Summertime and Somersaults
Published on 1. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4749-2293-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tara loves gym and spends every spare moment practising in her garden.
When she joins the Silverdale Gym Club, Tara's catapulted into their star team. But with so many new things to learn - like backflips, somersaults and handsprings, how will Tara ever catch up with her talented teammates?
With a foreword by Olympic medal winner Beth Tweddle.
When she joins the Silverdale Gym Club, Tara's catapulted into their star team. But with so many new things to learn - like backflips, somersaults and handsprings, how will Tara ever catch up with her talented teammates?
With a foreword by Olympic medal winner Beth Tweddle.
Reviews / Votes
Olympic medallist Beth Tweddle's endorsement will draw readers to this story of Tara, a talented young gymnast whose dreams seem to have come true when she joins a new gym club. * LoveReading4Kids * This cheering 10/10 had me in happy tears at several points. * Nayu's Reading Corner *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4749-2293-7 (9781474922937)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Jane Lawes
Summertime and Somersaults
Book
05/2012
Usborne Publishing Ltd
€26.19
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Person
Jane Lawes studied American Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia before beginning a career immersed in books. As a child, she loved gymnastics and dancing and wore the garden out with her practising every summer. She lives in London and still enjoys watching gym competitions on TV, as well as listening to music, watching ballet and films, and trying to play tennis. When not writing, she works as an editor of books about sport and books about nature.