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Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Catch a Star tells Tamika's story of overcoming: of leading the Indiana Fever to its first championship, being named one of the WNBA's top fifteen players in history, earning three Olympic gold medals, and founding the Catch the Stars Foundation to help young people achieve their dreams. Her story will inspire readers to face their doubts and fears, encouraging them to reach for their own stars, no matter what challenges come their way.
Author
Publisher
Midway, An Agate Imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
""Set against a backdrop of social change during the 1970s, State is a compelling first-person account of what it was like to live through both traditional gender discrimination in sports and the joy of the very first days of equality --or at least the closest that one high school girls' basketball team ever came to it. In 1975, freshman Melissa Isaacson-- along with a group of other girls who d spent summers with their noses pressed against the fences...
Author
Publisher
It Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"From the sports phenomenon - called by ESPN the world's most famous female basketball player - and youth role model comes an inspirational memoir exploring the highs and lows of her life, the bullying she endured, and the assumptions she has redefined, as well as her passion for the game, and empowering readers to be true to themselves and love who they are on the inside and out"--Provided by publisher.
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