Love match by monica seles available from rakuten kobo. In 2008, seles announced her retirement from professional tennis, closing the book on one of the most dramatic stories in the sport. Jun 04, 20 monica seles won the french open at the age of 16. Stefanie maria steffi graf is a german former professional tennis player. Seles loses to novotna seles went down, 75, 36, 86. Tennis star monica seles brings us a hot new series set at a truetolife sports academy for gorgeous, gifted teens and the rich and powerful. I found this book so gripping, i cant wait to buy the next one in the series. After being betrayed by her rival and her boyfriend, maya knows she needs to. A place where so many talented athletes come to do there thing and become a succesful athlete. Young tennis star mayas dreams finally come true when she earns a scholarship to the academy. Love match, by monica seles online on bookmate the academy is the sports school everyone is talking about. The academy, game on by monica seles 9781408841600. Jun 01, 20 former tennis player seles writes, or cowrites, or has her name on the cover of a book about future tennis star, who is attending a sports academy book has way too much time on a love triangle and deceptive practices by nefarious peoples, and way little time on other more interesting matters. Game on book contra costa county library bibliocommons.
Monica seles brings the drama of the court to the academy. She said that she had all the diet books on hand, and the best trainers one. This absorbing book is something that sport, or rather, tennis lovers will surely adore, especially if youd like to know what it is like to be playing in. Game on by monica seles is definitely one of my favourite books. Love match cements its position with more drama, and occasional sport. There is a lot of tennis jargon that the average reader might not enjoy, but if one understands the game, the descriptions create great visual images of some of her. Monica seles reveals diet struggles, depression in new memoir. The academy is the sports school everyone is talking about. Book trailer for the first book in a new series from tennis star monica seles. I only have love for one trashy series at a time, and game on secured monica seles s the academy series as my chosen. The academy ser game on by james larosa and monica seles. The academy, game on by monica seles 9781408841600 booktopia. At the academy, a sports training facilityboarding school for teenaged athletes, 16yearold maya finds it hard to focus on tennis when gossip, a modeling gig and renewed feelings for her exboyfriend get in the way.
The academy is the hottest international sports school for teen athletes. She holds dual hungarian and united states citizenship as of 2007. Game on 9781599909011 by seles, monica, larosa, james the academy. Tennis star monica seles brings us a hot new series set at a truetolife sports academy for the supertalented. Until that competition brings a new round of gossip, a modeling gig, and renewed feelings. Graf then lost a closely contested final to monica seles, 62, 36, 108. After a star performance in the semifinals at a tennis competition, maya is labelled the next big thing and books a highprofile. In early 1986, seles and her brother zoltan moved from yugoslavia to the united states, and seles enrolled at the nick bollettieri tennis academy, where she trained for two years and continued to practice until march 1990. She won nine grand slam singles titles, winning eight of them while a citizen of yugoslavia and one while a. Tennis legend monica seles unveils her first foray into young adult fiction with the academy. Mar 07, 2009 this book was particularly interesting to me as monica seles was the number one womens tennis player in the world around the time i was playing on my high schools tennis team. Monica seles is considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.
Feb 25, 2014 monica seles won the french open at the age of sixteen. After being betrayed by her rival and her boyfriend, maya knows she needs to shrug off the drama and focus on her game. The academy is an international sports mecca for teen ath. The academy is an international sports mecca for teen athletes. But for maya, it seems getting in was the easy part. I would love to read about a character involved in that world. The plot is pretty paperthin and the love triangle grows a bit tiresome. In 2008, seles announced her retirement from professional tennis, closing the book. The academy is an international sports mecca for t more.
Monica seles read the authors books online bookmate. Its an obvious set up for more books, and i hope the athletics take top priority in the next several novels. She is so excited but nervous when she gets a scholarship to the academy. Herewith, therefore, 62 scalding takeaways from the academy, by m. Monica seles clearly has a unique insight into the world of elite sports. I have to admit that does disappoint me because there are some story lines that would like to see how they unfold but those are the breaks. Getting that passport was one of the prerequisites for admission to the school. After a star performance in the semifinals at a tennis competition, maya is labelled the next big thing and books a highprofile modelling job. The academy is an international sports mecca for teen athletes of all sports. At the worlds most elite academy for athletic teens, the competition on the playing field is fierce. Monica seles won the french open at the age of sixteen. Needless to say, little sporting seems to take place in the academy. Young tennis star mayas dreams have finally come true when she earns a scholarship to the academy.
Maya, sweet and naive at the start of the book finds her head turned by nicole, the maria sharapova of the academy and travis and jake, soccer stars and sons of the academy director leaving her true friends cleo and renee behind. Tennis writer steve flink, in his book the greatest ten. And after a strong showing in the semifinals at a tennis competition, maya seems pretty focused. Jan 26, 2015 seles definitely left things open for a third book but i havent been able to find any news of a third book coming out. Game on, detailing all the passion and ambition of a young tennis. There are plenty of physical female characters in ya fiction, but usually theyre defensive or violent, so its great to see sport have a. Maya comes from a small town and doesnt know very much about anything other than tennis. Childrens books, romance, sports, literature and fiction grade levels.
Deep pockets or enough talent to score a scholarship. Exclusive book trailer for the academy by monica seles. She went on to become the number one ranked woman in tennis, winning a total of nine grand slam titles. I think the idea of a superstar sports academy involving the top young athletes is an amazing idea. Jun 01, 20 maya, sweet and naive at the start of the book finds her head turned by nicole, the maria sharapova of the academy and travis and jake, soccer stars and sons of the academy director leaving her true friends cleo and renee behind. Jun 03, 20 by monica seles and james larosa tennis legend monica seles unveils her first foray into young adult fiction with the academy. The academy game on by monica seles book trailer youtube. She went on to become the number one ranked woman in tennis, winning a total of nine grand slam titles before retiring from the game in 2004. I enjoyed the first book in the series, game on, when i read it last year. But when she moves to the training facilityboarding school to. By monica seles and james larosa tennis legend monica seles unveils her first foray into young adult fiction with the academy. Buy a cheap copy of love match book by monica seles. Great deals on one book or all books in the series.
Focus, maya, she warned herself as donata prepared to serve. Nine months after their arrival at the academy, seles mother and father joined her and zoltan in florida. Monica seles 47 is a tennis player from usa who has a careerhigh singles ranking of no. Monica was inducted into the tennis hall of fame in 2009. It would great if there was going to be an upcoming third book. Monica seles returns to the game with a youngadult fiction series. English novel cheap books young adult ya feel free to chat.
The third year, she didnt come out of her room for a week. She is now a board member of the laureus sports for good foundation, using the power of sport as a tool for change. Plucked from her small town, maya moves to the sports training facilityboarding school to hopefully start the beginning of her pro. Ya books involving sports are definitely something id like to see more of.
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