From the publisher:
Despite being named after a famous ballerina, little Mia Hamm never cared for pirouettes. Instead, she chased the ball: the baseball, the basketball, and especially the soccer ball. She was often the only girl in the game until, at age fifteen, she stepped onto the soccer field as part of the US Women’s National Team.
All around her, young women tackled and dribbled, passed and kicked, scored and screamed. They were just like her - but even more skilled. For Mia to improve, she had to play up to the levels of Michelle Akers, Briana Scurry, Brandi Chastain, and so many others.
She was determined not to let her team down!
The author:
Karlin Gray is not a soccer player or a sports star. But, like Mia Hamm, Karlin Gray grew up as a shy military "brat", moving every year or two, and found some great friends along the way. (And coincidentally, she graduated from the same high school as Mia!) Karlin is the author of the biographies Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn't Sit Still, Serena: The Littlest Sister, and Anne and Her Tower of Giraffes. Today she lives in Connecticut with her family.
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First Second
20 x 14 cm
Paperback
128 pages
October 2024
English
9781250823663