Going for Gold

by Anne E. Schraff

Keely Wayne's gymnastics coach thinks she has a chance of competing at the Olympics, if only she keeps her weight down, but no matter how Keely diets and exercises, she doesn't think she is slim enough, so she is tempted to take extreme measures.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.