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Gold Medal Winter (2014)

by Donna Freitas(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0545643775 (ISBN13: 9780545643771)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Scholastic Inc.

review 1: A charming and sweet, if predictable, story about hard work and high hopes. Freitas does an excellent job capturing the excitement of the Olympics and the need to focus. Hockey player Danny was surprisingly adorable given his few scenes, too, though I had a hard time separating my vision of him from my own hockey-playing cousin named Danny!This book falls on the younger side of YA, and I definitely recommend it for sporty kids looking for a book that feels familiar or for anyone charmed by the young athletes at the recent Olympics.*Disclaimer: I received this book for free through a GoodReads giveaway.
review 2: 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 (understatemen... moret 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 and finally the hard work pays off and she's headed to the Olympics!But of course it can't be that easy. (Assuming that "competing in the Olympics" could ever be considered easy.)Her teammates aren't pleased that she's there and they aren't shy about letting her know. It ranges from the silent treatment to cutting remarks and, eventually, even worse measures. Typical high school stuff, but instead of it simply leading to hurt feelings, it could literally be the difference between winning a medal or not.I very much enjoyed this story and it's a perfect, sweet read for tweens or young teens. Recommended. less

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