Throw Like a Girl
How to Dream Big & Believe in Yourself
Triumph Books · Print & ebook · August 1, 2011
The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women.
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- Who it’s for
- Preteen and teenage girls interested in sports and self-confidence
- Themes
- Sports and personal growth, Teamwork and confidence, Girls' leadership
- Genres
- Baseball & Softball, Sports Biographies for Kids, Girls & Young Women
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The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain inner confidence, and grow into society's leaders. Sports help preteen and teenage girls make the right choices in a society that is sending them incredibly mixed messages about who they are supposed to be. Yet no one is speaking directly to these girls.
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Jennie fills the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor. A smart, credible, and accomplished voice from an athlete who is strong and feminine, fiercely competitive, and fashionably cool, Jennie is someone young women will listen to and take to heart. Jennie's message: Believe in yourself. Go for it, girls.
Where it sits
| Girls & Young Women | 86% |
|---|---|
| Baseball & Softball | 53% |
| Sports Biographies for Kids | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Biographies for Kids
- Girls & Young Women
- Baseball & Softball
- Authors
- Jennie Finch, Ann Killion
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Published
- August 1, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sports and personal growth · Teamwork and confidence · Girls' leadership
- Reading lane
- Sports Biographies for Kids