Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Biles, Simone, 1997- author. Title: Courage to soar : a body in motion, a life in balance / Simone Biles ; with Michelle Burford ; [foreword by Mary Lou Retton] Publisher, Date: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2016] ©2016 Description: 250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm Target Audience Note: Ages 13-17. Summary: "Simone takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team" -- Publisher. Notes: AR MG 6.5 10.0 187506. Contents: Foreword: The power of a dream / Mary Lou Retton -- Decision day -- Spring -- True home -- Doing backflips -- Shady arbor way -- A novena -- Leveling up -- Daydreamer -- Bar release -- Game change -- New normal -- Redemption -- Wheels up -- Saving graces -- Just like practice -- The warehouse -- Staying grounded -- Bora-Bora -- The final five. Subjects: Biles, Simone, 1997- -- Juvenile literature. Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Juvenile literature. Women gymnasts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American women athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: Burford, Michelle, author. Retton, Mary Lou, 1968- writer of foreword. ISBN: 9780310759669 (hardcover) 0310759668 (hardcover) Control Number: 1802348 Local Availability (physical copies):1 (of 1) System Availability (physical copies):33 (of 40) Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Map It Large Cover Image Availability MARC Record Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
