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Angelina and Alice love doing gymnastics together. The only difference is Alice can do perfect handstands, while Angelina can't. When Angelina falls down, all the older children laugh, and Alice giggles, too. Can Angelina and Alice still stay best friends? In the end, Angelina and Alice learn the importance of teamwork and become the best of friends all over again.
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English
Description
How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits--until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In order to compete high on the rings, flip through the air, and do walking handstands on the beam, gymnasts have to be strong, flexible, and confident. With lots of practice and help from a coach and spotter, readers can learn to execute splits, L-sits, and other cool gymnastics moves by following an informative step-by-step guide. Colorful photos and helpful tips remind even seasoned gymnasts of important technical points."--
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled "stupid"--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading"--Provided by publisher....
7) Gymnastics
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Explores every aspect of gymnastics including clothing, warming up, apparatuses, balances, rolls and rolling, headstands and handstands, tumbling, and vaulting.
9) Gymnastics
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Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, equipment, events, and scoring of gymnastics.
11) D.W. Flips!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1987]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
D.W., a young anteater, discovers that lots of practice eventually helps her master the new routine in her gymnastics class.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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For Sera Wheeler, the Olympics is the reason for everything. It's why she trains thirty hours a week, starves herself to under 100 pounds, and pops Advil like Tic Tacs. For her mother, Charlene, hungry for glory she never had, it's why she rises before dawn to drive Sera to practice in a different state, and why the family scrimps, saves, and fractures. It's why, when Sera's best friend reports the gymnastics doctor to the authority who selects the...
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