Vegas Tryout
Kindle Edition
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers · Ebook · March 14, 2012
Toronto synchro swimmer Carrie Munroe is Podium Sports Academy's team flyer and the school's best prospect for making it at the upcoming Vegas tryouts -- fulfilling her dreams of being in a glitz-and-glamour professional show.
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- Who it’s for
- A Toronto synchro swimmer faces tryouts, weight pressure, and difficult choices about her health.
- Themes
- Competitive swimming, Body image, Health and eating habits
- Genres
- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, Water Sports, Finding Your Footing
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Toronto synchro swimmer Carrie Munroe is Podium Sports Academy's team flyer and the school's best prospect for making it at the upcoming Vegas tryouts -- fulfilling her dreams of being in a glitz-and-glamour professional show. Carrie feels there's only one thing holding her back -- the weekly poolside weigh-ins. Her coach agrees, and Carrie is put on a special diet to control her weight.
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But the pressure to succeed while also dealing with troublesome family members back home lead Carrie to make some very risky decision about her health and eating habits. To come out on top, Carrie will have to accept that although she may not have the typical swimmer's body, she has the strength to be the best -- but only if she takes care of herself. [Fry reading level - 3.0
Synchro Swimming
A Toronto synchro swimmer faces tryouts, weight pressure, and difficult choices about her health.
Come here for
- Synchro swimming tryouts and professional-show ambitions
- Poolside weigh-ins, body image, and health choices
Expect
- Carrie Munroe’s pursuit of a professional show
- Family pressures alongside a coach’s special diet
Where it sits
| Water Sports | 76% |
|---|---|
| Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens | 54% |
| Finding Your Footing | 54% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Girls & Young Women
- Water Sports
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Lorna Schultz Nicholson
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Published
- March 14, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Competitive swimming · Body image · Health and eating habits
- Reading lane
- Girls & Young Women