Courage in her cleats : the story of soccer star Abby Wambach
(2023)
By:
Chaffee, Kim
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/BIOGRAPHY/796.334/WAMBACH,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2023
©2023
©2023
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781645676294, 1645676293 :, 1645676293, 9781645676294
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"As a child, Abby Wambach was loud and clear about what she wanted and what she didn't, and she didn't want to be left out of any competition--especially soccer. In this powerful biography, readers will dance and dart down fields with Abby as she slingshots--balls thwump... whiz... whoosh--straight into goals, sweating and scoring her way from school league leader to U.S. Women's National Team star. The story follows Abby through both success and setbacks because while even pro athletes miss goals, face losses, and can get injured, determined Abby has always been tougher than her toughest challenge"--