Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Sports & Recreation - Ice Skating

Skating for Two By Leona DeRosa Bodie (Author) and Catherine Baptista Davis (Illustrator) This is delightful tale about first-time experiences and the merits of deeds. Kids love kind, purposeful Leah and cheer her when Grammy Kate teaches her how to skate. In Leah's quest to succeed in her first ice skating competition, her fears emerge and a mishap tests her abilities. All the while she wonders if her dreams and holiday wishes will ever come true. Kids interested in sports learn about commitment, good sportsmanship, and hard work.

All the Bradleys play hockey-even Ben's older sister Denise who hopes to go to hockey camp and become the first girl on the Rum River High School varsity team. But thirteen-year-old Ben wants to learn to jump and spin. If the guys find out, Ben will never hear the end of it. And he doesn't even want to think about what his former hockey-star dad would say.

From the author of Twenty Boy Summer, a teen pushes the limits to follow her dreams--and learns there's a fine line between bitter and sweet....

Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then a betrayal changed her life and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she's a girl who doesn't believe in second chances, a girl who stays under the radar by baking cupcakes at her mom's diner and obsessing over what might have been.
So when things start looking up and she has another shot at her dreams, Hudson is equal parts hopeful and terrified. Of course,...

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Poppy, the adorable, persistent, dreaming-big pig, has a new adventure in store for her: the World Games ice-skating championship in Paris Poppy is nervous about meeting so many new people in a new place. But, ever courageous and supported by her family (Emma, too ), Poppy embarks upon this exciting adventure head-on. She meets a snowboarding Panda, a Maltese who skies, and two fellow skaters, a Crane and a Kangaroo. Poppy begins to realize that although these animals look different, act different, and are from different places,...

What's it like to have a famous sister-and always live in her shadow? Skater Sister tells the story of the 14-year-old younger sister of an Olympic figure skating hopeful. First romance and sibling rivalry play out against the background of the run-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, with a dramatic ending on February 20, 2104, the day of the Ladies' Figure Skating Final in Sochi. The universal theme is the desire to be appreciated for who we are, even when we live in someone else's shadow. Heartwarming fiction for tweens, teens, and everyone who loves figure skating.

Marilyn Rose was a world champion figure skater. She was the best of the best, so when she had a daughter, much was expected of her. Vyria Rose was born to follow in her mother's footsteps?but she just can't seem to make the grade. She loves figure skating, but she has yet to turn in a winning performance. In frustration, her mother decides to take on a new student named Alice. Vyria, feeling rejected and jealous of her mother's new pupil, turns her focus to school and her grades. She misses figure skating, though, and she still dreams of doing something magical on the ice. Adventurous and...

Marilyn Rose was a world champion figure skater. She was the best of the best, so when she had a daughter, much was expected of her. Vyria Rose was born to follow in her mother's footsteps?but she just can't seem to make the grade. She loves figure skating, but she has yet to turn in a winning performance. In frustration, her mother decides to take on a new student named Alice. Vyria, feeling rejected and jealous of her mother's new pupil, turns her focus to school and her grades. She misses figure skating, though, and she still dreams of doing something magical on the ice. Adventurous and...

Alarm. Breakfast. Bus. Bio. Spanish. Socials. Study. Lunch. Calc. Humanities. Bell. And THEN the day starts. Knee pads, ponytail. Full court. No drama. But drama is just the beginning when senior Annette Reynolds recruits incoming freshman Payton Moore to play for the varsity team. Payton quickly finds that her superior basketball talent doesn't translate to the volleyball court, resulting in a divided team and a rift between Payton and her best friend Renika, whose natural ability for volleyball earns her a starting position on the varsity team. Will Payton get it together in time to help...

After an intense ice skating camp in San Francisco, Madison Boone is excited to begin a new season with her best friend Hannah. But when Hannah's parents announce that they are moving to California to train with a new coach, Madison is devastated. How can she navigate freshman year and training for Regionals without her? While trying to figure out how to cope without Hannah, Madison and her younger sister take on a new client in their pet-sitting service who not only have the most adorable puppy, but a very cute 15 year old son, Dylan, who quickly becomes the most talked about boy in school....

The pressure is on as competitive figure skater Madison Boone trains for her biggest competition yet, Sectionals in California, where she'll face off against her former best friend Hannah, who's at the top of her game. She doesn't want to let anyone down as she tries to juggle school, volunteering, a boyfriend and her coaches' expectation of landing a big combo jump. After a brief episode of wanting to be a "normal" teenager, a sledding accident leaves Madison with a mild concussion and everyone wondering whether she'll be able to compete. Will Madison overcome the pressure and find a way to...

Figure skating is Kaitlin's passion, but she lands on thin ice after a meltdown in this funny, touching story. Because when you fall down, you have to pick yourself up--even if it's in front of judges and a crowd.

Kaitlin has always dreamed of being a champion figure skater, and she's given up a lot to pursue her passion. But after she has a totally uncharacteristic tantrum at a major competition, she's dropped by both her coach and her prestigious skating club.

When no other club will have her, she's forced to join the ridiculed and run-down Fallton Club, jokingly referred to as the...

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Vanessa n'a qu'une idee en tete: devenir une championne de patinage artistique. Son entraineur, Madame Letourneur, lui a propose de passer le concours d'entree a Arcadia, l'academie dont elle reve. Mais ses parents voient sa passion d'un tres mauvais oeil. Reussira-t-elle a les convaincre que la glace est toute sa vie?

(a partir de 9 ans)

Elles ont lu Le reve de Vanessa

Cecile Soler nous fait revivre les douce coleres de la pre-adolescence, quand les parents nous obligeaient a faire nos devoirs, etre polis ou... ou obeir. Ainsi que les querelle et...

Le grand moment est arrive pour Vanessa. Elle rentre a Arcadia, une academie ou s'entrainent des sportifs qui comme elle, revent de devenir des champions. La jeune patineuse peut enfin se consacrer a sa passion, mais quelques surprises l'attendent dans cet internat tres particulier.

Face a un entraineur autoritaire et des rivales sans scrupules, Vanessa saura-t-elle s'adapter a sa nouvelle vie et continuer de glisser vers son reve?

Elles ont lu La nouvelle vie de Vanessa

Ce deuxieme livre qui raconte l'internat est passionnant On voit l'evolution de Vanessa qui de...

Apres deux mois a Arcadia, Vanessa s'est habituee a la vie de l'academie.

Heureuse de feter son 12e anniversaire avec son amie Jade et sa chere tante Lili, elle oublierait presque que dans quelques jours, l'attend une sacree epreuve avec le challenge du Medoc, sa premiere competition nationale.

Parviendra-t-elle a relever ce nouveau defi en depit de rivales sans scrupules? Et a vaincre les resistances de ses parents face a sa carriere naissante?

Elles ont lu Un defi pour Vanessa

Syl, de the, lectures et macarons

L'auteur a une ecriture fluide, vivante,...