Kristi Yamaguchi

by Judy L. Hasday

Book Overview

As a baby, Kristi Yamaguchi had to overcome a foot deformity just to be able to walk normally. The idea of putting on a pair of ice skates, let alone excelling as a world-class figure skater like her hero, Dorothy Hamill, could not have been more than a dream. Yet the determined young girl, born to parents who lived through the unjust internment of the Japanese during World War II, worked hard, putting in countless hours at the rink and accepting...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791092887
• ISBN13: 9780791092880
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10