Simone Biles: Epic Athletes

By: Dan Wetzel

Illustrator: Marcelo Baez

Acclaimed sports journalist Dan Wetzel scores a perfect ten with this uplifting middle-grade biography of gold medal gymnast Simone Biles!

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Simone Biles dazzled gymnastics fans across the globe with each jaw-dropping backflip, spin, and jump she landed. Her record-breaking performance catapulted her to the top of the sport, and she quickly became a hero to young people.

But well before Simone faced Olympic trials on the balance beam and rings, she confronted real-life challenges as a kid, as she moved in and out of foster care. With the support and love of her grandparents, plus her unwavering drive to make history on the ultimate stage in sports, she grew into an incredible role model and activist for the #MeToo movement—and one of the greatest athletes of our time.

Black-and-white illustrations.

ISBN: 9781250295828

JLG Release: Sep 2020

Series: Epic Athletes

Sensitive Areas: Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion

Topics: Simone Biles (1997- ) , Thirty-first Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016) , US women gymnasts , Biography , African American women athletes , Women Olympic athletes , Family life

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Book Details

ISBN

9781250295828

First Release

September 2020

Genre

Nonfic

Dewey Classification

Trim Size

8 3/10" x 5 2/5"

Page Count

160

Accelerated Reader

N/A

Scholastic Reading Counts

N/A

Lexile

N/A

Format

Print Book

Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

Potentially Sensitive Areas

Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion

Topics

Simone Biles (1997- ), Thirty-first Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016), US women gymnasts, Biography, African American women athletes, Women Olympic athletes, Family life,