Maya Moore: Basketball Star

By Lori Mortensen

Maya Moore is one of the country's best female athletes. Learn about her childhood, the challenges she has overcome, and this basketball player's greatest accomplishments. Get the inside scoop on her NCAA and WNBA championship wins.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496647634

Lori Mortensen

Lori Mortensen is an award-winning children’s book author of more than 100 books and over 500 stories and articles. Recent titles include Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey (Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Away with Words, the Daring Story of Isabella Bird (Peachtree), about a Victorian traveler who defied society’s boundaries for women and became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society. When she’s not letting her cat in or out, Lori is tapping away at her computer, conjuring, coaxing, and prodding her latest stories to life. She lives in Cameron Park, CA.   www.lorimortensen.com Twitter: @lorimortensen

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Women Sports Stars: Maya Moore by Lori Mortensen

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Chapter 1: Relentless

Chapter 2: Childhood Hoops

Chapter 3: Driven to Win

Chapter 4: WNBA Superstar

Chapter 5: Moore to Come

Timeline

Read More

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

CHAPTER 1

Relentless

Maya Moore and the Minnesota Lynx were playing against the Phoenix Mercury. It was a critical game. Whoever won this game would earn a spot in the 2015 WNBA Finals. The Lynx were at a disadvantage. This was the Mercury’s home turf. The crowd was on their side. None of that mattered to Maya. She only had one goal — winning.

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Maya dribbles the ball in a game against the Phoenix Mercury during a WNBA playoff game in 2015.

By the second half, Maya appeared drained, but she kept going. Then she made her move. A quick steal and layup