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Hamilton, Bethany.

Soul surfer : a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board / Soulsurfer. Bethany Hamilton with Sheryl Berk and Rick Bundschuh. - New York : MTV Books, Pocket Books ; ℗♭2004. - xxiii, 213 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.

Foreword -- Halloween morning -- Roots -- Serious competitor -- Mostly normal life -- Attack -- Dark hours -- Surgery -- Road back -- Why I do it -- Keeping the faith -- Outpouring of aloha -- On being kind of famous -- Back in the waves -- Aftermath -- Part of a plan -- Endnote.

Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer lost her arm in a shark attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.



ISBN: 0743499220 9780743499224 1416507728 9781416507727 9781416503460 1416503463 9781439165799 1439165793 9781451725216 1451725213 9781435230644 1435230647

LCCN: 2004295393

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA482048 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013039450 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hamilton, Bethany.
Hamilton, Bethany.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Surfing--Wounds and injuries--Hawaii--Kauai--Biography.
Shark attacks--Hawaii--Kauai--Biography.
Amputees--Rehabilitation--Biography.
Sharks.
Surfing--Accidents and injuries--Hawaii--Kauai--Personal narratives.
Amputees--rehabilitation.
Sharks.
Surf--L©♭sions et blessures--Hawaii--Kauai (©‌le)--Biographies.
Requins--Attaques--Hawaii--Kauai (©‌le)--Biographies.
Personnes amput©♭es--R©♭adaptation--Biographies.
Requins.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiography.
Young adult literature.
Biography.
Autobiography.
Autobiography--Young adult.
Young adult nonfiction.

LC Class. No.: GV838.H36 / H36 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 797.32092