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Gold medal summer kindle edition by freitas, donna. Joey jordan is a elite gymnast, her goal is to do something she has never done before. Drawing on her reallife experience as a competitive gymnast, acclaimed novelist donna freitas delivers both a terrific gymnastics story and a classic novel about stretching some limits, bending the rules. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Andersons feed and scott westerfelds uglies, unplugged is the first in a provocative and compelling new series from acclaimed author donna freitas. It is on the coast, they visit the ocean a lot in the story. Scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading gold medal summer. Can joey handle all the challenges coming her way, and make her gold medal summer happen at last.
Born in rhode island, the most catholic state in the united states, freitass catholic religion and spirituality inform much of her writing. Read gold medal winter by donna freitas available from rakuten kobo. Download gold medal summer audiobook by donna freitas. Gold medal winter ebook by donna freitas rakuten kobo. Best olympic books for the classroom weareteachers. Gold medal summer by donna freitas paperback for sale online scholastic summer. This book shares the daily struggles she goes through and choices she has to make.
Writer donna freitas s experience as a competitive gymnast gives the book a realistic feel while staying true to the sport without sanitizing the competitiveness and sometimes unkind words from coaches. Jun 01, 2012 gold medal summer ebook written by donna freitas. Espis dominican heritage also adds another layer of interest to the story. Donna freitas participated in competitive gymnastics for seven years, retiring due to injury at the age of fifteen. In the first book in the critically acclaimed track series, four kids compete on a top middle school track team that could head to the junior olympics. Download read this gorgeous game 2010 by donna freitas. Go search todays deals vouchers amazonbasics best sellers gift ideas new. May 20, 2019 can joey handle all the challenges coming her way, and make her gold medal summer happen at last. Now shes faced with training hard through the summer for regionals. Gold medal summer by donna freitas paperback book the. See more ideas about gymnastics books, gymnastics and books. Gold medal summer by donna freitas setting resolution genre theme the story takes place in an average town about the size of columbus.
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But even with all her talent and style, shes never quite made it to that gold medal stand. Gold medal winter is a quick middlegrade read that will satisfy ice skating and olympics fans. After unexpectedly winning a silver medal at nationals, espi is selected for the olympic team, along with spiteful stacie and meredith, stacies reluctant sidekick and sometime victim. Anyone with any interest in mentoring young people should read this book and its. Arc from publisher at ncte just in time for the olympics. Joeys sister, julia told joey to choose gymnastics or tanner because boys and gymnastics dont mix. Espi encounters handsome but conniving male champion hunter, who tries to begin a relationship with her, a tempting opportunity even though hockey phenom. Buy gold medal summer unabridged by donna freitas isbn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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