MIA and Friends - Karlin Gray

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Auteur(s) : Karlin Gray

Editeur : First Second

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/08/2024

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 128

Expédition : 454

Dimensions : 21.0 x 14.5 x 1.3

ISBN : 1250823676

Résumé :

Based on the inspiring true story of soccer legend Mia Hamm, Mia and Friends tells the story of trailblazing young women who changed sports forever at the 1999 Women's World Cup.

Despite being named after a famous ballerina, Mia Hamm never cared for pirouettes. Instead, she chased the ball: baseball, basketball, and especially soccer. Often the only girl on her sports teams, Mia had a hard time making friends. But when she made the U.S. women's national soccer team at fifteen, everything changed.

All around her, young women tackled and dribbled, passed and kicked, scored, and screamed. They were just like her-but even more skilled. For Mia to improve, she had to play up to the levels of Michelle Akers, Briana Scurry, Brandi Chastain, and so many others. She was determined not to let her team down.

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Biographie:
Karlin Gray is not a soccer player or a sports star. But, like Mia Hamm, Karlin Gray grew up as a shy military brat, moving every year or two, and found some great friends along the way. (And coincidentally, she graduated from the same high school as Mia!) Karlin is the author of the biographies Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn't Sit Still, Serena: The Littlest Sister, and Anne and Her Tower of Giraffes. Today she lives in Connecticut with her family....

Sommaire:

Karlin Gray is not a soccer player or a sports star. But, like Mia Hamm, Karlin grew up as a shy military brat who moved frequently and found some great friends along the way. (And coincidentally, she graduated from the same high school as Mia!) Today, Karlin is the author of several biographies, including Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn't Sit Still and Serena: The Littlest Sister, and lives in Connecticut with her family.


Born and raised in New York City, Micheline Hess started her professional comic book career in the early '90s with Milestone Comics. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she has several creator-owned works such as Malice in Ovenland, The Anansi Kids and the All Saints' Day Adventure, and Diary of a Mad, Black, Werewolf. She hopes to encourage a stronger sense of self-love, friendship, and a hunger to embrace all things new and different in the world around them.