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Published
Oct 1, 2026
Publisher
West 44 Books
Subgenre
Sports
Section
Young Adult
Bridge · Ages 12–14

Get a Grip

In the summer of 1984, a fifteen-year-old Southern California gymnast with Olympic dreams is shaken when her beloved half brother dies on a camping trip. Grieving amid tension at home, she joins a new gym run by an Olympic coach and starts falling for a boy named Brandon.