ALL THE DREAMS, ALL THE HEARTBREAK, ALL THE HARD-WON TRIUMPH IN A LIFETIME OF GOING FOR THE GOLD... Even at an early age, Nancy Kerrigan was blessed with an incredible talent and natural elegance in the rink. She rose at 4:00 A.M. almost every day to skate before high school, sacrificing much of her childhood to pursue her dreams on ice. Yet growing up in the blue-collar town of Stoneham, Massachusetts, was a long, hard way from the glamorous, often grueling, world of professional skating. Possessed of a spirited determination, however, Nancy Kerrigan overcame the odds—to become America's sweetheart. This is Nancy's inspiring story: her childhood in a loving working-class family, her meteoric rise to stardom, the brutal attack in Detroit, and her courageous recovery. And through it all, Nancy Kerrigan vowed never to give up, always to aim for that personal best, and—both in life and in the Olympics—to go for the gold!
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Randi Reisfeld has written over 60 books, primarily for ‘tweens and teens; non-fiction (celebrity biographies, two of which have made the New York Times best seller list); and fiction. She wrote the Clueless series, original stories based on the characters in the movie, as well as six books based on the character of TV's Moesha. Her original fiction series called T*Witches is a Disney Channel TV movie, broadcast October 2005. [NOTE: Although Witches is in the title, this series is completely wholesome, compelling, and humorous, and has nothing to do with the occult]. She is an editor at Scholastic, as well.
