this book tells the story of a young girl, who manages to survive a chilling experience, this book brought me to tears.
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
By Bethany Hamilton, Rick Bundschuh
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | 6 | 30303 |
The amazing story of the thirteen-year-old surfer girl who lost her arm in a shark attack but never lost her faith -- and of her triumphant return to competitive surfing.
They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the tremendous passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing -- not even the loss of her arm in a horrific shark attack -- could come between her and the waves?
That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii -- a glorious part of the world, where it's hard to deny the divine -- Bethany responded to the shark's stealth attack with the calm of a girl with God on her side. Pushing pain and panic aside, she immediately began to paddle with one arm, focusing on a single thought: "Get to the beach...." Rushed to the hospital, where her father, Tom Hamilton, was about to undergo knee surgery, Bethany found herself taking his spot in the O.R. It's the kind of coincidence that isn't mere coincidence to the Hamilton family, a clan whose motto could easily be "the family that surfs and prays together stays together." To them it was a sign someone had a greater plan than the one they'd been working on themselves -- which had been to scrape together whatever resources they could to help Bethany rise to the top of her sport. When the first thing Bethany wanted to know after surgery was "When can I surf again?" it became clear that her unfaltering spirit and determination were part of a greater story -- a tale of courage and faith that this modest and soft-spoken girl would come to share with the world.
Soul Surfer is a moving account of Bethany's life as a young surfer, her recovery in the wake of the shark attack, the adjustments she's made to her unique surfing style, her unprecedented bid for a top showing in the World Surfing Championships, and, most fundamentally, her belief in God. It is a story of girl power and spiritual grit that shows that the body is no more essential to surfing -- perhaps even less so -- than the soul.
Publisher: MTV Books
Published on 3/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
Book Reviews (71)
This book is very good!!!!! Bethany was a good surfer, then, she got her left arm bitten off by a shark, and she feels like she can't surf anymore... But will she still go back to her surfing life?
I love this book! Bethony tells you how she got her arm bitten off by a shark and then. How she reacted after it happened!
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I was inspired when i read this book but, i did not love the writing style if i had to pick to either watch the movie or read the book i would pick the movie.
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this movie inspired me,and made me cry!this article is so sad! i love the article and the movie and the book!
I thought that the book was a very inspiring stroy and i would recomend the book to anybody because it tells you how to fight through your promblems not to run away from the. My favorite part of the book was to find out that bethany was going to be okay because most people would have expected her die.Myleast favorite part was when the shark acualy bit her arm off because i was afraid that the shark was acualy going to bring her into the water and kill her ,but I was happy to find out that she was okay. Like I said it was a very insiring story to me. And whoever else read or dose read it Ithat they find it as inspiring as I did. and it is a very good book to read and Ihope others will folow in my foot steps to find out hoe inspiring this is to me and could be to a bunch of other people if they just took the time to read it. And it would be amazing to pass the word on about this book so other people can hear about her amazing life and how she survived the shark attack. And I also hope people do not say bad thing about this book ,but to recomande it to other people do they can read about her to and so she will be kown all over the world. :)
it was good and it took me a really long time to read it because i was 6 then I'm really smarty
i love this book but it is kind of scary because a shark bit off her arm i was scared.