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Zuckerman, Gregory , Zuckerman, Gabriel , Zuckerman, Elijah

Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports

214 pp. | Philomel | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-54747-8 $17.99

(4) 4-6 This accessibly written collection presents accounts of eleven female athletes who overcame a range of obstacles, from unstable early childhoods (gymnast Simone Biles) to chronic illness (basketball player Elena Delle Donne) to devastating injury (surfer Bethany Hamilton). However, the challenges are disproportional, equating soccer powerhouse Carli Lloyd's demoralizing penalty-kick miss, for instance, with Wilma Rudolph's childhood of enduring poverty, racism, and polio. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano