Language: R (100+ swears, 16 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (sexual abuse mentioned)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
18 months ago Aubrey had a broken back from a horrible fall, but now she is on the Olympic gymnastics team and headed to Tokyo. There are only a few weeks of strenuous training left before her chances at Olympic gold. As she and the others train with the “Gibby”, their Olympic coach, drama abounds, but so does laughter. Then Gibby is taken away by the FBI – he’s been accused of falsifying a drug test that took one of the girls off the team. The IOC whisks the girls away from the media spotlight to the gym of a former Olympian who is not connected with Gibby’s program. Can the girls finish their training and fulfil their dreams?
You don’t have to be a gymnastics fan to enjoy this fascinating fiction look at the “ripped from the headlines” storyline. I’ve read many sports books by Lupica, Feinstein, and Green, and Iacopelli does the same thing with gymnastics. You may not know what they are doing, but even the descriptions of the events will draw you in. While I would love to have this in my library – language-wise it is not appropriate for a middle school. Too bad.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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