ambition

"Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world"--Provided by publisher.

Sh? earns a place on the team as a alternate, and starts to realize that the players are having a hard time working together and need a leader.

Sh? and two of his teammates are chosen to try out for an all-star team, and once they get to the practice field and see their competition, Sh? begins to question his skills.

With their team falling behind in the district finals, the Josui soccer team decides to resort to desperate tactics to win, and meanwhile, Sh?o learns something about his past.

Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.

Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all. Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyonc? embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away from it. They?re loath to see themselves?or be seen by others?as aggressive or, worst of all, as a bitch. Double Bind could not come at a more urgent time, a necessary collection that explodes this conflict, examining the concept of female ambition from every angle in essays full of insight, wisdom, humor, and rage.

Soccer enthusiast Sho Kazamatsuri has worked hard to become an outstanding player, both as an individual and as part of the team at Josui Junior High, learning from mentors along the way--including the person who first introduced him to the sport.

A history of con artists and hoaxes.

"Henry Finch ... strives for greatness, gets it all a bit wrong, then makes it right again in a very surprising way -- truly becoming great"--Provided by publisher.

Allie, Bella, Carly, and Marlo, eight-year-old performers in the Stardust Circus, are normally best friends--but when a film crew comes to do a television special on the circus, Allie's dreams of being a Hollywood star threaten to drive a wedge between them.