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Figure skater Eva Chen is looking forward to sharing her latest routine. She's skating to a song with Mandarin lyrics as a special nod to her Chinese grandmother. But when a fall results in concussion, Eva is forced to take time off the ice. To make matters worse, Eva overhears some fellow skaters making fun of her song. Will Eva find the strength to return to the ice despite her setbacks?

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	28 mai 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781474789103
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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COURAGE ON ICE

COURAGE ONICE

Veeda Bybee

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Designed by Dina Her Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Limited 2020 Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd

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AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Shutterstock: Brocreative, design element, BergeImLicht, (mountains) design element, cluckva, (geometric) design element, Dmytro Vietrov, (snowboarder) cover

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CONTENTS Chapter 1 THE PERFECT SONG. . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 LATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 3 REST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter 4 PATIENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter 5 THE RETURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter 6 ALARMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 7 PEPPERMINT TEA . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Chapter 8 THE AXEL JUMP . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Chapter 9 CHANGE OF ROUTINE. . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter 10 THANK YOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 1

THE PERFECT SONG

Eva Chen spread her arms out wide, as if she

were greeting everyone at the Snow Castles Ice

Arena. Even though she shared the ice with other

skaters on this cold morning, she liked to pretend

that she was the only one on the ice.

Stroke, stroke, stroke.

Eva pushed her feet forwards. She felt her

muscles waking up. With her hands outstretched

for balance, she glanced over her shoulder. She

couldn’t see it, but she knew her skates left tiny

lines in the smooth, white ice.

White, like the colour of the Chinese bao buns

her grandmother made for her school lunch.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Eva put a gloved hand on her stomach and felt

the uy material of her eece. Thinking about

food made the thirteen-year-old remember that

she had forgotten to have breakfast. She shivered.

She was hungryandcold. Eva rubbed her hands

together. Even with her gloves, they felt as chilly as

the hard ice beneath her.

Eva knew that after a few minutes of skating,

her body temperature would rise. Usually when she

stepped onto the ice, she was much warmer. She

was supposed to do warm-ups before she started

skating. They helped prepare her for exercise.

Today, though, she decided to skip warming up

to make up for lost time.

Eva had slept through her alarm. Five a.m. was

so early to wake up! And she was in such a rush

that she also almost forgot her skates.

Eva yawned. She had early morning private

lessons a couple of times a week with Coach Jo.

On Saturdays she had group lessons. Eva had

been skating since she was îve years old. She didn’t

think missing one warm-up would matter. They

were boring anyway. All she did in warm-ups was

stretch and sometimes jog around the rink. Eva

would rather be on the ice, doing turns, crossovers

and skating. These moves made îgure skating fun,

not warm-ups.

She went around the rink again – this time

in the opposite direction. The more her legs moved,

the faster she picked up speed. Even with the cold

air of the rink nipping at her face, she could feel her

cheeks warming. Eva loved the feeling of going fast

on the ice. It almost felt like ying.

There were several other girls on the ice

practising on their own or with their coaches. Her

best friend, Jazz Mason, was already tucking in for

a camel spin.

Jazz was great at spinning. One leg was

straight behind her, parallel to the ice. Her body was

stretched out like the shape of the letter T.

Jazz looked forward as she spun.

“That was amazing!” Eva said, gliding next to her.

She watched Jazz give one last twirl.

Classical music oated through the sound system

as Stephanie Watson skated her routine. The song was

slow and elegant. When the orchestra picked up speed,

Stephanie’s ponytail whipped behind her as she started

a backwards crossover.

“Stephanie is so good,” Eva said to Jazz.

She could hear the jealousy in her own voice. She

thought of the other girls on the ice. She wanted to be

powerful like Jazz. Or graceful like Stephanie.

Eva thought about her îgure-skating routine for

the upcoming family showcase. The event was a fun

performance when all the ice skaters showed their

families what they would be performing during the

season.

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