Simone Biles

Greatest of All Time

From the Series Gateway Biographies

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

Simone Biles discovered gymnastics on a chance day-care trip to a gym when she was six years old. Ten years later, she became the first Black woman to win the all-around world championship title. A two-time Olympian, Biles has won more world championship medals than any gymnast before her and has four official skills named after her. But Biles’s fans celebrate her courage as much as her gravity-defying moves. She’s spoken out about her abuse by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, having ADHD, and her struggles with mental health leading up to and during the 2021 Olympics. Learn more about Biles’s life and career, and discover how she became one of gymnastics’ most accomplished and celebrated athletes of all time.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Diverse Books: Feminism, Diverse Books: Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diversity, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2023
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2022-08-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007100, JNF054060, JNF007120
Dewey 796.44092 [B]
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 890
ATOS Reading Level 6.0
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Index, Reviewed, Source notes, Teaching Guides, and Timeline

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