we meet our strengths and weaknesses, have the space to contemplate our hopes and dreams and ultimately find what makes us happy. Not every workout is an epiphany. Instead, each time out on the road-no matter how much of a battle it was to get there-is an exercise in getting to know ourselves a little bit better. It's on that road that we learn our strengths and weaknesses, ponder...
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"Set in Ancient Greece, this inspiring story tells of a slave girl who became champion in the Heraean Games (the girls' and women's version of the Olympic Games) in the great stadium at Olympia. Born in Corinth, abandoned as a baby, she becomes a nameless slave until her strength and skill are noticed by her owner, a famous athlete. Her spirit and courage take her to victory in the Games, to freedom and to fame."--Provided by publisher.
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"Not long ago, people believed girls shouldn't play sports. That math and science courses were too difficult for them. That higher education should be left to the men. Nowadays, this may be hard to imagine, but it was only fifty years ago all of this changed with the introduction of the historical civil rights bill Title IX. This is the story about the determined lawmakers, teachers, parents, and athletes that advocated for women all over the country...
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"With sports as our national fairy tale, we have come to worship the tiny gymnasts and sequined skaters who appear on the landscape as storybook princesses with their poise and beauty, agility and grace. But the truth behind the making of elite women athletes reveals a grim national trend far less magical than what these images project. All too often behind the pigtails and mascara is a trail of abuse from parents, coaches, and federation officials...
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Fearless is the story of Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, who left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alone and unsupported around Australia-- year-long adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed. She was determined not only to survive the 9,420-mile trip through huge, shark-infested seas, but to do it faster than the only other paddler to have...
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Rob Selvig is the pioneering coach of the University of Montana's Lady Griz basketball team; in an era when gender discrimination in sports was the norm, Coach Selvig built a 'house' of inclusion and empowerment by recruiting female athletes from the ranches, farms, and Native reservations of Big Sky Country. For nearly 40 years, these athletes would establish the preeminent women's basketball program west of the Rockies.
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Celebrate Women's History Month - YOUTH
OBD Olympics - Youth
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
OBD Olympics - Youth
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
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The women athletes of the 2016 Summer Olympics captivated the world: Simon Biles, the most decorated American gymnast of all time; Katie Ledecky, who shattered swimming records in multiple events; Michelle Carter, the first American gold medalist in shot put; Simone Manuel, the first African American woman to medal in individual swimming. Their accomplishments amazed us, as did their personal stories of persistence and hard work. [This book] focuses...
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"From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him"--
57) Simone Biles
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Simone Biles in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter"--
58) Simone Biles
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SIMONE BILES: Explore fascinating facts about Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles! Her passion and drive for the sport pushed her to become the most decorated gymnast in the world. Let's get to know Simone Biles!
SPORTS BIOGRAPHY FOR MIDDLE GRADES: This photo-filled biography highlights the courage, dedication, and passion that drove Biles to excel in her career. Discover the accomplishments that make her one of the greatest women in sports!
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"As a child with polio in the early 1900s, swimming set Ethelda Bleibtrey free. The water released her from her pain and helped her build strong muscle--and a powerful spirit. From then on, from the New York beaches to the 1920 Olympics, Ethelda made a splash wherever she went"--
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