We Got Game!, Aileen Weintraub
We Got Game!, Aileen Weintraub
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We Got Game!
35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World

Author: Aileen Weintraub

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2021


Synopsis

Inspire kids to be their best selves and get involved in social change with this stunning anthology about thirty-five amazing women in sports around the world and throughout history.
Do you play sports? Maybe you dream about scoring a goal on the soccer field or hitting a home run in baseball. Perhaps you're thinking about trying a new sport, but you're still not sure.

In We Got Game! you'll meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. Some of these athletes have retired. Others are still competing. But they have one thing in common: they all got game! 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. These female athletes prove that girls can do anything!

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

About Aileen Weintraub

Aileen Weintraub is an award-winning author, journalist, and editor. She has written for the Washington Post, Glamour, NBC, and AARP, among others. She has also published several children's books, including Never Too Young!: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference and We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on May 07, 2021

This book for middle-grade readers is full of lively illustrations, inspiring stories and cool facts. The athletes featured include some of my personal heroes: Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. I also loved learning the stories of athletes I didn’t know, like el......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 18, 2022

Featuring 35 women who were groundbreakers in their particular sports or set records in some way, this volume pays tribute to these individuals who have made or are making a difference in how certain activities are regarded by the general public. Thus, their examples might inspire girls today to dec......more

Goodreads review by Kim on May 05, 2021

The women highlighted in this list display a broad mix of sports, nationalities, races, and ethnicity. The reader sees that athletic people have a drive and passion to participate in sports no matter where they live or what gender they are. The women in this book have accomplished truly remarkable t......more

Goodreads review by Leigh on October 22, 2021

I don't know who loves this book more, me or my kids. It's such a joyous celebration of an incredible cross-section of athletes, beautifully presented. I have 3 daughters who all went in different directions when it came to sports (field hockey, tennis, volleyball, lacrosse, crew) and it's so exciti......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on October 02, 2021

Many plusses to this compilation of female sports figure profiles: Consistent formatting makes extensive information accessible and retrievable. Back matter sources and index, as well as table of contents, make this an except "dip and dive" resource for specific sports figures, although it also reads......more