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The Courage to Compete: Living with Cerebral Palsy and Following My Dreams
Curran, Abbey, Kaye, Elizabeth
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Description for The Courage to Compete: Living with Cerebral Palsy and Following My Dreams
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AP; YXK; YXL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 152 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not ... Read more
A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062363916
SKU
V9780062363916
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Ref
99-15
About Curran, Abbey, Kaye, Elizabeth
Abbey Curran, born with cerebral palsy, made history as the first person with a disability to compete in major beauty pageants when she was crowned Miss Iowa USA in 2008, and competed in the Miss USA pageant. While still in high school, she founded the Miss You Can Do It pageant, for young women with disabilities ranging in age from ... Read more
Reviews for The Courage to Compete: Living with Cerebral Palsy and Following My Dreams
"The teenager is honest about her struggles, from wearing leg braces to coping with her parents' divorce. She exudes hope, confidence, determination, and bravery. VERDICT Adolescents will be motivated to pursue their own dreams after reading this stirring title."
School Library Journal "Debunking myths about pageant participants, she praises the sisterhood she found and the hope pageants give "[her] ... Read more
School Library Journal "Debunking myths about pageant participants, she praises the sisterhood she found and the hope pageants give "[her] ... Read more