Mia (American Girl of the Year Series)

by Laurence Yep

Overview

Mia St. Clair has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With the help of a new coach, Mia finds out whether she has what it takes to grow and compete as a figure skater.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609582913
Publisher:	AMERICAN GIRL PUBLISHING, INC
Publication date:	01/25/2013
Series:	American Girl of the Year Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	860L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Laurence Yep is a prolific Chinese-American author of children's books. He is best known for the 10-book Golden Mountain Chronicles; Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate were both Newbery Honor books. In 2005 the American Librarian Association awarded Yep the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, notably for Dragonwings, The Rainbow People, The Khan's Daughter, and the autobiographical The Lost Garden. Yep's books are often influenced by Chinese mythology and touch upon the dilemma of the cultural outsider.