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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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After fourteen-year-old Joey experiences her first kiss and learns that her best friend wants to quit competitive gymnastics, she considers giving up her dream of winning gold medals in order to have a normal life, even as her sister and assistant coach urge her to reach a new level
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The first official Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome with 400 athletes competing from 23 countries. Then in 1976, the first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Sweden. The 2018 Games in PyeongChang were the biggest Winter Games ever with over 500 athletes from nearly 50 countries. Like the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games showcase super strength and stamina both individually and through teamwork.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Only a few countries were represented by athletes at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens. But now, more than 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries compete in the Summer Olympic Games. These athletes compete in more than 300 events. The games showcase the strength, skills, stamina, and endurance of amazing athletic teams from around the world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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At the first Winter Games in Chamonix, France in 1924 only a few countries were represented by a dozen or more athletes. Today, about 3,000 athletes from nearly 100 countries compete in the Winter Olympic Games. These athletes compete in more than 100 events. The games showcase the strength, skills, stamina, and endurance of amazing athletic teams from around the world.
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Gold Medal Families volume 7
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English
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Nastasya competes at the Olympic trials for a chance to go to Rio, while Jajaira looks to the future. Steele's coach devises a new game plan for synchro and Jordan's coach delivers some bad news.
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Gold Medal Families volume 2
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English
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Nastasya Generalova pursues her goal of becoming the first woman of color in rhythmic gymnastics. Meanwhile, diver Steele Johnson is injured during practice, leaving his family to question if he will even make it to the Olympic trials.
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Gold Medal Families volume 1
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English
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Extraordinary athletes and their families sacrifice everything for their dreams of glory. Gold Medal Gymnast Aly Raisman, divers Steele Johnson and Jordan Windle, boxer Jajaira Gonzalez, and swimmer Sean Grieshop.
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Gold Medal Families volume 3
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English
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As Diver Steele Johnson continues to mend from a recent triceps injury, his family turns to their faith for guidance. Boxer Jajaira Gonzalez focuses on losing 6 pounds before her Olympic Trials fight in just 2 weeks.
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Gold Medal Families volume 5
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After a devastating fall on the uneven bars, Gold Medalist Aly Raisman brushes herself off and attempts to win the All-Round in Hartford.
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Gold Medal Families volume 6
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English
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After a turbulent few weeks following the replacement of his head coach, Sean Grieshop travels to Atlanta to compete in The Classic.
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Gold Medal Families volume 4
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English
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With her entire family present, Gymnast Aly Raisman heads to Hartford to compete in the Classic, where she will have to prove to Marta Karolyi that she has what it takes to bring home gold in Rio.
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Gold Medal Families volume 8
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English
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With the Olympic Trials looming, Jordan is still struggling to come to terms with the recent dissolution of his relationship with his synchro partner.
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Somewhere in the elegance of Beekman Place, the stone refuge of the very rich, she lay naked and sprawled across an heirloom of a bed in the grotesque position of sudden and violent death.
She was beautiful Patsy Burton Lonergan, 22- year-old wife, mother-and sole heiress to seven million dollars.
She had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy brass.candlestick handsomely inlaid with green glass. The room was a shambles.
The following dawn...
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