Nadia Comaneci

Dominie Biography

by Gloria D. Miklowitz

A biography of the renowned, teenaged Romanian gymnast, focusing on her training from the age of six, concludes with an account of her medal-winning performances at the 1976 Montreal Olympics

Genres: Biography

90 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

With a relentless concern about contemporary issues and problems that affect teenagers, Gloria D. Miklowitz (USA, b. 1927) examined such topics as rape, suicide, teen marriage, divorce, AIDS, sexual abuse, and racial prejudice in her novels. She helped teen readers look at underground militias, vigilantism, religious cults, steroid use among high school athletes, and the effects of nuclear war. She enabled readers to view the famous battle of Masada from both sides. She also wrote nonfiction on a variety of subjects, from earthquakes and raccoons to President Harry Truman, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and tennis star Tracy Austin.

Reviews

[Reader]

Read this one when I was a kid. I was obsessed with Nadia and gymnastics in general at the time so I really enjoyed it.

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its been a long time.. I was a gymnast who was little sister to the American gymnast Kim Monagrif...
I can not remember some details well I remember but can not verify...Kim was probably someone the press shoved at Nadia to make the story, Kim was awesome gymnast most of our teams were, we worked 3 to 9 plus hours a week saturdays u came in for fun...
The coaches were Ewing and Baretta Fort Collins Co...
If anyone can fill in the gaps please let me know...thank you for reading...
The book was great back in the day...I'm afraid it would fail today...
You didn't make up a bunch of junk that was not true...
Thank you 😊

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was amazed when i read this book. And i was also inspired by the book.