Soul Surfer


by Bethany Hamilton
Lexile: ???
Genre: Autobiography

Bethany Hamilton was born to surf and she isn't going to let anything stop her. Not even an attack by a shark that leaves her with a serious injury. Immediately after the surgery she asks her doctors when she'll be able to surf again and so begins a journey of pushing aside her pain and fear to get back to a place where she can enjoy being in the water again.

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