“Comes along at the perfect time. Girls who play sports and the coaches and families who support them will thoroughly enjoy this warm, uplifting story.” USA Today
Description
See what can happen when you follow your dreams!
Maggie Steele is a gritty farm girl from tiny Grain Valley, Kansas, who pours her broken heart into the daring, dangerous sport of pole-vaulting. Driven by a secret she cannot share with anyone, Maggie finds herself on a quest to soar far higher than critics think a girl should ever go. Unflinching in its exploration of teenage grief and filled with brilliant descriptions of a breathtaking, beautiful sport, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is a powerful and rewarding story for middle-grade readers and adults.
Praise
“Comes along at the perfect time. Girls who play sports and the coaches and families who support them will thoroughly enjoy this warm, uplifting story.” USA Today
“An inspirational pick for young adult fiction collections.” Midwest Book Review
“The positive influence this book can have on young athletes is incalculable.” Erica Bartolina, US Olympic pole-vaulter
“Maggie’s inspirational story will make any girl feel like they can accomplish their dreams.” Taylor Marie Swanson, national collegiate champion
“A great story of perseverance, grit, faith, and bouncing back after hardships.” Ellie Spain, British champion and coach
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Release Date | March 31, 2015 |
| Release Date Machine | 1427760000 |
| Imprint | Grant Overstake |
| Provider | Grant Overstake |
| Categories | Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life, Sports & Outdoors, Children/YA, YA, Fiction - All, Fiction - Child |
Author Bio
Grant Overstake has written two novels on important themes for young people, including The Real Education of TJ Crowley which explores the thorny issue of race and relationships between students during the Civil Rights era. His debut novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, received widespread critical acclaim for its focus on grief and recovery from loss. He is a former Miami Herald sports writer and newspaper editor.
Narrator Bio
Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.
Overview
See what can happen when you follow your dreams!
Maggie Steele is a gritty farm girl from tiny Grain Valley, Kansas, who pours her broken heart into the daring, dangerous sport of pole-vaulting. Driven by a secret she cannot share with anyone, Maggie finds herself on a quest to soar far higher than critics think a girl should ever go. Unflinching in its exploration of teenage grief and filled with brilliant descriptions of a breathtaking, beautiful sport, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is a powerful and rewarding story for middle-grade readers and adults.
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