Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Cline-Ransome, Lesa GAME CHANGERS : THE STORY OF VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS

Cline-Ransome, Lesa
GAME CHANGERS : THE STORY OF VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN
9781481476843

Growing up in Compton, the Williams family didn't have much. But they did have a love of tennis. Venus and Serena were the youngest of the famlly and they were the ones who took the game most seriously. They would get up very early and go to the public tennis court. Before they could play, they needed to sweep broken glass off the courts and pull the weeds. Sometimes they even needed to duck bullets when the gangs got too close. Learn about how these remarkable women went from Compton to Wimbleton becoming two of the best tennis players in the world.

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