Gold Medal Winter

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Esperanza Flores s place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates and their efforts to sabotage her routine. Best Download Gold Medal Winter Author Donna Freitas For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Esperanza Flores, called Espi, is a sixteen year old figure skater who gets her big break when she places second at Nationals the year one of the top US skaters is out with a knee injury Unexpectedly, she s on the US Olympic team I love figure skating I did it myself as a child, and I ve never forgotten how much fun it is Plus, it s one of the funnest sports to watch Thus, I had very high hopes for GOLD MEDAL WINTER For the most part, it delivered.I liked that GOLD MEDAL WINTER emphasizes Esperanza Flores, called Espi, is a sixteen year old figure skater who gets her big break when she places second at Nationals the year one of the top US skaters is out with a knee injury Unexpectedly, she s on the US Olympic team I love figure skating I did it myself as a child, and I ve never forgotten how much fun it is Plus, it s one of the funnest sports to watch Thus, I had very high hopes for GOLD MEDAL WINTER For the most part, it delivered.I liked that GOLD MEDAL WINTER emphasizes that ice skating is tough and requires a great deal of practice and dedication Like most performers and athlet...I ve read this book twice now and I find things i didn t find before All the drama and anxiety gets to Espi but in the end she prevails as Americas darling Espi is very well rounded girl that learns to handle what everyone says good or bad...This was a very fun and exciting book to read I definitely feel like the romance could have been better developed and this is one of those stories that s really predictable However, it was still really entertaining A enjoyable and quick read.Utterly ridiculous but I loved it figure skating geek hereThis is one of my favorite books because she is overcoming all the drama that comes at her And acheves the olimpic dream that she wanted.very interesting but i got a bit lost at the endEsperanza Flores has worked hard but also been lucky her single mother has a supportive community at the Italian restaurant where she works Esperanza s Coach Chen moved to her small town, coaches her for free AND has her own rink right next door to a small house the Flores family rents and she gets on the Olympic team when the girl who scores right above her is injured Espi s friends and family are supportive of her trip to the Olympics even though her Dominican national mother has some tro Esperanza Flores has worked hard but also been lucky her single mother has a supportive community at the Itali...This is sort of a complementary piece to her earlier novel Gold Medal Summer, although both are standalones.I m not a huge fan of sports understatement of the year but I do love The Cutting Edge, and so I was a huge fan of this novel.Espi is a figure skater and an unusual one She s Latina and, as Espi points out, figure skating tends to not be on the radar for most of her people She saw a routine once and fell completely in love with it, managed to teach herself the basics and then throug This is sort of a complementary piece to her earlier novel Gold Medal Summer, although both are standalones.I m not a huge fan of sports understatement of the year but I do love The Cutting Edge, and so I was a huge fan of this novel.Espi is a figure skater and an unusual one She s Latina and, as Espi points out, figure skating tends to not be on the radar for most of her people She saw a routine once and fell completely in love with it, managed to teach herself the basics and then through a major coincidence got a former Olympian to coach her This has been her life for essentially as long as she s been alive...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I m so happy for Espi and that she was going to the Olympics It kind of didn t make sense for me when they started at the compilation When Henry started to want to hang out, I thought that he was only in it for the fame Turns out that he was in it for Jennifer Although he was with Jennifer, I think that ...After sixteen year old Esperanza Flores qualifies for the U.S figure skating team, the pressure starts to mount The usually unflappable and single minded teen finds herself distracted by gossip about possible romance and by the remarks of some of the other female figure skaters The author builds sympathy for Espi as she contends with her own superstitions and doubts as well as some attempts at sabotage For those of us enad with the beauty and grace of this sport, this book shows theAfter sixteen year old Esperanza Flores qualifies for the U.S figure skating team, the ...

Gold Medal Winter
  • English
  • 01 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 0545643775
  • Donna Freitas
  • Gold Medal Winter