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One Life: Young Readers Edition
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Expected 2 Jan 79Adapted for young readers! Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life.
You know Megan Rapinoe as an international soccer superstar! She's also a fierce activist, boldly speaking out about issues of equality and justice--from LGBTQ rights to the equal pay movement to Black Lives Matter.
In this adaptation for middle school readers of her memoir One Life, get to know Megan: from her childhood in a small California town where she learned to play soccer and how to fight for social justice; through high school, college and beyond; to 2016 when she became the first high-profile white athlete to take a knee in support of Colin Kaepernik, and also suing the United States Soccer Federation along with her teammates over gender discrimination.
Using stories from her own life and career, Rapinoe discusses the responsibility we have to speak up. In this edition specifically for young readers, she reveals the impact everyone, even kids, can have on their communities and how kids can get involved in making the world a better place.
You know Megan Rapinoe as an international soccer superstar! She's also a fierce activist, boldly speaking out about issues of equality and justice--from LGBTQ rights to the equal pay movement to Black Lives Matter.
In this adaptation for middle school readers of her memoir One Life, get to know Megan: from her childhood in a small California town where she learned to play soccer and how to fight for social justice; through high school, college and beyond; to 2016 when she became the first high-profile white athlete to take a knee in support of Colin Kaepernik, and also suing the United States Soccer Federation along with her teammates over gender discrimination.
Using stories from her own life and career, Rapinoe discusses the responsibility we have to speak up. In this edition specifically for young readers, she reveals the impact everyone, even kids, can have on their communities and how kids can get involved in making the world a better place.
272 pages, Paperback
Expected publication January 2, 2079
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September 11, 2021
I thought this was just great. Nearly 5 stars for me as far as memoirs go. This was just so easy to read and consistently interesting to me. Great example of a middle grade nonfiction/memoir book. Happy to have it in my classroom library! Might use with nonfiction book clubs at some point.
September 2, 2023
Good memoir for young adults/ middle grade readers. She talks a lot of soccer (duh) and being gay, but you also learn about her family and the journey she made to get to where she is now. Love hearing about the activism and makes me like her more.
July 28, 2021
I had no idea the extent of Rapinoe's activism, and how much she is using her celebrity for good. Her soccer story is fascinating and sure to inspire young readers. Starting with her childhood of playing on boys' teams with her twin sister since there were no girls' teams to her experiences on the US National Team, Rapinoe shares the ups and downs of being a professional athlete. She does not shy away from difficulties that she faced in both her personal and professional life. This adaptation of her memoir is not updated to include any information of the Summer Olympics that are on right now, though I am rooting for her more than ever. Highly recommended for grades 5 & up.
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February 20, 2022
A good memoir for middle grades (age 10-13), especially children who love sports!
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January 26, 2024read this so i could talk to karen about the US national women's soccer team, but i also really enjoyed it. one of my book bingos was to read a young adults version and i am glad i chose this one!
October 3, 2021
This adaptation of soccer star Megan Rapinoe's original memoir for adults is inspiring and will expand the idea that many middle graders and teens have about sports and activism. The book shares anecdotes about Megan's formative years growing up in a small California town with her twin sister Rachael and brother Brian. Theirs was a supportive family, and the sisters gravitated to soccer, something that they practiced constantly with each other. Megan was shorter than her sister, but she was fiercely competitive. Eventually, both of them would play soccer in college. Megan describes her challenges, including tearing her ACL and the long road to recovery, as well as her successes. There is much description of soccer matches and travel from one game to another once she turned professional. But through it all, Megan becomes keenly aware of the disparity in how women soccer players are treated and what they are paid compared to men. She becomes part of a movement to equalize those salaries as well as becoming an activist for LGBTQIA+ rights and social justice, taking a knee just as football player Colin Kaepernick did. One of the best parts of this book is how Megan shares her own growing awareness of social justice issues and her responsibility to use her fame or platform as she calls it to speak out against wrongs and take a stand. She also shares stories about her romantic relationships, political involvement, and the joy of winning a World Cup as well as the ravages caused by her older brother Brian's drug addiction and incarceration. By the time they reach the last page, readers will feel as though they know this outspoken woman who isn't afraid to step up in support of change even with the possible consequences of doing so. If you weren't a fan before reading this book, you certainly will be after finishing it. She's a hero for these uncertain times.
