Mary Lou: Creating an Olympic Champion

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The firsthand story of the seventeen-year-old who captured worldwide attention by winning the first American gold medal in women's gymnastics also recounts the life of her defected Romanian coach

Genres: NonfictionSportsAutobiographyBiography

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