I Am Abel: And the Swim Meet

By Sharon Balardo and B. Giannini

Abel loves competing. He entered the school spelling bee and won two tickets to the town carnival. Abel showed two school bullies, who were trying to take over the school wall, that he could compete and win a wallball challenge. But now Abel has a new challenge. Can he make the school swim team? There are five boys trying out for four positions on the team. He is a strong swimmer even without the use of his legs, but so are his friends Pouvoir, Lukey, and Petey. And then there is Chip. Although he is a not a strong swimmer, Abel discovers that Chip is the coachs son.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524684273

Sharon Balardo

Author Sharon Balardo writes the children's book, I Am Abel, with the intention of shifting the focus to children's "abilities". As Sharon completed her teacher certification at D'Youville College in 2007/2008, she was required to write two children's books as course assignments. Writing from the heart, Sharon mentally wrote the bulk of I Am Abel one evening as she was driving home from D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Sharon Balardo regards herself as parent first, teacher/author second. She leaves her reader with the idea to never judge a book by its cover and never underestimate the abilities of a child as witnessed in her children's book, I Am Abel.

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