Work with what you got : a memoir
In this inspirational story of courage, determination, strength, and self-invention, an elite wheelchair racer and wrestler recounts a childhood of abuse and neglect until he meets two saviors--a wrestling coach who sensed his "warrior spirit" and his adoptive mother who set him up for success.
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- ISBN: 9781536224214 (hardcover)
- Physical Description 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition First edition.
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Work with What You Got: a Memoir
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Table of Contents
Work with What You Got: a Memoir
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface: If Your Dreams Don't Scare You | 2 | |
| 1 | Granny's Love | 10 |
| 2 | Who's Going to Listen to a Ten-Year-Old? | 18 |
| 3 | Under the Rainbow | 24 |
| 4 | My Feet are Grounded | 30 |
| 5 | No Way to Raise a Kid | 38 |
| 6 | Finding My Superpowers | 48 |
| 7 | My First Friend | 56 |
| 8 | Drowning | 62 |
| 9 | On Top of the World | 74 |
| 10 | Champions are Made When No One Is Watching | 84 |
| 11 | The Castaway Kids | 92 |
| 12 | The Street Life | 100 |
| 13 | You've Tried Everything Else; Try God | 114 |
| 14 | A Test of Wills | 124 |
| 15 | The Jackpot of Otherness | 134 |
| 16 | Superhero in a Singlet | 144 |
| 17 | Pin to Win | 156 |
| 18 | Sudden Death | 164 |
| 19 | Following in My Family's Footsteps | 178 |
| 20 | Victory Laps | 190 |
| 21 | Be a Zion | 196 |
| 22 | Trials and Tribulations | 212 |
| 23 | Young Voices Rising | 218 |
| Epilogue: Work with What You Got | 226 |
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