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Author:

Weintraub, Aileen, 1973- author.

Title:

We got game! : 35 female athletes who changed the world / by Aileen Weintraub ; illustrations by Sarah Green.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

RP Kids/Running Press Kids,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

ix, 115 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Women athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Green, Sarah, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111) and index.

Summary:

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 * Gabby Douglas * Grete Eliassen * Marlen Esparza * Lisa Fernandez * Althea Gibson * Bethany Hamilton * Mia Hamm * Jackie Joyner-Kersee * Billie Jean King * Phaidra Knight * Silken Laumann * Nancy Lopez * Tatyana McFadden * Ibtihaj Mohammad * Danica Patrick * Megan Rapinoe * Mary Lou Retton * Manon Rhéaume * Ronda Rousey * Wilma Rudolph * Junko Tabei * Dara Torres * Elana Myers Taylor * Marianne Vos * Abby Wambach * Maria Toorpakai Wazir * Jen Welter * Serena Williams * Kristi Yamaguchi

ISBN:

0762497807
9780762497805

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1229184639

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

A2PD787 -- Carter Lake Public Library (Carter Lake)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)