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Raised a Warrior: A Memoir of Soccer, Grit, and Leveling the Playing Field
Book · 2021
Raised a Warrior: A Memoir of Soccer, Grit, and Leveling the Playing Field
Grown-upsBest for parents & coaches★ 4.1
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A Harvard captain's account of a girlhood spent chasing a place in a sport that had no professional league waiting for her, and of what the pressure cost. It ends in her work on gender equity in soccer.
Why we picked it
No other book on this shelf says as much about the price of a competitive girls' career, including the parts nobody posts. Best read by a 15 or 16 year old, and worth a parent reading alongside.
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