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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles five female athletes through history that overcame adversity and discrimination to become prominent players in their sports, including historic swimmer Trudy Ederle and NASCAR's Danica Patrick.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in a men's professional league"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. Includes: Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah Cockroft * Misty Copeland * Diane Crump * Sasha DiGiulian...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Willye White was the first American woman to compete in five Olympic Games. Born in 1939 in Money, Mississippi, money was exactly what she didn't have. Abandoned by both her parents, she worked alongside her grandparents in the cotton fields. Willye dreamed big. When her cousin noticed she was the fastest runner around, Willye jumped at the chance to put on her traveling shoes and run her way to greatness. Swift as rushing wind, first Willye ran...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Behold the power of women! These are the inspirational real-life stories of female superstar athletes Serena and Venus Williams, Simone Biles, Carli Lloyd, and more -- role models all. For sports fans, aspiring athletes and readers of sports biographies. Growing up in a crime-plagued, gang-infested neighborhood, Venus and Serena Williams were led to believe their environment was not a place where dreams could come true. It took a relentless determination,...
10) Athletes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives and achievements of talented women athletes, including speed skater Bonnie Blair, gymnast Nadia Comenici, and track athlete Wilma Rudolph.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000], c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of women's participation in Olympic sports, and examines the achievements of seven notable female Olympians, including Babe Didrikson, Nadia Comaneci, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Recounts ten high points in the history of women's athletic competition , including Babe Zaharias's performance at the 1930 Olympics, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the final game in the 1999 Women's World Cup. Women's sports -- including golf, basketball, soccer, ice skating, tennis, track and field, and baseball -- are rich in special moments that will live on for generations. The sheer athleticism of Babe Didrikson Zaharias...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans.
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