I'm that girl : living the power of my dreams / Jordan Chiles with Felice Laverne ; foreword by Simone Biles.
2025
GV 460.2 .C45 A3 2025
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Title
I'm that girl : living the power of my dreams / Jordan Chiles with Felice Laverne ; foreword by Simone Biles.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063443402 (hardcover)
0063443406 (hardcover)
0063443406 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Harper Influence, [2025]
Language
English
Description
xvi, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV 460.2 .C45 A3 2025
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.44092 B
Summary
This memoir from the two-time Olympian gymnast chronicles her journey to the awards podium while overcoming racism, childhood trauma and devastating setbacks, highlighting the importance of family support and the resilience of the human spirit.
"In her powerful, eye-opening memoir, Jordan digs deep, sharing the story of her life's challenges--the racism she encountered as a gifted Black girl in a predominantly white elite sport, the battles with body image and subsequent unhealthy relationship with food, the grueling practices, the injuries, the moments of nearly calling it quits. Through it all, Jordan refused to give up. Through sheer grit--and the love of her family--she kept working and winning. When Simone Biles stepped away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a case of the "twisties," Jordan stepped in to play a key role in securing silver for Team USA. And in Paris, Jordan made history as part of the first all-Black podium in all of men's and women's gymnastics." -- Provided by publisher.
"In her powerful, eye-opening memoir, Jordan digs deep, sharing the story of her life's challenges--the racism she encountered as a gifted Black girl in a predominantly white elite sport, the battles with body image and subsequent unhealthy relationship with food, the grueling practices, the injuries, the moments of nearly calling it quits. Through it all, Jordan refused to give up. Through sheer grit--and the love of her family--she kept working and winning. When Simone Biles stepped away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a case of the "twisties," Jordan stepped in to play a key role in securing silver for Team USA. And in Paris, Jordan made history as part of the first all-Black podium in all of men's and women's gymnastics." -- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
A night to remember
A name to live up to
The surprise
In it to win it
The going gets tough
Flying and falling
Pushed to the brink
Biles and Chiles
Breaking points
A new path
Lean on me
Tokyo bound
Tokyo twisties
I'm not done yet
Buddy system
I'm that girl
Dream team
Bonjour Paris
Working it through
Now you see it, now you don't
Thirty-six minutes
Nightmare territory
No surrender.
A name to live up to
The surprise
In it to win it
The going gets tough
Flying and falling
Pushed to the brink
Biles and Chiles
Breaking points
A new path
Lean on me
Tokyo bound
Tokyo twisties
I'm not done yet
Buddy system
I'm that girl
Dream team
Bonjour Paris
Working it through
Now you see it, now you don't
Thirty-six minutes
Nightmare territory
No surrender.