Reflections in the Ice: Inside the Heart and Mind of an Olympic Champion.

by Patrick Quinn and Derek Parra

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932618007
• ISBN13: 9781932618006
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Discovery Bay, California: Podium Publishing
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great story from a great American!

Derek is an amazing guy who demonstrates what it is to be a humble champion.

Reflections in the ice

The book I did my report on is called Reflections In The Ice,its by derek parra.Its about a guy named Derek Parra and he came from a poor family and he gets into speedskating.The major characters that have a role in this book is his family,virgil,sue and Kc,and lastly Jennifer.It takes place in California in a rural area,where there is people getting killed and shot.Some of the events in his life is when he got into skating with his brother and then a while later his brother Gibo stops going skating because he finds a girl in his life that he likes.Then he gets on a speed team where he is from and then he gets really good at it,so he gets to go around the world and compete with other competitors from other teams.One of his problems he face was that when he was trying to go to worlds he didnt have the money to get there so he tried to do everything he could to get the money.