September 12, 2022
Incredibly powerful. Everyone should read this and have it on their shelf.
February 1, 2023
Overall interesting content and really impressive what she has done with her platform. However, the book felt disorganized, jumping around between too many topics at once and was hard to follow at points.
February 24, 2023
This was such a powerful book to read and discuss with 7th graders. Loved it.
March 22, 2023
My daughter picked this book because she loved Megan’s pink hair, but then never read it. I read some book prompts about ‘Books you wish you would have had when you were younger.� This one may fit the bill. Megan’s journey to activism and her explanation about the Women’s National Team being grossly underpaid was informative, having really only known the backstory basics, she broke it down for a young reader in a way they could understand. As a former soccer player in my youth, we were always conditioned to believer we were ‘lucky�, lucky to have a sport for girls, lucky to play on the same fields as the boys. Megan took it a step further, ‘We’re great, this is what we deserve to earn for our careers.� She went into negotiations, how they strategized as a team to get the best representation when it came to negotiating their team contracts. Again, things as a young soccer player, I never would have known were going on behind the awards and accolades. Her rise to activism, starting shakily and then finding her voice was also an enlightening journey as well. More books like this for Gen Z, the kids will be alright!
May 5, 2022
Megan Rapinoe. Geschreven door: Megan Rapinoe, met Emma Brockes.
Wie kent Rapinoe (met het roze haar) niet? Zelfs ik ken haar, hoewel ik amper naar sport kijk. Ik ken haar zelfs eerder niet van sport dan wel. Dat komt natuurlijk door het empowerende activisme van haar. Zij komt op voor gelijke lonen van mannen én vrouwen (Als je in haar boek leest over de loonkloof tussen het mannenteam en het vrouwenteam dan ga je steigeren!), ze spreekt zich (knielend) uit tegen racisme, pleit openlijk voor gelijke rechten van LHBTQIA+-personen en nog zo veel meer. Dat alles doet ze naast het voetbalveld, op het veld is zij een voetbalsuperster die haar gelijke niet kent.
Hoe dat allemaal gegroeid is kun je in deze autobiografie lezen. Het is haar ‘echte� autobiografie maar dan herschreven voor een jonger publiek. Een super inspirerend, engagerend boek. Het leest als een trein en is boeiend voor fans van sport-Megan én voor de fans van activisme-Megan. De vele foto’s zorgen voor een leuk extraatje.
Ik was al fan maar ben het dankzij dit toffe boek (met mooie cover) nog meer!
Wie kent Rapinoe (met het roze haar) niet? Zelfs ik ken haar, hoewel ik amper naar sport kijk. Ik ken haar zelfs eerder niet van sport dan wel. Dat komt natuurlijk door het empowerende activisme van haar. Zij komt op voor gelijke lonen van mannen én vrouwen (Als je in haar boek leest over de loonkloof tussen het mannenteam en het vrouwenteam dan ga je steigeren!), ze spreekt zich (knielend) uit tegen racisme, pleit openlijk voor gelijke rechten van LHBTQIA+-personen en nog zo veel meer. Dat alles doet ze naast het voetbalveld, op het veld is zij een voetbalsuperster die haar gelijke niet kent.
Hoe dat allemaal gegroeid is kun je in deze autobiografie lezen. Het is haar ‘echte� autobiografie maar dan herschreven voor een jonger publiek. Een super inspirerend, engagerend boek. Het leest als een trein en is boeiend voor fans van sport-Megan én voor de fans van activisme-Megan. De vele foto’s zorgen voor een leuk extraatje.
Ik was al fan maar ben het dankzij dit toffe boek (met mooie cover) nog meer!
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March 21, 2022The book I read is called “One Life� by Megan Rapinoe. This book is about a woman named Megan who grows up playing soccer traveling all around the world and ending up winning the world cup on her thirty-first birthday.
