EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams Roy Apps

Name: EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams By Roy Apps
SKU: 9781445153384
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EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams by Roy Apps

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SeriesEDGE: Sporting Heroes

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An inspirational biography about Serena Williams from award-winning author Roy Apps, focusing on the skill, grit and determination needed to be the world number one women's singles tennis player

EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams Summary

EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams by Roy Apps

This inspirational biography for children, written by award-winning author Roy Apps, follows the 'smash-hit' story of tennis star Serena Williams and her rise through the rankings to become multiple Grand Slam winner and Olympic gold medalist. Illustrated with colour artwork by Alessandro Valdrighi, including graphic novel-style panels, this book is perfect for sport-mad girls and boys with a reading age of 7, but will work perfectly well for older readers too.

Printed on off-white paper using a reading font approved by the British Dyslexia Association, the Sporting Heroes series brings to life the skill, grit and determination needed to be a world-class sportsperson today.

This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books
to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.

About Roy Apps

Roy Apps is the author of more than fifty children's books, including The Twitches, Fang Gang and How To Handle. He is the author of the highly successful Dream to Win series for Franklin Watts.
His novel The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons won The Writers' Guild Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Awards. It is now a successful musical.
Roy writes extensively for radio, theatre and TV. In 2001 he was awarded a BAFTA for his children's TV work, which includes Byker Grove, The Ghost Hunter and Barmy Aunt Boomerang.
Roy visits schools, libraries and bookshops to read from his books and to share the secrets of The Shed in Your Head . He runs Writing Projects for all ages and over the last few years has helped young and new writers make books, stage plays, films, performance poetry and most recently, an opera.

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Sku

GOR009891214

ISBN 13

9781445153384

ISBN 10

1445153386

Title

EDGE: Sporting Heroes: Serena Williams by Roy Apps

Author

Roy Apps

Series

EDGE: Sporting Heroes

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Hachette Children's Group

Year published

2018-02-22

Number of pages

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins