Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller (An Avon Camelot Book)

By Septima Green

The life story of Shannon Miller covers her toddler antics that led to her enrollment in gymnastics, her scholastic achievements and service awards, her world championships, and her Olympic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038078680X
• ISBN13: 9780380786800
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 4.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

This is a very good book!

This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It makes you want to try you best at the sport. I enjoyed this book very much. I would recomend it to everyone!

Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller

Although Septima Green's book is written merely for children, as a 19 year-old gymnastics fan, I found it very enjoyable. This book was written before the Atlanta Games so it is a bit outdated. However, it was an excellent book on an excellent person. The book is very inspiring, showing in detail Shannon's years of hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. I enjoyed getting to know Shannon as a person then a gymnast. I also liked the reading about Shannon's family, her relationship with her coaches, and friends

Going for Gold: Shannon Miller

This book was excellent. It showed the real Shannon Miller. It gave perspective into her life and what she has went through to get where she is. She is truly the most magnificent gymnast ever

The Real Shannon

I thought this book was excellent. We really didn't know much about Shannon's real life outside of gymnastics, we just knew about her "gymnastics" life, and this book gives a great perspective on her lif