From the Publisher
In I’ll Never Change My Name there’s so much more to Val than people know; and this book gives the world an opportunity to see who he truly is-creative, kind, brave, and inspiring.” — Laurie Hernandez, New York Times bestselling author of I Got This: To Gold and Beyond
“One of the first things I ever said to Val when I got to know him was, ‘You’ve got to get your story out so people can be inspired by it.’ With this book he’s done that and more…it’s funny, smart and extremely creative.” — Kobe Bryant
“Reading his moving memoir, you’ll discover that he’s more than his name, more than Maks’s little brother, and more than the talented dancer millions see on Dancing with the Stars...Val embodies what it means to live the American dream.” — Robin Roberts, Good Morning America
“’I’ll Never Change My Name’ takes readers on a journey in which Chmerkovskiy forces us to consider the inaccurate labels we stick on people and the drive it takes to succeed as someone who doesn’t necessarily fit in.” — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
Robin Roberts
Reading his moving memoir, you’ll discover that he’s more than his name, more than Maks’s little brother, and more than the talented dancer millions see on Dancing with the Stars...Val embodies what it means to live the American dream.
Laurie Hernandez
In I’ll Never Change My Name there’s so much more to Val than people know; and this book gives the world an opportunity to see who he truly is-creative, kind, brave, and inspiring.
Lisa Ko
’I’ll Never Change My Name’ takes readers on a journey in which Chmerkovskiy forces us to consider the inaccurate labels we stick on people and the drive it takes to succeed as someone who doesn’t necessarily fit in.
Kobe Bryant
One of the first things I ever said to Val when I got to know him was, ‘You’ve got to get your story out so people can be inspired by it.’ With this book he’s done that and more…it’s funny, smart and extremely creative.
Associated Press Staff
’I’ll Never Change My Name’ takes readers on a journey in which Chmerkovskiy forces us to consider the inaccurate labels we stick on people and the drive it takes to succeed as someone who doesn’t necessarily fit in.