Soul Surfer
A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
MTV Books · Print & ebook · June 6, 2006
Now a major motion picture! #1 New York Times bestseller!
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- Who it’s for
- A personal account where the pull of the waves meets faith, recovery, and remarkable determination.
- Themes
- Recovery after traumatic injury, Faith and spiritual resilience, Determination to return to surfing
- Genres
- Sports Lives, Religious Biographies, Personal Growth for Teens
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Now a major motion picture! #1 New York Times bestseller! In this moving personal account of faith and fortitude, internationally ranked surfer Bethany Hamilton tells how she survived a shark attack that cost her arm—but not her spirit. They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing—not even the loss of her arm—could come between her and the waves?
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That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany responded to the shark’s stealth attack with the calm of a girl with God on her side. Pushing pain and panic aside, she began to paddle with one arm, focusing on a single thought: “Get to the beach.” And when the first thing Bethany wanted to know after surgery was “When can I surf again?,” it became clear that her spirit and determination were part of a greater story—a tale of courage and faith that this soft-spoken girl would come to share with the world. Soul Surfer is a moving account of Bethany’s life as a young surfer, her recovery after the attack, the adjustments she’s made to her unique surfing style, her unprecedented bid for a top showing in the World Surfing Championships, and, most fundamentally, her belief in God. It is a story of girl power and spiritual grit that shows the body is no more essential to surfing—perhaps even less so—than the soul.
Faith Meets Surf
A personal account where the pull of the waves meets faith, recovery, and remarkable determination.
Come here for
- Surfing told through one young athlete’s experience
- Faith woven into a story of recovery
Expect
- A personal account of adapting her surfing style
- Determination grounded in spiritual conviction
Where it sits
| Religious Biographies | 66% |
|---|---|
| Sports Lives | 58% |
| Personal Growth for Teens | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Lives
- Personal Growth for Teens
- Sports & Recreation for Teens
- Authors
- Bethany Hamilton, Rick Bundschuh
- Publisher
- MTV Books
- Published
- June 6, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Recovery after traumatic injury · Faith and spiritual resilience · Determination to return to surfing
- Reading lane
- Sports Lives