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2) Red Gerard
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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610L
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"This title introduces readers to Red Gerard, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his snowboarding career, like his gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary".--
3) Shaun White
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580L
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Covers Shaun White's early years, how he got his start snowboarding, and how he's earned his three Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event.
5) Chloe Kim
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
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English
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"This title introduces readers to Chloe Kim, providing exciting details about her life and going deep inside the key moments of her snowboarding career like her gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary".--
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As November stubs out the glow of autumn and the days tighten into shorter hours, winter's occupation begins. Preparing for winter has its own rhythms, as old as our exchanges with the land. Of all the seasons, it draws us together. But winter can be tough.
It is a time of introspection, of looking inwards. Seasonal sadness; winter blues; depression – such feelings are widespread in the darker months. But by looking outwards, by being in and...
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"The first ever memoir from the greatest female ski racer of all time, revealing never before told stories of her life in the fast lane, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers for athletes around the world"--
With a career that spanned a transformation in how America recognizes and celebrates female athletes, Vonn helped blaze a trail for other world-class female athletes and reimagining what it meant to pursue speed at all costs....
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Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment,...
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A riveting memoir of hockey, family, and addiction from a veteran NHL defenseman.
In Philadelphia Flyers orange and black, Chris Therien cut an imposing figure on the ice, a stalwart physical presence for over a decade in the NHL. But by the end of his playing career, he was concealing a much greater battle with alcoholism which bled into his professional and family life.
The defenseman-turned-analyst now opens up candidly and completely, reflecting...
10) Really Cool Telemark Tips, Revised and Even Better!: 123 Amazing Tips to Improve Your Tele-Skiing
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Following up on the phenomenal success of their backcountry ski and backpacking books, Allen O'Bannon and Mike Clelland here provide a thoroughly revised and updated edition of their likewise popular Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips, which first appeared in 1998. For anyone who's ever yearned to master the subtleties of the telemark turn, this book includes more than 120 clear, concise telemark tips complemented by often hilarious and always...
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A dynamic and candid memoir by an unlikely NHL brawler
In the run-up to the NHL Entry Draft in 1992, the Buffalo Sabres interviewed Matthew Barnaby. John Muckler, Buffalo's coach, asked him, "What happens at 8:05 on Saturday night in Detroit when Bob Probert asks you to fight?" When the teenager responded, "That's easy. At 8:03, I'd have already asked Probert to fight," they knew they had to draft him.
Through 14 NHL seasons after that exchange,...
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Terry Ryan was poised to take the hockey world by storm when he was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL draft, their highest draft pick in a decade. Expected to go on to become a hockey star, Ryan played a total of eight NHL games for the Canadiens, scoring no goals and no assists: not exactly the career he, or anyone else, was expecting. Though Terry's NHL career wasn't long, he experienced a lot and has no shortage...
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The NHL is a young man's league. How young? Connor McDavid was twenty years old when he won the scoring title and MVP in 2017. Auston Matthews was still a nineteen-year-old rookie when he tied for second in the Rocket Richard Trophy race with forty goals. By the end of the NHL's hundredth season, eight of the top thirty scorers-including four of the top ten-were twenty-three years old or younger.
Who are these fresh players? How did they get their...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The Stanley Cup is the oldest trophy in North America that professional athletes compete for. This exciting title details the history of Lord Stanley's cup including the greatest team with the most wins, historic rivalries, and history-making moments.
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Typically, American high schoolers graduate and march off to college to continue their education-and sometimes their athletic careers-at around 18 years old. Meanwhile, in men's ice hockey, the average age of an NCAA first-year is 20. Where do these players spend their time, and what do they do before they enter collegiate or professional franchises? They head to juniors.
In juniors, players experience being cut or traded between teams and leagues,...
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The Geraldine Heaney Story, by Tom Bartsiokas, provides an in-depth portrait of the woman, who was, known as the Bobby Orr of women's hockey. The authorized biography recounts Geraldine's amazing quest for gold and retraces how a little girl with a dream and a stick followed her passion from the driveway of her parents' home to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Geraldine put the women's game on the map when she scored a spectacular game-winning goal at the...
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A multidimensional biography of one of Philadelphia's ultimate power brokers
Most sports team owners make their money elsewhere and purchase a team as an extravagant hobby, but that is not the story of Ed Snider. One of the few owners in history to get control of a franchise by mortgaging nearly everything to his name, the longtime Philadelphia Flyers chairman would go on to form the billion-dollar empire of Comcast-Spectacor and cement his standing...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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The perseverance of Lindsey Vonn is inspiring. This engrossing narrative describes how Vonn overcame the estrangement from her father, numerous debilitating injuries, and difficult personal relationships to blossom into arguably the greatest World Cup alpine skier of all time. Readers understand the importance of setting goals, as Vonn did at age eight when she wrote of her desire to win Olympic gold. They learn as well about the need to battle through...
20) Bernie Nicholls
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Across more than a thousand games in the National Hockey League, Bernie Nicholls made his mark with flamboyant style and dynamic scoring prowess. In this new autobiography, Nicholls reflects on his life on and off the ice, sharing candid anecdotes and personal insights from across the hockey landscape. From his childhood in the small Northern Ontario town of West Guilford, to his sensational 70-goal season in Los Angeles, and his recent years in coaching...
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