Balance beam boss

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Title:

Balance beam boss

Author:

Maddox, Jake, author.

Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979- author.

Wood, Katie, 1981- illustrator.

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.

Audience:

RL: 2-3.

IL: 3-6.

Contents:

Gymnastics love -- Beam bruising -- A nightmare secret -- Back on the beam -- "Get out of your head!" -- Go time -- Beam disaster -- Coach can help -- Hard work, hard recovery -- Back to the beam.

Physical Description:

65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Sports fiction.

Subject Term:

Gymnastics -- Juvenile fiction.

Balance beam -- Juvenile fiction.

Brain -- Concussion -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.

Anxiety -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979-

Wood, Katie, 1981-

Publisher:

Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781496583253

9781496584519

Publication Information:

North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2020]

Call Number:

J MADDOX

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003502310	Juvenile Fiction	MADDOX	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Sofia is used to being the best gymnast at her modest gym in the city. But after a bad fall and injury during practice, getting back on the beam is harder than she thought. When she does come back after rehabbing, Sofia is consumed with fear and anxiety related to her fall, emotions her coach doesn't seem to recognize. Can Sofia overcome her fear and trauma to make it back on the beam?