This book is AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!This book is very inspiring to people like me because she's a gymnast, I'm a gymnast. It makes me strive for my goal in gymnastics..... to be the best gymnast I can be. This gymnast in particular really inspires me because she didn't have a very good life at the start. She lived in the back of a van for almost a year. She had almost nothing a now she is an Olympic champion. In fact she is the first African-American and first woman of color from any nation to win a...

Grace, Gold, and Glory:My Leap of FaithGabrielle Douglas with Michelle BurfordGabby Douglas has just finished the 2012 Olympics and wants to write about her journey to the 2012 Summer Olympics. In this autobiography we find out that Gabby's life wasn't always as perfect as it would seem for a gold medal winner. She had to work hard for all that she has accomplished, and this includes moving across the country, moving in with a family that you've never met, and leaving your family all behind. Lif...

When I discovered that this book had been written I was eager to read it. I loved watching Gabrielle Douglas in the Olympics. I appeared that many people were eager to read it because I had to put a hold on it at the Library and wait my turn. My turn finally came and I brought it home. After reading the first few chapters I was really unimpressed. The language in the book is too much like a teenager talking. I have no problem with teenagers and I love talking to them but I expect a book to be di...

Oh boy...where do I begin? It's hard to be objective as a gymnastics writer who worked closely with these athletes over the last quad and who was there for a lot of what's being written about here by someone who has clearly never seen a competition. I went in with very low expectations, knowing that there was a push to get this book out before the holidays. Its biggest problem is that it reads like a wikipedia entry, embellished by an overuse of "teen slang" (it's like if a Chinese farmer in 871...

Bullet Review:Gabby Douglas is awesome; her "memoirs" (read: juvenile summary of her life including some awkwardly candid opinions of her absent father) not so much. I'm sure young people (teens or younger) will enjoy this, but I found myself cringing at the language and bored stiff. A shame because Athlete Gabby is Gold.Very glad I only paid $1.99 for the Ebook.

After seeing Gabby Douglas perform in the 2012 Olympics I had become a fan of her happy smile and nickname, the flying squirrel. So when I saw this book at the library I was super happy and picked it up without a second thought. I had read a similarly styled book by Shawn Johnson about her life and the Olympics. And after the Olympics too. So I was hoping for something about the same.While this book is mostly about Gabby's life leading up to the Olympics it does have a chapter or more on the Oly...

I think Gabby is a neat girl who did amazing things with winning two gold medals in the 2012 London Olympics. I remember watching the Olympics on tv and I'm a fan.I think this book would've been way better if she waited 5 years or so to tell her story. It's very teenager-ish with lol slang, etc, and not great writing. There are also some perspectives about her father that feel like she's trying to get back at him - he's not great and has not been supportive, but the way she says it feels weird.I...

I'm not your average gym fan; I don't watch gymnastics once every four years and as such, I didn't get to know Gabrielle Douglas when she won the AA gold (not unexpectedly), but rather as a junior back in 2010 when she was known among gym fans (short for fanatics) as "Michelle Obama with a standing full".I also don't like memoirs, much less when written by 16 year-olds (and not particularly academically inclined, if I may add).Lastly, I don't believe in God. Then why on earth would Ι pick up som...

This is one of my favorite books! I could not put it down. I loved that at the end of some chapters she put a little segment about her dad. It was good that she put that in there because he wasn't in her life very much and the reader could find out more about him. One thing that makes this book different from the other gymnastic books is that it is centered on her faith. I loved reading the parts of her childhood that didn't necessarily have a part in becoming an Olympic gold medalist, they help...

I read the e-book on a whim one Friday night, despite not at all being in the target audience. While the tween-speak comes with the territory, I found the relaying of Gabby's rise to the top of the podium disappointing and even disturbing. Unfortunately, the book shies away from any details about the actual training and competitive experience involved in making it to the Olympics and instead focuses on Gabby's home life and personal struggles in managing the demands of elite gymnastics. Gabby's

Sixteen year old Gabrielle Douglas recounts her journey to becoming an Olympic champion gymnast and the first American gymnast to win both an individual and team gold medal in one Olympics. Gabrielle faced some very difficult challenges along the way. When she was just a baby, Gabrielle's family lived in a van while her parents sought work. Then, after her parents divorced, Gabrielle's mother worked multiple jobs just to keep her children fed and clothed. As it became apparent that Gabrielle had...

Wonderful biography!

Grace, Gold & Glory is about the amazing story of Gabrielle Douglas. It is a really inspiring book. It shows her determination toward her sport. It shows that even though she grew up with not having as much as others, all she needed was determination. She opens up about how going through with your dreams isn't always an uphill mission. You will have to have some downhill action. It shows everybody that it takes hard work and dedication to complete your goals in life. This isn't only about gymnas...

Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglas is an inspiring book. Gabby starts her life in the back of an black SUV with a fatal blood disease. This blood disease causes her blood to thin and for her to lose weight every day. After many months of checks from friends and her mom working triple shifts, they were finally able to move into an apartment. Her siblings are Arielle, Joyelle, and John. When her sister Arielle started gymnastics, Gabby thought it was the coolest thing ever. she started fo...

Are you interested in gymnastics, or just like hearing about a dream come true? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith is the book for you. This book, about Gabrielle Douglas, written by her herself, is about her roller coaster of a journey to the Olympics. Gabrielle, mostly known as Olympian Gabby Douglas went through a lot to make it to where she had always dreamed to go, the Olympics. It all started out when Gabby's sister insisted tha

It's a leap of faith to success for Gabi Douglas, a once deathly sick newborn born into a poor family living in the back of their Dodge van. Growing up, she finally found a home- next to her brother, two sisters, and her mother. Finally settling into a gym so she can burn off her energy, she discovers she has a real passion and talent in gymnastics. Flash forward a few years and Gabi is a healthy teen in a steady home, just with a shadowy, some-times-there-some-times-not, absent father while she...

It was an okay book. It was an interesting read to see how she went from sleeping in her family's van to Gold medal winner. Whoever edited the book did so horribly. Misspellings and at one point in the book she is talking about her host dad Travis and then a couple sentences later his name was Trevor. I had to realize that she was a teenager writing so of course it had a lot of teenage talk in it. But all in all, a neat book. I read it in a day. Easy read. I'm not going to do cartwheels over it,...

This book was a book club choice and so perhaps not the first I would choose. I liked it, but with many reservations... I do not feel that the Ghost writer (a regular contributor Oprah Winfrey's O magazine) gave Gabby sufficient room to explore the themes she sets up in the book. Broadly speaking, her estranged father's abandonment, her faith and her training and preparation regimen were all touched upon but never really examined satisfactorily.The 2012 Olympics experience in particular was rush...

The book Grace, Gold, and Glory is a really great book. It is so inspirational and I encourage it to anybody. One thing that I really like about this book is that it uses bible verses. I believe in God and it uses references from the bible with everyday lives. Which I then can use it in my life. This book has inspired me alot in many ways. Some include, keep pushing yourself, you mother and father love you no matter what, God will always be with you, and no matter the circumstances you will be b...

You have to take into consideration that it is written by a 16 year old. There are a lot of "(lol)" throughout, but it's a mature account of how her dream unfolded--bumps, bruises, highs and lows. It is a great testament to "It Takes a Village" to raise our kids and from "rags to riches." She is an incredibly insightful young lady who truly appreciates the sacrifices her family made, the generosity of strangers, and her faith to help her get to her ultimate destination. She is candid about her e...