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Language
English
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"In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement,...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated biography of the tennis star, from her childhood and early competitive career to her role as activist for equality in sports.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe--the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis--a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual. Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, by the age of eleven, Arthur Ashe was one of the state's most talented black tennis players. Jim Crow restrictions barred Ashe from competing with whites. Still,...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The five-time Grand Slam winner presents the remarkable story of how her father relocated her at the age of 7 from their native Russia to America to develop her tennis talents before she embarked on a record-setting career shaped by astonishing competitions, her provocative beliefs and her recent fight to return to the court.
"From Maria Sharapova, one of our fiercest female athletes, the captivating--and candid--story of her rise from nowhere to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Grab your racket, head to the courts, and ace that serve! It's time to learn about the greatest tennis players of all time. Readers will be presented with exciting stats in a fun top-10 format"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
"Discover the amazing achievements of sports legend Serena Williams--on and off the tennis court--in this exciting new biography. Serena Williams has been ranked number one in the world for tennis singles, won twenty-two Grand Slam singles titles, and won four Olympic gold medals. She is a powerful player and a fierce competitor. Learn more about the record-breaking athlete in this comprehensive and action-packed biography, complete with stats and...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice Marble. In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the legendary Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet...
14) Steffi Graf
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief career biography of the young German woman whose powerful forehand and amazing foot speed make her one of the best women tennis players ever.
15) Seeing Serena
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
'Seeing Serena' is a riveting chronicle of trailblazing tennis champion and cultural icon Serena Williams' turbulent 2019 tour season and a revealing portrait of who she is, both on and off the court.
17) Maria Sharapova
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Russian tennis player who became the number-one ranked player in the world in 2005.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Describes the lives and careers and the tennis stars and sisters, discussing their Grand Slam wins, Olympic success, trend-setting, and rivalry.
Author
Publisher
Edge of Sports
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Lottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously young age of fifteen. After she grew bored with competitive tennis, she moved on to and excelled in myriad other sports: she became a leading ice skater and tobogganist, a mountaineer, an endurance bicyclist, a hockey player, a British...
