A Leap Ahead (Silver Blades) [Paperback]

Melissa Lowell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1996 | Series: Silver Blades

Amber Armstrong is only eleven, but she can already skate as well as -- even better than -- the older girls in Silver Blades. The only problem is that the other skaters still treat her like a baby.

So Amber decides to take the senior-level skating test. She'll be the youngest skater ever to pass, and then the other girls will have to stop treating her like a little kid.

Amber is sure her plan will work. But is she headed for success, or for total disaster?

Don't miss the other books about the Silver Blades skaters!

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Amber Armstrong is only eleven, but she can already skate as well as -- even better than -- the older girls in Silver Blades. The only problem is that the other skaters still treat her like a baby.

So Amber decides to take the senior-level skating test. She'll be the youngest skater ever to pass, and then the other girls will have to stop treating her like a little kid.

Amber is sure her plan will work. But is she headed for success, or for total disaster?

Don't miss the other books about the Silver Blades skaters!

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Skylark (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055348365X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553483659
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,302,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, April 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Leap Ahead (Silver Blades) (Paperback)

This book is a very big contrast to the Silver Blades book Nutcracker on Ice. In this book everything is shown from Amber's perspective and the reader gets to know how Amber feels, as opposed to in Nutcracker on Ice, when Amber is almost portrayed as the "bad guy".
This book combines exageration, friendships, ages, and lots of skating with an excellent suspenseful ending.

PS: DON'T read the ending first, it ruins it!

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Started On This Book!, January 23, 2001

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Woody Moore (Cleveland,Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Leap Ahead (Library Binding)

One of the best books I ever read was A Leap Ahead by Melissa Lowell. It inspired me to read more of her books. Although I have read almost all her books, I like A Leap Ahead best. I got interested in this book because it is about ice skating. In this book you may learn feelings of other people and lessons of friendship. I say you should read this book out and also try other Melissa Lowells books, and write about your favorite book.

5.0 out of 5 stars AMBER IS TALENTED, June 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Leap Ahead (Silver Blades) (Paperback)

WHY I FIRST SAW THIS BOOK IN THE LIBRARY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BORING. BUT AS A FAN OF SILVER BLADES, I READ IT AND LOVES IT. THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW TALENTED AMBER IS, AND YET SHE IS NORMAL, SHE GETS MAD, JEALOUS. BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, SHE GOES THROUGH IT.