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Keep Smashing It: Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Confident: by Jodie Ounsley - also known as being Fury from Gladiators!
Be brave, be confident and keep smashing it with everyone's favourite Gladiator - Fury!
Jodie Ounsley is a Gladiator, an England Rugby player, an inspirational role model for deaf people, and now an author too! In her debut book, Jodie wants to show young people everywhere that anything is possible when you believe in yourself. Content
- Being a role model to children – in sports and beyond – offering important representation to the deaf community.
- Jodie's experience as a professional rugby player – a woman in a ‘man’s game'
- Showing young people the value of being a physically powerful and strong woman; just because you’re strong doesn’t mean you’re not feminine!
- The importance of family and having a strong team around you
- Getting girls into sport!
Jodie Ounsley is a Gladiator, an England Rugby player, an inspirational role model for deaf people, and now an author too! In her debut book, Jodie wants to show young people everywhere that anything is possible when you believe in yourself. Content
- Being a role model to children – in sports and beyond – offering important representation to the deaf community.
- Jodie's experience as a professional rugby player – a woman in a ‘man’s game'
- Showing young people the value of being a physically powerful and strong woman; just because you’re strong doesn’t mean you’re not feminine!
- The importance of family and having a strong team around you
- Getting girls into sport!
224 pages, Paperback
Published March 27, 2025
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May 8, 2025
A 40th birthday present for me, as Fury is one of my favourite Gladiators, being so supportive and encouraging of the contenders and the other Gladiators.
This was such a sweet, inspiring and fun book, outlining Jodie's story of putting everything towards achieving her dream of becoming an Olympian, through playing Rugby for England, gaining confidence and overcoming anxieties and adversity to succeed at becoming a role model for girls, for profoundly deaf people, and pretty much for anyone who has a long-term dream, or who wants to change the world for the better! I read it to my 5-year old daughter at bedtime, and then again at breakfast when she came running downstairs clutching "The Fury Book", begging me to read it to her while she eats her breakfast! She also got some motivation from it, having recently watched a documentary about the plight of the pangolins, my daughter said she wanted to help the pangolins survive, being encouraged by Jodie's insistence that individuals can change the world for the better if you find a cause, pursue it and have the courage and persistence to work towards achieving your goals pertaining to that cause.
It is written in such an engaging and entertaining way for children of all ages, and is both a fascinating insight into Jodie's story, as well as a motivational tool for children!
This was such a sweet, inspiring and fun book, outlining Jodie's story of putting everything towards achieving her dream of becoming an Olympian, through playing Rugby for England, gaining confidence and overcoming anxieties and adversity to succeed at becoming a role model for girls, for profoundly deaf people, and pretty much for anyone who has a long-term dream, or who wants to change the world for the better! I read it to my 5-year old daughter at bedtime, and then again at breakfast when she came running downstairs clutching "The Fury Book", begging me to read it to her while she eats her breakfast! She also got some motivation from it, having recently watched a documentary about the plight of the pangolins, my daughter said she wanted to help the pangolins survive, being encouraged by Jodie's insistence that individuals can change the world for the better if you find a cause, pursue it and have the courage and persistence to work towards achieving your goals pertaining to that cause.
It is written in such an engaging and entertaining way for children of all ages, and is both a fascinating insight into Jodie's story, as well as a motivational tool for children!
May 17, 2025
Read this to see if it would be any good for my students and because I love seeing fellow Yorkshire lasses doing well!
February 16, 2026
I found this book quite inspiring. As someone who watched Gladiators every Saturday it's on, i knew i had to read this book. I'm also learning sign language so having the signs in the book really helped.
The only downside is the fact the book is aimed at primary early secondary school kids and as someone who's in year 11 i got a bit bored but i still loved it
The only downside is the fact the book is aimed at primary early secondary school kids and as someone who's in year 11 i got a bit bored but i still loved it
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