Rising Above, Gregory Zuckerman
Rising Above, Gregory Zuckerman
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Rising Above
Inspiring Women in Sports

Author: Gregory Zuckerman, Gabriel Zuckerman, Elijah Zuckerman

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/20/2018

Synopsis

Growing up in a crime-plagued, gang-infested neighborhood, Venus and Serena Williams were led to believe their environment was not a place where dreams could come true. It took a relentless determination, a burning desire to be the best, and a willingness to conquer racial barriers for them to emerge as tennis legends. Simone Biles was raised by a single mother with addiction issues, forcing her grandparents to intervene. But Simone soon discovered balance beams and gymnastics mats, setting her on a path toward Olympic greatness. Carli Lloyd, meanwhile, believed her youth soccer career was really starting to take off, only to be cut from her team. Instead of quitting the sport she loved, Carli rebuilt her confidence from the ground up, ultimately becoming one of the leaders on the World Cup Champion U.S. Women's Soccer team.

The athletes featured in this book met earth-shaking challenges head on, and through hard work and perseverance, went on to conquer the sports world. This collection of mini biographies, complete with first-hand content drawn from interviews, is a source of inspiration and self-empowerment for kids and sports fans of all ages.

About Gregory Zuckerman

Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at the Wall Street Journal and the bestselling author of The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters; and The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History. He appears regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, National Public Radio, BBC, and other major media outlets. He lives with his wife and two sons in West Orange, N.J., where they enjoy the Yankees in the summer, root for the Giants in the fall, and reminisce about Linsanity in the winter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Samuel on January 09, 2020

Rising Above is a great book by Elijah, Gregory, and Gabriel Zuckerman. The book about 11, athletes who have faced adversity in the lives and their road to the top. All 11 of these athletes have had a very hard childhood. Some of the things that gave their lives adversity were things like poverty,......more

Goodreads review by Landon on April 08, 2019

This book was amazing. It is a great book for young adults. Young adults need to learn how to get over things and this is exactly what this book is about. Getting over struggles. Everybody in the world has struggles. This book helped me with my positivity. I was able to realize that we can all be su......more

Goodreads review by PaulL on January 17, 2020

never doubt yourself, go beyond......more

Goodreads review by Josh on May 13, 2019

this book was about people who play sports and how they started out. some of the people had a rough life some had it easy. the theme of the book is couarge b/c some people had trouble they ended up being great. i recomend this for people who like sports......more

Goodreads review by victoria on January 26, 2020

I have read this book a countless number of times, and still I love the stories. When you think of Lebron, you think of all of his championship, not his difficult childhood. This story gives you countless examples of, if you can work hard, you can go far no matter who you are.......more

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