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Sports Stars, Series 5 adds 22 new amatuer and professional athletes and 12 two-page updates from previous Sports Stars series to its coverage. Students will find biographical sketches averaging seven pages each on athletes who participate in a wide range of sports, including auto racing, baseball, basketball, figure skating, golf, hockey, tennis, volleyball and more. Also included is a listing by sport of all the athletes featured in Series 1, Series 2, Series 3, Series 4 and Series 5 as well as a cumulative index covering athletes in all fives series. Entries contain more than 50 photos including action shots of the individual. Look for these notables:
- Lindsey Davenport
- Tim Duncan
- Cammie Granato
- Joe Sakic
- Sammy Sosa
- Dawn Staley
- Jenny Thompson
- And many others
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Gr 5 Up--This is the second series of "Sports Stars." Its 60 entries offer a multicultural selection of leading professional and amateur figures from various sports, as well as several teams and subjects such as Mighty Mary, the yacht that competed in the America's Cup race with an all-female crew. The criteria for inclusion requires these figures to have overcome a difficult obstacle. The clearly written entries consist of biographical information, a "scoreboard" that lists the athletes' accomplishments, lots of quotes and anecdotes, sources for more information, and addresses where fans can write to them. Indexes of athletes by name and by sport cover both series; this is confusing, as both of these series each have two volumes. This resource is useful for assignments and also appealing as leisure reading.
Maureen Connelly, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Newest volume in this biographical set for middle-schoolers adds 30 athletes, including Rudy Galindo, Marion Jones, Mark McGwire, and Annika Sorenstam.
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- PublisherU-X-L
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0787636835
- ISBN 13 9780787636838
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number5
- Number of pages368
- EditorPare Michael A., Carnagie Julie L., Sorenstam Annika
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