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Series
Criterion collection volume 494
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A skier desperate to win gold in the Olympics joins an American team only to find that his new coach doesn't agree with how he goes about getting it.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Set in Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, the book captures the earthy surf culture of Southern California; the boy's conflicted feelings for his magnetic father; and the exhilarating tests of skill in the surf and snow that prepared young Norman to become a fearless surfer and ski champion-which ultimately saved his life.
In February 1979, just as he was reaping the rewards of his training, a chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his
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Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the spirited young woman who won a silver medal for downhill ski racing at the 1994 Winter Olympics and then won the World Cup titles in 1995 and 1996.
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On February 19th, 1979, blinded by a blizzard, a small chartered plane crashed into the side of a massive mountain. Eleven-year-old Norman Ollestad, his father, his father's girlfriend, and the pilot were in the crash. After a nine-hour nightmare, only little Norman remained alive. Here, Norman Ollestad chronicles his harrowing experience and epic fight for survival.
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