The theme of the book is that Megan the main character grows up to become a professional soccer player and her and her team end up winning the World Cup on her thirty-first birthday. She also has a twin sister named Rachel also plays soccer but they don’t play on the smae team together anymore. Growing up Megan got a lot of scholarships from coaches to play soccer. She also went to college at the same place as Rachel her twin sister. Megan loves to play soccer and she also comes out to be gay.
I probably wouldn’t recommend this book for younger kids. I would probably recommend it for older kids like teens. I kind of liked this book but I don’t think I want to read anymore like this. It wasn’t really my favorite kind of book.
The theme of the book is that Megan the main character grows up to become a professional soccer player and her and her team end up winning the World Cup on her thirty-first birthday. She also has a twin sister named Rachel also plays soccer but they don’t play on the smae team together anymore. Growing up Megan got a lot of scholarships from coaches to play soccer. She also went to college at the same place as Rachel her twin sister. Megan loves to play soccer and she also comes out to be gay.
I probably wouldn’t recommend this book for younger kids. I would probably recommend it for older kids like teens. I kind of liked this book but I don’t think I want to read anymore like this. It wasn’t really my favorite kind of book.
April 2, 2022
Listened to the audio.
Megan and her twin sister played on a boys soccer team as kids. Her childhood was a good one, but her brotheras often in trouble due to his addiction.. Her sister became the popular one, Megan tagged along. In college Megan grew into herself, playing soccer and realizing she was gay. She asked why no one ever told her. Since she stood up to bullies as a kid, it seemed natural to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernic. She was outspoken that woman's soccer players should be paid more, and was united with her team that the best way to prove that was by winning.
Megan and her twin sister played on a boys soccer team as kids. Her childhood was a good one, but her brotheras often in trouble due to his addiction.. Her sister became the popular one, Megan tagged along. In college Megan grew into herself, playing soccer and realizing she was gay. She asked why no one ever told her. Since she stood up to bullies as a kid, it seemed natural to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernic. She was outspoken that woman's soccer players should be paid more, and was united with her team that the best way to prove that was by winning.
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December 8, 2021
I like Megan Rapinoe, but this book was all over the place for me. She’d start off on one thing and then it dove into another unrelated thing. The main focus of the book was on her activism, which is great, but I would have liked to have read more about her personal life. I felt like that was more side notes in her story instead of showing how impactful and meaningful the people in her life actually are. I think if there was more of that I would have gained a better understanding of her.
June 12, 2022
Overall I enjoyed this book a lot.
I never really read non-fiction but I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. It was interesting learning her journey to becoming professional, how she fought for justice and equality in and out of football for equal pay, LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter rights. In this book you learn a lot about her childhood all the way to where she is now.
5 stars without a doubt!
I never really read non-fiction but I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. It was interesting learning her journey to becoming professional, how she fought for justice and equality in and out of football for equal pay, LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter rights. In this book you learn a lot about her childhood all the way to where she is now.
5 stars without a doubt!
January 27, 2022
Megan Rapinoe, soccer phenom, tells of her journey, highlighting her successes on and off the field. She advocates for the LGBTQ community and is committed to antiracism. The controversy of her kneeling for the anthem in support of antiracism and Colin K has evolved as people as our nation begins to recognize inequity and violence towards BIPOC.
November 17, 2023
Wow. I wasn't expecting to love this book so much and to feel a surge of both empowerment and duty to do my part in this world. As Megan says "Real change lies within all of us. So what are you going to do?"
September 25, 2021
Great adaptation of Rapinoe's biography and an excellent source of potential passages for PSAT practice for my students!
January 21, 2022
Good read to understand and and help you push your acheivements.
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October 20, 2022
Love this book and Megan is so inspiring, I straight away started practising more. She makes it ok to be loud and your authentic self(x❤x)
January 12, 2023
My 10 and 13 yr old read megan's younger readers edition cover to cover on Christmas Day.
May 15, 2023
My 12 yo daughter and I both enjoyed it. (And neither of us are soccer fans!)
April 6, 2024
I didn't know much about Megan before picking up this book. This book is her life story from her birth through 2020.
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