Gymnastics: The Trials, the Triumphs, the Truth (Puffin Nonfiction)
Grade 5-8?A straightforward overview. Gutman covers the history of the sport, its events, judging, and scoring in an informal, breezy style and profiles people and problems, both past and present, within the readable text. An eight-page full-color insert appears at the center of the book. Average-quality black-and-white photographs are sprinkled throughout. While the factual presentation is informative, the writing is often choppy and is marred by the use of slang expressions. Nonetheless, the harsh realities of the sport and its effects on individuals come through loud and clear.?Janice C. Hayes, Middle Tennessee State University, MurfreeboroCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.