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 enlarge | Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 326133
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0141301309
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.44
EAN: 9780141301303
ASIN: 0141301309
Publication Date: August 1, 1998
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 What a horrible book on gymnastics August 18, 2000
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
As a former gymnast of fourteen years and an avid fan of the sport, I must say that this is the worst book on gymnastics I have ever read in my life. The author seems to have little in-depth knowledge of the sport and certain sections of the book, e.g., the sections on Bela Karolyi and the risks of gymnastics, seem suspiciously similar to two other books, Bela Karolyi's "Feel No Fear" and Joan Ryan's "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes." It's as if he summarized their work to make chapters for his book! Also, he fails to present the whole story when speaking of certain events that have taken place in gymnastics over the years, which may be misleading to the uneducated reader. In discussing Julissa Gomez, he tells you that she fell on her head doing the vault, fell into a coma, and died three years later. What he failed to tell you was that she wasn't in a coma following the vault; injured, yes, but in a coma, no. While in the hospital her breathing tube fell out and she was unable to get any oxygen; this led to the coma. All in all, this is not a great book. If you want to know about the sport, try "Feel No Fear: The Passion, Power, and Politics of a Life in Gymanstics" by Bela Karolyi; "A History of Women's Gymnastics" by Minot Simons II; or, for a look at the darker side of the sport, "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" by Joan Ryan. At the end of the book, the author said that someone asked him what qualifications he has to write a book on gymnastics. He said none. Well, he should have stopped right there!
 Great!! December 28, 1998
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great book about gymnastics. Everything you want to know about gymnastics is there. Biographies, gymnastics terms, how gymnastics was started, a time line, everything! If I could I would give it 10 stars! I have already read it 3 times! And I'm not even a gymnast!
It was very informative November 30, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought that this gymnastic book was a very good one in the sense that some one who has never really learned about the sport wrote a book on it with his opinion and that says a lot to me that people are willing to try to give gymnastics a chance.
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